Bloomin' June for IAG
International Airlines Group, the company formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, had a good June but is expecting the Olympic Games in London to hit is premium traffic business.
International Airlines Group, the company formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia, had a good June but is expecting the Olympic Games in London to hit is premium traffic business.
Passengers carried in June rose 11.6%, or 6.1% on a like-for-like (LFL) basis, to 5.05m from 4.53m a year earlier.
In the first six months of 2012 passenger numbers were up 3.7% (+1.4% LFL) to 25.73m from 24.81m in the first half of 2011.
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In June, traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres rose 8.9% (+5.9% LFL) to 15,777m kilometres from 14,488m kilometres in June 2011. Year-to-date revenue passenger kilometres (km) are up 5.2% (+4.0% LFL) on the first half of 2011.
Group premium traffic for the month of June grew by 5.3% compared to the previous year, with 9.6% growth in non-premium traffic.
Iberia's revenue passenger km rose 3.2% in June to 4,471m from 4,333m in June 2011, while British Airways' revenue passenger km jumped 11.3% (+7.1% on a LFL basis) to 11,306m from 10,156m a year earlier.
Group capacity measured in available seat kilometres was up 5.8% (+2.6% LFL) in June from a year earlier.
"Underlying market conditions remain unchanged from last month. As we had indicated earlier in the year there is likely to be some near-term softness in premium traffic due to the Olympic Games," the IAG statement said.
JH
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