Traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometre (RPK) rose by 10.5% compared to June 2005, against a capacity increase of 6.0%.
Load factor improved 3.3 points and reached 81.0%, the highest level of Iberia in this month. Capacity showed a similar evolution to May in the three markets, although traffic performance was better, especially in international flights, with an increase of 14.8%. The average stage length rose by 8.9%.
In the Long Haul sector the mix continue to improve and traffic went up by 16.6%, exceeding 3.5 points the capacity increase. This growth was significant in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama, due to the utilisation of bigger aircraft (A340-600). In South American destinations, Puerto Rico and South Africa it was due to the increase in frequencies. Traffic in South Atlantic grew above 35%, improving the load factor by 6.6 points. Mid Atlantic and North Atlantic load factors were also up by 1.2 and 3.0 points, with a traffic increase of 10.6% and 3.9%respectively.
In the international medium haul load factor improved by 6.9 points compared June 2005. Traffic had a good performance in the majority of European destinations, highlighting Greece and Denmark. Traffic was also very positive in African and Middle East destinations.
In the domestic sector, the strategy is focused on improving profitability through a selective adjustment of capacity and a revenue management policy focused on yield improvement.
In the second quarter of 2006 traffic grew by 12.4%, with a capacity increase of 6.1%; thus, load factor improved by 4.5 points, reaching 79.8%
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|
June |
Accumulated |
||||
|
2006 |
2005 |
% |
2006 |
2005 |
% |
|
|
Passengers (thousand) |
2.469 |
2.433 |
1,5 |
13.761 |
13.423 |
2,5 |
|
Domestic |
1.325 |
1.400 |
-5,4 |
7.404 |
7.641 |
-3,1 |
|
Medium Haul |
815 |
748 |
9,0 |
4.513 |
4.092 |
10,3 |
|
Europe |
768 |
707 |
8,7 |
4.240 |
3.858 |
9,9 |
|
Africa and Middle East |
47 |
41 |
14,3 |
274 |
234 |
17,2 |
|
Long Haul |
329 |
285 |
15,7 |
1.844 |
1.690 |
9,1 |
|
ASK (million) |
5.559 |
5.243 |
6,0 |
32.498 |
31.105 |
4,5 |
|
Domestic |
1.134 |
1.177 |
-3,7 |
6.832 |
6.955 |
-1,8 |
|
Medium Haul |
1.412 |
1.403 |
0,7 |
8.377 |
8.186 |
2,3 |
|
Europe |
1.256 |
1.249 |
0,6 |
7.486 |
7.326 |
2,2 |
|
Africa and Middle East |
156 |
154 |
1,1 |
891 |
860 |
3,6 |
|
Long Haul |
3.013 |
2.663 |
13,1 |
17.289 |
15.964 |
8,3 |
|
RPK (million) |
4.505 |
4.076 |
10,5 |
25.296 |
23.359 |
8,3 |
|
Dom�stico |
859 |
900 |
-4,6 |
4.815 |
4.977 |
-3,2 |
|
Medio Radio |
1.083 |
979 |
10,6 |
5.949 |
5.328 |
11,6 |
|
Europa |
974 |
881 |
10,5 |
5.313 |
4.771 |
11,4 |
|
�frica y Oriente Medio |
109 |
98 |
11,2 |
636 |
557 |
14,1 |
|
Largo Radio |
2.562 |
2.196 |
16,6 |
14.532 |
13.055 |
11,3 |
|
Load factor (%) |
81,0 |
77,7 |
3,3 p.p. |
77,8 |
75,1 |
2,7 p.p. |
|
Domestic |
75,8 |
76,5 |
-0,7 p.p. |
70,5 |
71,6 |
-1,1 p.p. |
|
Medium Haul |
76,7 |
69,8 |
6,9 p.p. |
71,0 |
65,1 |
5,9 p.p. |
|
Europe |
77,5 |
70,6 |
6,9 p.p. |
71,0 |
65,1 |
5,8 p.p. |
|
Africa and Middle East |
69,7 |
63,4 |
6,3 p.p. |
71,4 |
64,8 |
6,5 p.p. |
|
Long Haul |
85,0 |
82,5 |
2,6 p.p. |
84,1 |
81,8 |
2,3 p.p. |
Note: Iberia today is not only Spain’s leading airline, but it is also market leader on routes between Europe and Latin America. In 2005 it posted revenues of 5,603 million euros and net earnings of 395.8 million euros. Along with its franchise partner Iberia Regional, Iberia operates some 1,000 flights every day to some 100 destinations in Spain and around the world., carrying 32.4 million passengers in 2005. Iberia is a member of the oneworld airline alliance. To learn more about the Iberia group, visit http://grupo.iberia.com
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