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.