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Financial review<br />

IATA market growths<br />

The air travel industry had another strong year <strong>report</strong>ing an<br />

increase in dem<strong>and</strong>. There was an upward trend in the latter<br />

part of the year following the headwinds in the first six months<br />

with terrorist attacks <strong>and</strong> political instability. Average fares fell<br />

benefitting from the lower fuel environment.<br />

Overall capacity increased 6.2 per cent <strong>and</strong> the fastest growing<br />

regions were the Middle East, Europe, Africa <strong>and</strong> Asia, with<br />

passenger load factors down on the Middle East. North<br />

America saw the highest load factor, although it was down 0.4<br />

points. Overall passenger load factor improved 0.1 points to<br />

80.5 per cent.<br />

IATA market growths<br />

Year to<br />

December 31, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Capacity<br />

ASKs<br />

Passenger<br />

load factor<br />

Higher/<br />

(lower)<br />

Europe 4.4% 82.4 0.2 pts<br />

North America 3.7% 83.5 (0.4) pts<br />

Latin America 1.9% 80.8 1.3 pts<br />

Africa 6.3% 68.6 0.1 pts<br />

Middle East 13.5% 74.7 (1.6) pts<br />

Asia Pacific 8.1% 79.7 0.8 pts<br />

Total market 6.2% 80.5 0.1<br />

Source: IATA Air Passenger Market analysis<br />

IAG capacity<br />

In <strong>2016</strong>, IAG increased capacity, measured in available seat<br />

kilometres (ASKs) by 4.3 per cent including Aer Lingus from<br />

January 1 st in the base. With the exception of Africa, Middle East<br />

<strong>and</strong> South Asia, IAG capacity was increased across all regions,<br />

reflecting continued expansion at Vueling <strong>and</strong> Aer Lingus;<br />

restoration of routes as part of Iberia’s Plan de Futuro; <strong>and</strong> new<br />

destinations <strong>and</strong> larger aircraft at British Airways.<br />

IAG passenger load factor was 81.6 per cent which was higher<br />

than the IATA average <strong>and</strong> broadly flat versus last year.<br />

IAG network by region<br />

16.0%<br />

8.9% 6.5%<br />

12.6%<br />

29.1%<br />

26.8%<br />

Domestic<br />

Europe<br />

North America<br />

Latin America <strong>and</strong> Caribbean<br />

Africa, Middle East <strong>and</strong> South Asia<br />

Asia Pacific<br />

IAG capacity<br />

Year to<br />

December 31, <strong>2016</strong><br />

Capacity<br />

ASKs<br />

Passenger<br />

load factor<br />

Higher/<br />

(lower)<br />

Domestic 4.0% 81.3 3.2 pts<br />

Europe 7.6% 79.9 0.8 pts<br />

North America 4.6% 83.0 (1.1) pts<br />

Latin America <strong>and</strong><br />

1.0% 83.1 0.0 pts<br />

Caribbean<br />

Africa, Middle East<br />

(2.7%) 79.5 0.9 pts<br />

<strong>and</strong> South Asia<br />

Asia Pacific 11.3% 82.5 (0.7) pts<br />

Total network 4.3% 81.6 0.2 pts<br />

North America continued to represent the largest part of the<br />

IAG network at almost 30 per cent, with a strong passenger<br />

load factor, although down slightly, at 83 per cent. Capacity was<br />

increased through Aer Lingus’ expansion with three new routes<br />

to Los Angeles, Newark, New Jersey <strong>and</strong> Hartford, Connecticut.<br />

British Airways also launched routes to San Jose, California <strong>and</strong><br />

to New York JFK from London Gatwick.<br />

Latin America <strong>and</strong> Caribbean capacity was broadly flat. British<br />

Airways launched two new destinations Lima, Peru <strong>and</strong> San<br />

Jose, Costa Rica, while Iberia reintroduced its service to San<br />

Juan, Puerto Rico. Passenger load factor in this region was flat<br />

<strong>and</strong> was two points ahead of the industry average.<br />

IAG decreased its capacity to Africa, Middle East <strong>and</strong> South<br />

Asia due to weaker dem<strong>and</strong> resulting from geopolitical issues.<br />

Flying was reduced this year to Angola, Nigeria, Morocco,<br />

Tunisia <strong>and</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a. Other decreases resulted from the full<br />

year impact of reductions made last year to Entebbe, Senegal<br />

<strong>and</strong> Gambia. Additional capacity was deployed to South Africa<br />

with Iberia reintroducing Johannesburg <strong>and</strong> British Airways<br />

launching a Cape Town route from London Gatwick. Passenger<br />

load factor improved 0.9 points.<br />

In Asia Pacific, the capacity increase was driven by the full year<br />

impact of the network <strong>and</strong> aircraft changes made by British<br />

Airways last year on Kuala Lumpur, Singapore <strong>and</strong> Haneda. In<br />

<strong>2016</strong>, Iberia launched its new service to Tokyo <strong>and</strong> Shanghai.<br />

Passenger load factors increased to 82.5 per cent, one of the<br />

highest regions on the IAG network.<br />

Acquisitions<br />

The <strong>2016</strong> Group performance includes Aer Lingus for the full<br />

year. Aer Lingus was acquired on August 18, 2015, therefore the<br />

Group’s 2015 comparator performance only includes Aer Lingus<br />

since the acquisition date. Metrics <strong>report</strong>ed as on a like-for-like<br />

basis include Aer Lingus for the full year in the base.<br />

Market segments<br />

Our Domestic <strong>and</strong> European passenger load factors improved<br />

in both regions, but remain lower than the European average<br />

<strong>report</strong>ed by IATA. The Group launched 74 new intra-European<br />

routes, including London-Inverness, Madrid-Marseille, Paris-<br />

Venice <strong>and</strong> Dublin-Florence.<br />

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> Report <strong>and</strong> Accounts <strong>2016</strong>

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