Aegean Airlines (Athens) reduced its annual net loss for 2012 down to $13.4 million, down from a $34.8 million net loss in 2011.
The airline issued this financial statement:
Aegean reports 2012 revenue of โฌ653.4m, 2% lower compared to 2011. ฮet result after tax improved to a loss of โฌ10.5 million compared to a loss of โฌ27.2 million in 2011.
Passengers carried totaled 6.1 million compared to 6.5 million in 2011, with load factor improving from 69% to 74%. The number of passengers carried on domestic routes declined significantly by 12% with average fare falling by more than 10%, declining for the fourth consecutive year. International traffic reached 3.5m passengers with traffic from/to Athens declining by 6% whilst from/to other regional airports increased by 10%.
Despite weak local demand, the company managed to improve its operating result reporting marginally positive EBITDA of โฌ2.9 million, given improved performance in international routes with incoming leisure focus, cost management efforts and also more stable conditions in the country during the second half of the year.
The Companyโs cash position stood at โฌ149 million at the end of December 2012.
Mr. Dimitris Gerogiannis, Managing Director, commented:
โOur efforts on improving our efficiency and cost structure are ongoing within an environment of declining domestic demand. In 2012 after a difficult start due to lack of visibility about the course of our country in 1H12, we have managed to limit our losses and defend our revenue relative to 2011. The gradual recovery of incoming leisure traffic as of July, as well as our cost management efforts have contributed to the improvement of our results. We need the economies of scale from the acquisition of Olympic Air, which we can only yield post the pending approval from the European Commission, in order to achieve profitable growth. Our best European regional airline award strengthens our efforts and resolve. We continue to invest in strengthening Greek tourism and increasing our international activity by utilizing the capacity which by necessity is released domestically due to declining demand.โ
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Aegean Airlines 2012 results
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| Inย โฌย 000 | 2011 | 2012 | % |
| Revenue | 668.218 | 653.388 | -2% |
| EBITDAR* | 61.779 | 73.394 | 19% |
| EBITDA | (17.688) | 2.944 | |
| Profit / (Loss) before tax | (31.153) | (12.618) | -59% |
| Profit / (Loss) after tax | (27.176) | (10.496) | -61% |
*EBITDAR: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation & amortization and lease costs
| Passengers (million) | 2011 | 2012 | % |
| Domestic | 2,96 | 2,60 | -12% |
| Internationalย from/to Athens | 2,2 | 2,1 | –6% |
| Internationalย from/to rest of country | 1,3 | 1,4 | +10% |
| International | 3,5 | 3,5 | 0% |
| Total | 6,5 | 6,1 | -6% |
| Load Factor (RPK/ASK) | 68,9% | 74,3% | 5,4pp |
Copyright Photo: Ole Simon.ย Airbus A321-232 SX-DVP (msn 3527) taxies at Paris (CDG).
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