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Air France-KLM Half Year Results

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AIR FRANCE - KLM
AIR FRANCE - KLM

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SECOND QUARTER 2024

July 25, 2024

Operating result of €513 million with operating margin at 6.5%

impacted by unit cost and higher fuel price

  • Group capacity increased by 4.1% compared to last year with load factor at 88%

  • Group revenues at €7.9bn, up 4.3% compared to last year

  • Unit cost at +1.7% compared to 2023

  • Operating result at €513m, with operating margin at 6.5%, Olympic Games impact €40m

  • Half-Year Recurring adjusted operating free cash flow positive at €134m

  • Cash at hand at €9.6bn and Net debt/EBITDA ratio of 1.6x

Commenting on the results, Mr. Benjamin Smith, Group CEO, said:

“The second quarter of 2024 confirmed an increasingly challenging environment for aviation, with rising fuel prices and a continued pressure on costs. In this context, KLM and Transavia delivered a stable yet sluggish performance, while Air France was in addition impacted by exceptional events, including the negative effect of the Olympic Games in June.

The Group has already taken strong measures to adapt to this situation, including a hiring freeze and additional cost cuts. The Group is preserving its major investments to renew its fleet, which is a strategic lever to improve our financial and environmental performance.

Going forward, we will continue to execute our strategy and deploy our transformation plan.

Our business model is robust and resilient, and we remain confident in our ability to achieve our mid and long-term objectives, notably by leveraging our strong assets and unique competitive position.”

Q2 Unit revenue stable

 

Second Quarter

Half Year

 

2024

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constant currency

2024

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constant currency

Group Passengers (thousands)

25,743

+4.4%

 

46,615

+5.2%

 

Group Capacity (ASK m)

81,348

+4.1%

 

154,066

+4.3%

 

Traffic (RPK m)

71,357

+4.1%

 

134,203

+4.5%

 

Group Passenger load factor

87.7%

0.0pt

 

87.1%

+0.2pt

 

Passenger unit revenue per ASK (€ cts)

8.30

-0.2%

+0.2%

7.90

+0.3%

+1.0%


 

Second quarter

Half Year

 

2024

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constant currency

2024

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constant currency

Revenues (€m)

7,949

+4.3%

+4.6%

14,603

+4.7%

+5.3%

EBITDA (€m)

1,170

-158

-122

1,345

-269

-206

Operating result (€m)

513

-220

-184

24

-402

-339

Operating margin (%)

+6.5%

-3.1pt

-2.7pt

+0.2%

-2.9pt

-2.5pt

Net income (€m)

165

-447

 

-314

-589

 

Group unit revenue per ASK (€cts)

8.87

-0.8%

-0.4%

8.49

-1.2%

-0.6%

Group unit cost at constant fuel, constant currency and excluding ETS

8.24

 

+1.7%

8.47

 

+2.8%


 

30 June 2024

31 Dec 2023

Operating Free cash flow (€m)

-44

n.a.

Adj. recurring operating free cash flow* (€m)

134

n.a.

Net Debt (€m)

6,192

5,041

EBITDA trailing 12 months (€m)

3,940

4,208

Net Debt/EBITDA ratio

1.6x

1.2x

*IFRS Operating free cash flow corrected from the repayment of deferred social charges, pensions contributions and wage taxes granted during the Covid period and payment of lease debt and interests paid and received