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Economic Performance of the Airline Industry Airline Cost Conference 25th August 2015 Brian Pearce, Chief Economist www.iata.org/economics
ROIC gains driven by a subset of the industry
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% return on invested capital
Distribution of 2014 airline ROIC
34 airlines ROIC > WACC
Median ROIC = 3.2%
Most frequent ROIC = 0%
Source: The Airline Analyst, IATA
FCF concentrated in the US
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Network LCC
Source: The Airline Analyst, IATA
But good ROIC performance in Europe as well
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2014 return on capital by region
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Average cost of capital
Source: The Airline Analyst, IATA
Median airline balance sheet still deteriorating
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Free cash flow and adjusted net debt
6 airlines could repay all debt in next 5 years
Median airline$3 billion net debt-3% FCF/net debt
Source: The Airline Analyst, IATA
2015 should see record profits for the industry
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Net post-tax profit
EBIT margin
Source: ICAO, IATA
Though that’s still only $8.27 per passenger
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Worldwide airline net post-tax profit per departing passenger, 2015
Ancillaries
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Cargo
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Ancillaries
Source: IATA
But paying investors ‘normal’ return for 1st time
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Source: IATA, McKinsey
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Cost of capital (WACC)
Return on capital (ROIC)
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Breakeven and achieved weight load factors
Achieved
Breakeven
Widening gap above breakeven driving returns
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Source: IATA
Consolidation has played an important role
Market share of top-4 airlines/JVs
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Source: SRS Analyser
81%68%36%
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33%51%
The product structure is changing too
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Source: IdeaWorks, Airline Analyst, IATA
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Operating profits as % revenues
2013 ancillaries and operating profits, % revenues
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Ryanair
Air Asia
Alaska
EasyjetAer Lingus
United
JetBlue
Delta
Flybe
SpicejetPIA SAA
Qantas
Korean
JALBAHawaiian
Frontier
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US dollar
Brent crude oil price
Low fuel prices important but US$ major offset
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Source: Datastream
Driving further divergence in performance this year
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Airline net post-tax profit margins
Asia-Pacific
N America
Europe
Source: ICAO, IATA
Longer-term impact of lower fuel prices not clear
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Source: IATA, McKinsey
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Costs typically passed through to prices
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Unit cost(US$/ATK)
US deregulation
EU deregulation
Boeing 707
1973 oil crisis
Source: ICAO, IATA
A strong economy is unambiguously positive
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Source: IATA, McKinsey, IHS Global Insight
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Airlines ROIC
World GDP growth
Economic cycle positive but not very strong
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Source: Datastream
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Industrial production growth
Business confidence
But growth in demand for travel and cargo looks OK
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Source: IATA
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Freight (FTK) growth
Travel (RPK) growth
20-year average growth rate
Though cargo growth should be much stronger
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International trade compared to global industrial production
BEFORE: FTKs growth 6.4% p.a
AFTER: FTKs growth 3.2% p.a.
Source: Netherlands CPB, IATA
Trade and cargo markets appear to have peaked
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7. World trade in goods and air FTKs
International FTKs World Trade Index
Source: Netherlands CPB, IATA
Billion FTKs (seasonally adjusted)
Index of world trade, 2005=100(seasonally adjusted)
Business confidence has been diminishing
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Risk that growth expectations now too high
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Passenger services growth expected in the next 12 months
Cargo services growth expected in the next 12 months
Source: IATA Business Confidence survey