(*) The joint Air France KLM Traffic Results of october 2017 are available in the download box in this message. 

• 7.0 million passengers, up 1.5%
• Increase in traffic in all regions of the network
• Increase in capacity on Latin America driven by the continuation of KLM developments to Bogota, Cali, Buenos Aires and Santiago
• Excluding last year’s strike impact on October revenues, unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to October 2014

• 1.1 million passengers, up 11.9%
• Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France (passenger volumes up 42%) 

• 8.1 million passengers, up 2.8%

• Ongoing restructuring of cargo: full-freighter capacity down 32% compared to October 2014
• Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to October 2014

Strategic developments

For the 2015-2016 winter season (from 25 October 2015 to 26 March 2016), Air France-KLM total capacity will increase by 1.5% compared with the previous winter season. Growth will be driven by long-haul passenger network operations (+1.7%) and Transavia activity (+9.1%), while medium-haul passenger network operations will decrease by -1.8%.

• On long-haul, Air France-KLM is mainly increasing capacity to North America and the Caribbean while reducing capacity to other destinations including Brazil, Japan and East Africa. Two destinations are suspended: Fukuoka (Japan) from Amsterdam-Schiphol by KLM and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from Paris-Charles de Gaulle by Air France.
• On medium-haul, Group capacity is stable on departure from the hubs at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol, apart from the suspension of Air France services to Vigo (Spain), Verona (Italy) and Stavanger (Norway).
• Transavia will welcome 3 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft as from January 2016 to support its growth in France and the Netherlands.
• KLM will take delivery of its first 3 Boeing 787 this winter, which will fly to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai and Rio de Janeiro during this season. In parallel, the Boeing 747 will be definitely withdrawn from the Air France fleet in January 2016.
• The Group continues to roll out its new products and services, with more than 60 long-haul aircraft equipped at the end of the year. In addition, the cabin renewal program continues on medium-haul: the new leather seats, already in place onboard 24 Air France Airbus A319, will be fully deployed on 25 Airbus A320 during the first half of 2016.

Agenda

• 8 December 2015: November 2015 traffic
• 11 January 2016: December 2015 traffic
• 8 February 2016: January 2016 traffic

STATISTICS

Passenger network activity*

* Air France, KLM, and HOP!

Transavia activity

Total group passenger activity**

** Air France, KLM, HOP! and Transavia

Cargo activity

• On the Americas network, traffic rose by 2.4% for capacity up by 2.9%. The load factor was slightly lower (-0.4 points) at 88.4%. Capacity growth was driven by the development of the Latin American network (+7.4%), with capacity growth to North America remaining low (+0.7%).
• The Asia network posted a 4.5% increase in traffic for capacity up by 3.7%, the load factor gaining 0.7 points to 85.9%.
• On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic was down by 1.0% for stable capacity (-0.2%), the load factor standing at 79.2%, down by 0.6 points.   
• The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network was dynamic: traffic was up by 7.7% for capacity up 3.5%, the load factor increasing by 3.3 points to 84.0%.
• On the European network, traffic increased by 1.4% while capacity was down by 3.9%. The load factor rose by 4 points, reaching the high level of 78.2%.

Cargo
Cargo recorded a 3.3% drop in traffic for capacity down by 1.2%, leading to a 1.5 point decline in load factor to 65.1%. Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency decreased compared with October 2012.

Recent developments
Air France-KLM continued its development in rapidly-growing long-haul markets.

• In Brazil, the fifth weekly KLM flight between Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro, launched in April 2013, was prolonged to the Winter 2013-2014 season. Furthermore, starting from 31st March 2014, Air France will serve Brasilia with three weekly frequencies on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
• In February 2014, KLM will launch its service to Santiago de Chile (Chile), in addition to the daily Air France flight.
• In Indonesia, as of 30th March 2014, Air France will operate a new daily service to Jakarta, with a stop over in Singapore, on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. This new service will supplement the KLM offer with a daily flight to Jakarta on departure from Amsterdam-Schiphol.

• The Americas network, and particularly North America, performed satisfactorily in spite of hurricane Sandy. Capacity was reduced by 3.4% and traffic by 3.3%. The load factor was stable at 88.8% (+0.1%).  
• The Asia network recorded a 1.4% decline in traffic for capacity up 1.0%. The load factor declined by 2.1 points to 85.2%.
• The Africa and Middle East network recorded stable traffic (+0.2%) for capacity up 0.8%. The load factor declined by 0.5 points to 79.8%. 
•  On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network, traffic was down 8.9% for capacity reduced by 6.4%. The load factor declined 2.2 points to 80.7%.
•  On the European network traffic rose by 1.7% for capacity up 3.8% on the back of the effect of the regional bases. The load factor declined by 1.5 points to 74.2%.

Cargo business
The group continued to adjust its full-freighter schedule. In consequence, traffic (-6.7%) declined less than capacity (-7.1%). The load factor improved slightly to 66.6% (+0.3 points). Unit revenue per available tonne kilometre (RATK) declined relative to October 2011.

