IAG traffic in April, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 7.7 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres rose by 5.8 per cent versus the same period last year.
| Group performance |
Month of April |
Year to date |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | |
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Passengers carried (’000s) |
9,852 | 9,183 | 7.3% | 34,234 | 32,137 | 6.5% |
| Domestic | 2,323 | 2,181 | 6.5% | 8,244 | 7,739 | 6.5% |
| Europe | 5,232 | 4,929 | 6.1% | 17,638 | 16,699 | 5.6% |
| North America | 1,064 | 1,007 | 5.7% | 3,546 | 3,326 | 6.6% |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 502 | 405 | 24.0% | 1,977 | 1,653 | 19.6% |
| Africa, Middle East & s. Asia | 523 | 476 | 9.9% | 2,044 | 1,991 | 2.7% |
| Asia Pacific | 208 | 185 | 12.4% | 785 | 729 | 7.7% |
| Revenue passenger km (m) | 23,443 | 21,759 | 7.7% | 84,321 | 78,979 | 6.8% |
| Domestic | 1,687 | 1,540 | 9.5% | 6,018 | 5,495 | 9.5% |
| Europe | 5,967 | 5,662 | 5.4% | 19,518 | 18,675 | 4.5% |
| North America | 6,988 | 6,713 | 4.2% | 23,548 | 22,222 | 6.0% |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 4,128 | 3,498 | 18.0% | 16,310 | 14,114 | 15.6% |
| Africa, Middle East & S. Asia | 2,665 | 2,492 | 6.9% | 11,384 | 11,122 | 2.4% |
| Asia Pacific | 1,998 | 1,854 | 7.8% | 7,543 | 7,351 | 2.6% |
| Available seat km (m) | 28,103 | 26,561 | 5.8% | 103,526 | 97,654 | 6.0% |
| Domestic | 1,963 | 1,836 | 6.9% | 7,124 | 6,709 | 6.2% |
| Europe | 7,371 | 6,898 | 6.9% | 24,445 | 23,386 | 4.5% |
| North America | 8,495 | 8,416 | 0.9% | 29,923 | 28,648 | 4.5% |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 4,805 | 4,110 | 16.9% | 19,164 | 16,470 | 16.4% |
| Africa, Middle East & s. Asia | 3,108 | 3,061 | 1.5% | 13,807 | 16,639 | 1.2% |
| Asia Pacific | 2,361 | 2,240 | 5.4% | 9,063 | 8,802 | 3.0% |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 83.4 | 81.9 | +1.5 pts | 81.4 | 80.9 | +0.5 pts |
| Domestic | 85.9 | 83.9 | +2.0 pts | 84.5 | 81.9 | +2.6 pts |
| Europe | 81.0 | 82.1 | -1.1 pts | 79.8 | 79.9 | -0.1 pts |
| North America | 82.4 | 79.8 | +2.6 pts | 78.7 | 77.6 | +1.1 pts |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 85.9 | 85.1 | +0.8 pts | 85.1 | 85.7 | -0.6 pts |
| Africa, Middle East & S. Asia | 85.7 | 81.4 | +4.3 pts | 82.5 | 81.5 | +1.0 pts |
| Asia Pacific | 84.6 | 82.8 | +1.8 pts | 83.2 | 83.5 | -0.3 pts |
| Cargo tonne km (m) | 471 | 480 | -1.9% | 1,862 | 1,836 | 1.4% |
* Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy
* Group figures include Openskies in 2018
Strategic developments
In April, British Airways opened its new Club lounge at New York’s JFK airport Terminal 7. It completes a £50 million investment following the unveiling of a new space for First customers in autumn last year.
| Performance by airline | Month of April | Year to date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | |
| Air Lingus | ||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 997 | 915 | 9.0% | 3,193 | 2,958 | 7.9% |
| Revenue passenger km (m) | 2,072 | 1,842 | 12.5% | 6,327 | 5,645 | 12.1% |
| Available seat km (m) | 2,580 | 2,437 | 5.9% | 8,384 | 7,520 | 11.5% |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 80.3 | 75.6 | +4.7 pts | 75.5 | 75.1 | +0.4 pts |
| Cargo tonne km (m) | 15 | 15 | 0.0% | 54 | 52 | 3.8% |
| British Airways | ||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 4,007 | 3,855 | 3.9% | 14,479 | 14,027 | 3.2% |
| Revenue passenger km (m) | 12,897 | 12,400 | 4.0% | 47,772 | 46,608 | 2.5% |
| Available seat km (m) | 15,618 | 15,301 | 2.1% | 59,451 | 58,492 | 1.6% |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 82.6 | 8.0 | +1.6 pts | 80.4 | 79.7 | +0.7 pts |
| Cargo tonne km (m) | 362 | 371 | -2.4% | 1,424 | 1,427 | -0.2% |
| Iberia | ||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,817 | 1,711 | 6.2% | 6,763 | 6,258 | 8.1% |
| Revenue passenger km (m) | 5,093 | 4,610 | 10.5% | 19,059 | 17,153 | 11.1% |
| Available seat km (m) | 5,811 | 5,350 | 8.6% | 22,236 | 20,129 | 10.5% |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 87.6 | 86.2 | +1.4 pts | 85.7 | 85.2 | +0.5 pts |
| Cargo tonne km (m) | 93 | 93 | 0.0% | 380 | 356 | 6.7% |
| Level | ||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 152 | 24 | 533.3% | 441 | 88 | 401.1% |
| Revenue passenger km (m) | 584 | 226 | 158.4% | 2,111 | 824 | 156.2% |
| Available seat km (m) | 732 | 249 | 194.0% | 2,650 | 932 | 184.3% |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 79.8 | 90.8 | -11.0 pts | 79.7 | 88.4 | -8.7 pts |
| Cargo tonne km (m) | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 1 | 300.0% |
| Vueling | ||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 2,879 | 2,669 | 7.9% | 9,358 | 8,772 | 6.7% |
| Revenue passenger km (m) | 2,797 | 2,630 | 6.3% | 9,052 | 8,549 | 5.9% |
| Available seat km (m) | 3,362 | 3,165 | 6.2% | 10,805 | 10,323 | 4.7% |
| Passenger load factor (%) | 83.2 | 83.1 | +0.1 pts | 83.8 | 82.8 | +1.0 pts |
| Cargo tonne km (m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
* British Airways includes BA CityFlyer; Iberia includes Iberia Express; LEVEL includes Spain, France and Austria
* British Airways figures exclude Openskies in 2018
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