AIR FRANCE - KLM: MARCH 2018 TRAFFIC


April 10, 2018

MARCH 2018 TRAFFIC

Group passenger activity: number of passengers +5.4%, traffic measured in revenue passenger-kilometer +6.1% and load factor +2.7pt. Unit revenue ex-currency (measured in available seat-kilometer) up compared to last year.

Traffic highlights

Passenger network activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!) Capacity
(ASK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RPK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 
(%)
Change (pts)
Long-haul + 2.3% + 5.2% 88.5% + 2.4
North America + 0.6% + 5.5% 90.4% + 4.3
Latin America + 9.6% + 12.9% 89.6% + 2.6
Asia + 1.0% + 4.1% 90.4% + 2.7
Africa / Middle East + 1.0% + 2.0% 80.4% + 0.8
Caribbean / Indian Ocean + 2.1% + 2.8% 89.9% + 0.6
Short and Medium-haul + 1.4% + 4.9% 82.6% + 2.7
Total + 2.2% + 5.2% 87.3% + 2.5
  • 6.9 million passengers, +4.2%
  • Unit revenue ex-currency (in available seat-kilometer) up compared to last year
  • The impact on Air France operating income of the seven days of strike between February 22 and April 11, 2018 is estimated around -170 million euros
Transavia activity Capacity
(ASK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RPK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 
(%)
Change (pts)
Total + 11.7% + 17.2% 93.7% + 4.4
  • 1.1 million passengers, +14.2%
  • Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency clearly up compared to last year
Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia) Capacity
(ASK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RPK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 
(%)
Change (pts)
Total + 2.8% + 6.1% 87.8% + 2.7
  • 8.0 million passengers, +5.4%
Cargo activity Capacity
(ATK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RTK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 (%)
Change (pts)
Total - 0.8% - 1.7% 62.7%  - 0.6
  • Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly up compared to last year

Agenda
4th May 2018: 1st Quarter 2018 results
11th May 2018: April 2018 traffic
15th May 2018: Annual General Meeting

Investor relations                                                                                       Press
Marie-Agnès de Peslouan                     Wouter van Beek                                                         
+33 1 49 89 52 59                                  +33 1 49 89 52 60                                  +33 1 41 56 56 00
madepeslouan@airfranceklm.com          wouter-van.beek@airfranceklm.com
Website: www.airfranceklm.com


STATISTICS

Passenger network activity*

    March     Year to date
Total Passenger network* 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 6,928 6,649 4.2%   19,287 18,472 4.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 20,723 19,705 5.2%   59,112 56,352 4.9%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 23,728 23,228 2.2%   68,174 66,086 3.2%
Load factor (%) 87.3% 84.8% 2.5   86.7% 85.3% 1.4
               
Long-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,235 2,131 4.9%   6,435 6,166 4.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 16,880 16,041 5.2%   48,626 46,386 4.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 19,078 18,643 2.3%   55,197 53,433 3.3%
Load factor (%) 88.5% 86.0% 2.4   88.1% 86.8% 1.3
               
North America              
Passengers carried ('000s) 608 577 5.4%   1,615 1,553 4.0%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 4,352 4,123 5.5%   11,579 11,093 4.4%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,813 4,786 0.6%   13,233 13,041 1.5%
Load factor (%) 90.4% 86.1% 4.3   87.5% 85.1% 2.4
               
Latin America              
Passengers carried ('000s) 281 249 12.9%   850 754 12.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,693 2,386 12.9%   8,095 7,191 12.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 3,006 2,742 9.6%   8,858 8,034 10.3%
Load factor (%) 89.6% 87.0% 2.6   91.4% 89.5% 1.9
               
Asia / Pacific              
Passengers carried ('000s) 535 509 5.1%   1,550 1,491 4.0%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 4,655 4,471 4.1%   13,462 13,031 3.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 5,152 5,099 1.0%   14,916 14,600 2.2%
Load factor (%) 90.4% 87.7% 2.7   90.3% 89.3% 1.0
               
Africa / Middle East              
Passengers carried ('000s) 463 455 1.6%   1,363 1,346 1.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,629 2,578 2.0%   7,774 7,614 2.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 3,268 3,235 1.0%   9,556 9,410 1.6%
Load factor (%) 80.4% 79.7% 0.8   81.4% 80.9% 0.4
               