Recent developments

• Air France-KLM continues to develop its long-haul network, with three new routes for the Summer 2013 program: Paris-Minneapolis (United States), Paris-Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Amsterdam-Fukuoka (Japan).
• As of 28th October 2012, Air France, KLM and Etihad Airways have extended the choice of schedules and destinations available to their customers with the signature of a code-sharing agreement. In addition to the Paris-Charles de Gaulle-Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam-Abu Dhabi routes, this agreement gives access to five new destinations for Air France to KLM passengers in Asia and Australia, as well as 10 European destinations to Etihad passengers on flights operated by Air France and KLM.
• As of 1st October 2012, Air France customers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle benefit from a simplified transit within the airport’s most modern infrastructures. The international activity is henceforth centered at Terminal 2E, while terminal 2F is exclusively dedicated to the European (Schengen) flights of Air France and its SkyTeam alliance partners. Finally, the regional airlines (Brit Air, Regional, Airlinair) now operate out of 2G

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Passenger

Traffic increased by 3.1% in October with a slight increase in capacity (+1.0%), leading to a 1.7 point rise in load factor to 84.2%, a very high level for the period. The number of passengers stood at 6.4 million (+2.0%). Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) excluding currency was up strongly compared with October 2009, with dynamic performances in both economy and premium classes.

On the Americas network, traffic increased by 2.5% with capacity up by 3.2%. The load factor declined by 0.7 points to 88.3%.
Traffic on the Asia network was dynamic, rising by 5.0% for a capacity increase of just 2.6%. The load factor gained 2.0 points to 89.5%.
On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic was stable (+0.2%) for slightly lower capacity (-0.3%). The load factor gained 0.4 points to 79.4%.
On the Caribbean and Indian Ocean network, traffic rose by 7.0% with capacity up by 3.0%. The load factor reached the high level of 83.1%, up by 3.2 points.
Traffic on the European network was up by 2.2% despite the cancellation of some 1,800 flights due to the strikes. Capacity was down by 3.5% and the load factor therefore reached 76.5%, up 4.3 points.

Cargo

Traffic rose by 6.4% for capacity up by 2.4%. The load factor gained 2.7 points to 70.3%. Unit revenue per available ton-kilometer (RATK) excluding currency rose strongly versus October 2009.

Recent developments

The Group published its schedule for the Winter Season 2010-11, with a moderate increase in capacity (+3.3%). This is driven by targeted increases in long-haul (+4.1%), while medium-haul capacity remains virtually unchanged (+0.5%).

The growth is mostly achieved through an increase in frequencies (to six daily flights on the Paris-New York route, two daily flights on Paris-Rio de Janeiro and Paris-Sao Paulo, ten weekly flights on Amsterdam-Tokyo, one daily flight on Amsterdam-San Francisco, Amsterdam-Seoul, etc.)
The Group continues to improve its coverage of Africa, inaugurating the Kigali service this winter, leaving from Amsterdam.
The Group’s four A380s remain on the routes already served: New York, Johannesburg and Tokyo.
The service to a number of destinations has been improved thanks to the Group’s partners: Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi with Vietnam Airlines, the new partner within SkyTeam, Riyadh and Jeddah with Saudi Arabian Airlines, and Tokyo Haneda operated by JAL.
The new Premium Voyageur cabin is now available on 90% of long-haul routes from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. Some aircraft will start to be fitted with the new long-haul Business class seat as of the end of 2010.
At the same time, the Group has announced further new developments for 2011 with the opening of the Phnom Penh service by Air France and the Miami service by KLM.

SkyTeam has seen two positive developments within the space of a few weeks: Aerolineas Argentinas initiated the process to join the alliance, while Shanghai Airlines left Star Alliance and announced plans to join SkyTeam in 2011 at the same time as its parent company, China Eastern Airlines.

In October, traffic once again declined less than capacity (-4.1% and -5.6% respectively) leading to a 1.3 point improvement in load factor to 82.5%. All the networks, apart from Africa and the Middle East, saw higher load factors. The group carried 6.3 million passengers (-5.3%). Although unit revenues remained under pressure, they recorded a lesser decline.

On the Americas network, the decline in traffic (-4.4%) was well below the reduction in capacity (- 8.1%). The load factor improved by 3.5 points to 88.9%.
The Asia network saw a 4.5% drop in traffic with capacity down 5.1%. The load factor gained 0.5 point to 87.4%.
On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic was down 0.8% with capacity up 2.3%. The load factor declined by 2.5 points to 79.0%.
The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network recorded a decline in traffic of 4.3% with capacity down 5.8%, leading to a 1.3 point rise in load factor to 79.9%
On the European network, traffic declined by 5.5% with capacity down 7.2%. The load factor improved 1.3 points to 72.1%.


Cargo business*

The cargo load factor slightly improved, by 0.3 points to 67.7%, on the back of declines in traffic and capacity of 19.4% and 19.1% respectively.

*Both traffic and capacity data for October 2008 are pro-forma including Martinair

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