SÃO PAULO, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Azul S.A., “Azul”, (B3: AZUL4,NYSE: AZUL), the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served and flight departures, announces today its preliminary traffic results for September 2019.
Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 31.0% compared to September 2018 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 30.8%, resulting in a load factor of 83.3%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to the same period in 2018. Domestic load factor was 82.1% and international load factor was 87.7%.
In the third quarter, consolidated RPKs increased 30.7% on a capacity increase of 29.3% year over year.
“In September we continued to demonstrate our ability to match capacity with demand by growing more than 30% while maintaining high load factors. We received our 32nd A320neo and are very excited with the delivery of our first E915-E2, both of which are key drivers of our margin expansion going forward,” says John Rodgerson, Azul’s CEO.
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Sep-19 |
Sep-18 |
% ∆ |
3Q19 |
3Q18 |
% ∆ |
YTD 19 |
YTD 18 |
% ∆ |
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Total |
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RPK (million) |
2,552 |
1,948 |
31.0% |
8,192 |
6,447 |
27.1% |
21,861 |
17,994 |
21.5% |
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ASK (million) |
3,064 |
2,342 |
30.8% |
9,713 |
7,701 |
26.1% |
26,182 |
21,928 |
19.4% |
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Load factor |
83.3% |
83.2% |
+0.1 p.p. |
84.3% |
83.7% |
+0.6 p.p. |
83.5% |
82.1% |
+1.4 p.p. |
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Domestic |
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RPK (million) |
1,989 |
1,475 |
34.9% |
6,194 |
4,740 |
30.7% |
16,635 |
13,188 |
26.1% |
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ASK (million) |
2,423 |
1,786 |
35.7% |
7,430 |
5,748 |
29.3% |
20,089 |
16,396 |
22.5% |
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Load factor |
82.1% |
82.6% |
-0.5 p.p. |
83.4% |
82.5% |
+0.9 p.p. |
82.8% |
80.4% |
+2.4 p.p. |
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International |
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RPK (million) |
562 |
473 |
18.9% |
1,998 |
1,707 |
17.0% |
5,226 |
4,806 |
8.7% |
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ASK (million) |
641 |
557 |
15.2% |
2,283 |
1,953 |
16.9% |
6,093 |
5,531 |
10.2% |
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Load factor |
87.7% |
85.0% |
+2.7 p.p. |
87.5% |
87.4% |
+0.1 p.p. |
85.8% |
86.9% |
-1.1 p.p. |
About Azul
Azul S.A. (B3: AZUL4,NYSE: AZUL), the largest airline in Brazil by number of flight departures and cities served, offers 910 daily flights to 112 destinations. With an operating fleet of 132 aircraft and more than 12,000 crewmembers, the Company has a network of 237 non-stop routes as of September 30, 2019. In 2019, Azul was awarded best airline in Latin America by TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice and also best regional carrier in South America for the ninth consecutive time by Skytrax. In 2018, the Company was elected best airline by Kayak’s Flight Hacker Guide. Azul also ranked as most on-time airline in Brazil in 2018 according to FlightStats. For more information visit www.voeazul.com.br/ir.
Glossary
Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK)
One-fare paying passenger transported one kilometer. RPK is calculated by multiplying the number of revenue passengers by the number of kilometers flown.
Available Seat Kilometers (ASK)
Number of aircraft seats multiplied by the number of kilometers flown.
Contact
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Investor Relations
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