Caribbean / Indian.Ocean              
Passengers carried ('000s) 349 340 2.4%   1,056 1,021 3.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,553 2,484 2.8%   7,715 7,457 3.5%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,840 2,781 2.1%   8,634 8,348 3.4%
Load factor (%) 89.9% 89.3% 0.6   89.4% 89.3% 0.0
               
Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 4,693 4,518 3.9%   12,851 12,306 4.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 3,843 3,664 4.9%   10,487 9,966 5.2%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,650 4,585 1.4%   12,977 12,653 2.6%
Load factor (%) 82.6% 79.9% 2.7   80.8% 78.8% 2.0

* Air France KLM, and HOP!

Transavia activity        

    March     Year to date
Transavia 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 1,081 947 14.2%   2,727 2,451 11.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,880 1,604 17.2%   4,807 4,145 16.0%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,007 1,797 11.7%   5,229 4,748 10.1%
Load factor (%) 93.7% 89.3% 4.4   91.9% 87.3% 4.6

Total group passenger activity**

    March     Year to date
Total group** 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 8,009 7,596 5.4%   22,014 20,923 5.2%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 22,603 21,309 6.1%   63,919 60,497 5.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 25,735 25,025 2.8%   73,403 70,834 3.6%
Load factor (%) 87.8% 85.2% 2.7   87.1% 85.4% 1.7

** Air France KLM, HOP! and Transavia

Cargo activity

    March     Year to date
Total Group 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 737 749 (1.7%)   2,036 2,044 (0.4%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 1,175 1,185 (0.8%)   3,415 3,395 0.6%
Load factor (%) 62.7% 63.2% (0.6)   59.6% 60.2% (0.6)


Air France and HOP! activity

    March     Year to date
Total Passenger network activity 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 4,133 4,078 1.4%   11,579 11,446 1.2%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 11,880 11,473 3.5%   33,983 32,996 3.0%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 13,795 13,683 0.8%   39,685 39,158 1.3%
Load factor (%) 86.1% 83.9% 2.3   85.6% 84.3% 1.4

Long-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 1,301 1,256 3.5%   3,751 3,645 2.9%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 9,599 9,246 3.8%   27,693 26,850 3.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 10,964 10,813 1.4%   31,707 31,146 1.8%
Load factor (%) 87.5% 85.5% 2.0   87.3% 86.2% 1.1

Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,832 2,822 0.4%   7,828 7,801 0.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,281 2,227 2.4%   6,290 6,146 2.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,830 2,870 (1.4%)   7,978 8,012 (0.4%)
Load factor (%) 80.6% 77.6% 3.0   78.8% 76.7% 2.1

    March     Year to date
Cargo activity 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 321 329 (2.4%)   866 880 (1.6%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 570 568 0.4%   1,653 1,627 1.6%
Load factor (%) 56.3% 57.9% (1.6)   52.4% 54.1% (1.7)

KLM activity

    March     Year to date
Total Passenger network activity 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,795 2,570 8.7%   7,708 7,026 9.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 8,844 8,231 7.4%   25,130 23,356 7.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 9,933 9,545 4.1%   28,490 26,927 5.8%
Load factor (%) 89.0% 86.2% 2.8   88.2% 86.7% 1.5

Long-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 935 874 6.9%   2,685 2,521 6.5%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 7,281 6,794 7.2%   20,933 19,537 7.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 8,114 7,830 3.6%   23,490 22,287 5.4%
Load factor (%) 89.7% 86.8% 3.0   89.1% 87.7% 1.5

Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 1,860 1,696 9.7%   5,023 4,505 11.5%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,562 1,437 8.7%   4,197 3,820 9.9%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 1,820 1,715 6.1%   4,999 4,641 7.7%
Load factor (%) 85.8% 83.8% 2.1   84.0% 82.3% 1.6

    March     Year to date
Cargo activity 2018 2017 Variation   2018 2017 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 416 421 (1.2%)   1,169 1,164 0.5%
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 605 617 (1.9%)   1,762 1,768 (0.3%)
Load factor (%) 68.7% 68.2% 0.5   66.3% 65.8% 0.5

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