Azul S.A., “Azul”, the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities served, announces today its preliminary traffic results for April 2018.
Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 17.2% compared to April 2017 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 17.6%. As a result, load factor was 81.4%, 0.3 percentage points lower than in the same period last year.
For 2018 Azul continues to be the most on-time airline in Brazil with 90% of flights departing within 15 minutes of departure time, according to FlightStats.
Abr-18 Abr-17 % ∆ YTD 2018 YTD 2017 % ∆
Total
RPK (million) 1,874 1,599 17.2% 7,764 6,795 14.3%
ASK (million) 2,301 1,957 17.6% 9,466 8,341 13.5%
Load factor 81.4% 81.7% -0.3 p.p. 82.0% 81.5% +0.5 p.p.
Domestic
RPK (million) 1,372 1,287 6.7% 5,730 5,580 2.7%
ASK (million) 1,726 1,613 7.0% 7,118 7,013 1.5%
Load factor 79.5% 79.8% -0.3 p.p. 80.5% 79.6% +0.9 p.p.
International
RPK (million) 501 312 60.5% 2,035 1,216 67.4%
ASK (million) 575 344 67.3% 2,348 1,327 76.9%
Load factor 87.2% 90.9% -3.7 p.p. 86.7% 91.6% -4.9 p.p.
