EX-99.1 2 ea140881ex99-1_latamairlines.htm LATAM AIRLINES GROUP OPERATING STATISTICS

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for April 2021

 

Santiago (Chile), May 13, 2021 - LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiaries, (“LATAM Airlines Group” or “the Company”) today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for April 2021 compared with the same period of 2020 and 2019, in a pre-pandemic context.

 

During April 2021, passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers - RPK) was 18.6% in relation to the same period of 2019, based on an operation of 24.9% (measured in available seat-kilometers - ASK) compared to April 2019. As a result, the load factor decreased 21.1 percentage points to 62.2%.

 

With regard to the cargo operations, the load factor in April reached 71.0%, 15.1 percentage points higher than the same month of 2019.

 

The following table summarizes traffic figures for the month and includes a year-to-date breakdown for LATAM’s main business units.

 

April 2021 Traffic Report

 

   April           April       Year to date           Year to date     
   2021   2020   % Change   2019   % Change   2021   2020   % Change   2019   % Change 
LATAM AIRLINES PASSENGER OPERATIONS                                        
REVENUE PASSENGER KILOMETERS (million)                                        
SYSTEM   1,784    330    440.7%   9,584    -81.4%   10,730    29,093    -63.1%   41,563    -74.2%
DOMESTIC SSC (1)   622    75    732.0%   1,577    -60.5%   2,935    5,609    -47.7%   7,393    -60.3%
DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2)   808    130    521.3%   2,435    -66.8%   5,355    8,689    -38.4%   10,139    -47.2%
INTERNATIONAL (3)   354    125    182.9%   5,573    -93.6%   2,440    14,795    -83.5%   24,031    -89.8%
                                                   
AVAILABLE SEAT KILOMETERS (million)                                                  
SYSTEM   2,869    661    334.3%   11,506    -75.1%   16,526    36,126    -54.3%   49,495    -66.6%
DOMESTIC SSC (1)   967    155    524.6%   1,997    -51.6%   4,202    7,081    -40.7%   8,908    -52.8%
DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2)   1,126    261    332.0%   2,986    -62.3%   7,459    10,814    -31.0%   12,369    -39.7%
INTERNATIONAL (3)   775    245    216.4%   6,524    -88.1%   4,865    18,231    -73.3%   28,219    -82.8%
                                                   
PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR                                                  
SYSTEM   62.2%   50.0%   12.2pp   83.3%   -21.1pp   64.9%   80.5%   -15.6pp   84.0%   -19.0pp
DOMESTIC SSC (1)   64.3%   48.3%   16.0pp    78.9%   -14.6pp   69.9%   79.2%   -9.4pp    83.0%   -13.1pp 
DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2)   71.8%   49.9%   21.9pp    81.5%   -9.8pp    71.8%   80.4%   -8.6pp    82.0%   -10.2 pp 
INTERNATIONAL (3)   45.7%   51.1%   -5.4pp   85.4%   -39.7pp    50.1%   81.2%   -31.0pp    85.2%   -35.0 pp 
                                                   
PASSENGERS BOARDED (thousand)                                                  
SYSTEM   1,583    176    802.0%   5,565    -71.5%   8,926    17,829    -49.9%   23,738    -62.4%
DOMESTIC SSC (1)   823    64    1186.3%   1,918    -57.1%   3,819    6,468    -41.0%   8,451    -54.8%
DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2)   679    90    654.6%   2,331    -70.9%   4,507    7,903    -43.0%   9,514    -52.6%
INTERNATIONAL (3)   81    22    276.2%   1,316    -93.8%   601    3,459    -82.6%   5,773    -89.6%
                                                   
LATAM AIRLINES CARGO OPERATIONS                                                  
                                                   
REVENUE TON KILOMETERS  (Cargo) (million)                                                  
SYSTEM   265    194    36.8%   285    -6.9%   996    1,026    -2.9%   1,184    -15.8%
                                                   
AVAILABLE TON KILOMETERS (Cargo) (million)                                                  
SYSTEM   373    259    44.0%   509    -26.7%   1,492    1,846    -19.2%   2,112    -29.4%
                                                   
CARGO LOAD FACTOR                                                  
SYSTEM   71.0%   74.8%   -3.7pp    56.0%   15.1pp    66.8%   55.6%   11.2pp    56.0%   10.7pp

 

 

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION

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About LATAM Airlines Group S.A.

 

LATAM Airlines Group is the leading airline group in Latin America, present in five domestic markets in the region: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as well as international operations within Latin America and to Europe, the United States and the Caribbean.

 

The Group has a fleet of Boeing 767, 777, 787, Airbus A321, A320, A320neo and A319 aircraft.

 

LATAM Airlines Group's shares are traded on the Santiago de Chile stock exchange and its ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) markets in the United States.

 

For press inquiries, please write to comunicaciones.externas@latam.com. More financial information at www.latamairlinesgroup.net.

 

Note on Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report contains forward-looking statements. Such statements may include words such as “may” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “believe” or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations. These statements are based on LATAM’s current plans, estimates and projections and, therefore, you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of LATAM’s control and difficult to predict. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. These factors and uncertainties include in particular those described in the documents we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any of them, whether in light of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Notes

 

(1)Domestic SSC = Domestic passenger operations in Spanish speaking countries carried by LAN. Passenger statistics include domestic operations in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
(2)Domestic Brazil = Domestic passenger operations of TAM in Brazil.
(3)International = International passenger operations of LAN and TAM.