Azul reports October traffic

Azul S.A., the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities and departures, announces today its preliminary traffic results for October 2017.

Passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 12.1% compared to October 2016 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 7.7%. As a result, load factor was 82.9%, 3.4 percentage points higher than in the same period last year.

Year-to-date load factor increased 2.5 percentage points over last year, reaching 81.9%. Domestic load factor was 80.1% and international was 90.2%.

Oct-17 Oct-16 % ∆ YTD 2017 YTD 2016 % ∆

Total

RPK (million) 1,689 1,506 12.1% 17,067 14,968 14.0%
ASK (million) 2,038 1,893 7.7% 20,832 18,859 10.5%
Load factor 82.9% 79.5% +3.4 p.p. 81.9% 79.4% +2.5 p.p.

Domestic

RPK (million) 1,306 1,244 5.0% 13,622 12,549 8.6%
ASK (million) 1,615 1,609 0.3% 17,012 16,056 6.0%
Load factor 80.9% 77.3% +3.6 p.p. 80.1% 78.2% +1.9 p.p.

International

RPK (million) 383 262 46.1% 3,445 2,419 42.4%
ASK (million) 424 284 49.3% 3,820 2,803 36.3%
Load factor 90.5% 92.4% -1.9 p.p. 90.2% 86.3% +3.9 p.p.