International Cons Airlines Group Traffic & Capacity Statistics - November 2017 (4573Y)

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International Cons Airlines Group

05 December 2017

NOVEMBER 2017 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

-- Group traffic in November, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 7.0 per cent versus November 2016; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 4.7 per cent.

-- Group premium traffic for the month of November increased by 7.3 per cent compared to the previous year.

5 December 2017

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

On 28 November, IAG announced that its longhaul low cost airline brand LEVEL will launch flights from Paris Orly to Montreal*, New York, Guadeloupe and Martinique from July 2018. Two Airbus A330-200 aircraft will be based at Orly airport. LEVEL's Paris flights will be operated by staff who currently work for IAG's French airline OpenSkies which is based at the airport. The OpenSkies brand will cease to operate at the end of next summer and all its staff will operate LEVEL flights. LEVEL will also launch a new route from Barcelona to Boston on March 28, 2018 and will add a third A330-200 aircraft to its Barcelona fleet later in the summer.

On 17 November, Aer Lingus announced that it will start flights between Dublin and Seattle on 18 May 2018. This is the sixth new transatlantic route announced by the airline since IAG acquired it in August 2015, bringing its transatlantic route total to 15.

(*) Subject to the consent of the Canadian Transport Agency.

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Enrique Dupuy, Chief Financial Officer

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 Group Performance(1)     Month of November              Year to Date 
                         2017    2016    Change     2017     2016    Change 
                       ------  ------  --------  -------  -------  -------- 
 
Passengers Carried 
 ('000s)                7,798   7,249      7.6%   97,159   93,610      3.8% 
  Domestic(2)           1,953   1,782      9.6%   22,516   21,110      6.7% 
  Europe                3,903   3,646      7.0%   52,369   50,984      2.7% 
  North America           880     836      5.3%   10,412   10,097      3.1% 
  Latin America 
   & Caribbean            386     368      4.9%    4,441    4,352      2.0% 
  Africa, Middle 
   East & S,Asia          495     439     12.8%    5,335    5,042      5.8% 
  Asia Pacific            181     178      1.7%    2,086    2,025      3.0% 
 
Revenue Passenger 
 Km (m)                19,372  18,111      7.0%  233,461  225,233      3.7% 
  Domestic              1,365   1,233     10.7%   15,659   14,619      7.1% 
  Europe                4,290   4,030      6.5%   61,301   60,085      2.0% 
  North America         5,775   5,457      5.8%   68,967   66,708      3.4% 
  Latin America 
   & Caribbean          3,290   3,074      7.0%   37,878   36,453      3.9% 
  Africa, Middle 
   East & S,Asia        2,821   2,536     11.2%   28,675   27,193      5.4% 
  Asia Pacific          1,831   1,781      2.8%   20,981   20,175      4.0% 
 
Available Seat 
 Km (m)                24,016  22,941      4.7%  282,236  275,401      2.5% 
  Domestic              1,663   1,519      9.5%   18,790   17,977      4.5% 
  Europe                5,459   5,250      4.0%   74,407   74,912     -0.7% 
  North America         7,066   6,774      4.3%   83,666   80,152      4.4% 
  Latin America 
   & Caribbean          4,066   3,841      5.9%   45,062   43,798      2.9% 
  Africa, Middle 
   East & S,Asia        3,542   3,320      6.7%   35,577   34,142      4.2% 
  Asia Pacific          2,220   2,237     -0.8%   24,734   24,420      1.3% 
 
Passenger Load                             +1.8                        +0.9 
 Factor (%)              80.7    78.9       pts     82.7     81.8       pts 
                                           +0.9                        +2.0 
  Domestic               82.1    81.2       pts     83.3     81.3       pts 
                                           +1.8                        +2.2 
  Europe                 78.6    76.8       pts     82.4     80.2       pts 
                                           +1.1                        -0.8 
  North America          81.7    80.6       pts     82.4     83.2       pts 
  Latin America                            +0.9                        +0.9 
   & Caribbean           80.9    80.0       pts     84.1     83.2       pts 
  Africa, Middle                           +3.2                        +1.0 
   East & S,Asia         79.6    76.4       pts     80.6     79.6       pts 
                                           +2.9                        +2.2 
  Asia Pacific           82.5    79.6       pts     84.8     82.6       pts 
 
Cargo Tonne Km 
 (m) 
  Cargo CTK               531     484      9.7%    5,278    4,974      6.1% 
 
 
  Performance by 
  Airline                 Month of November              Year to Date 
 
 
    VUELING              2017    2016    Change     2017     2016    Change 
                       ------  ------  --------  -------  -------  -------- 
  Revenue Passenger 
   Km (m)               1,951   1,722     13.3%   27,190   26,360      3.1% 
  Available Seat 
   Km (m)               2,412   2,167     11.3%   31,935   31,737      0.6% 
  Cargo Tonne Km 
   (m)                      0       0       n/a        0        0       n/a 
 
 
    AER LINGUS 
  Revenue Passenger 
   Km (m)               1,503   1,349     11.4%   19,965   17,918     11.4% 
  Available Seat 
   Km (m)               1,922   1,702     12.9%   24,482   21,830     12.1% 
  Cargo Tonne Km 
   (m)                     17      12     41.7%      141      115     22.6% 
 
    IBERIA 
  Revenue Passenger 
   Km (m)               4,302   3,905     10.2%   50,489   47,018      7.4% 
  Available Seat 
   Km (m)               5,225   4,913      6.4%   59,996   57,285      4.7% 
  Cargo Tonne Km 
   (m)                    102      97      5.2%    1,008      991      1.7% 
 
  BRITISH AIRWAYS 
  Revenue Passenger 
   Km (m)              11,616  11,135      4.3%  135,817  133,937      1.4% 
  Available Seat 
   Km (m)              14,457  14,159      2.1%  165,823  164,549      0.8% 
  Cargo Tonne Km 
   (m)                    412     375      9.9%    4,129    3,868      6.7% 
 

(1) Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling. Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic

(2) Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy

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