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Air France-KLM results FY 2020 Paris Stock Exchange:AF

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18 February 2021

FULL YEAR 2020

Operating Result at -4.5 billion euros
Covid-19 crisis having an unprecedented impact on Air France-KLM

The Covid-19 crisis severely impacted the Full Year 2020 results:

  • Revenue at 11.1 billion euros, down 59% compared to last year
  • EBITDA loss at -1.7 billion euros, limited due to cost control
  • Group net employee cost down 35% in 2020 compared to last year, supported by staff reductions, state support mechanisms and activity related wages. Average number of FTEs (Full Time Equivalent) in December 2020 decreased by 8,700 compared to December 2019
  • Operating result at –4.5 billion euros, down 5.7 billion euros compared to last year
  • Net income at -7.1 billion euros, including restructuring provision at -822 million euros, over-hedging at -595 million euros and fleet impairment at -672 million euros
  • Net debt at 11.0 billion euros, up 4.9 billion compared to end of 2019
  • At 31 December 2020, the Group has 9.8 billion euros of liquidity and credit lines at disposal

OUTLOOK

After a positive Christmas traffic in Domestic France and to the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, travel restrictions were tightened in France, the Netherlands and worldwide, having a negative impact on the traffic of the Group in the first quarter of 2021.

Due to the lockdown and travel restrictions still in place, the Group anticipates a challenging First quarter 2021, with a lower EBITDA compared to the Fourth Quarter 2020.

There is limited visibility on the demand recovery curve as customer booking behavior is much more short-term oriented and also highly dependent on the imposed travel restrictions, on both the Long Haul and Medium Haul network.

In this context the Group expects capacity in Available Seat kilometers circa index 40 for Air France-KLM in the First quarter 2021 compared to 2019 for the Network passenger activity due to negative environment.
The Group will progressively ramp up capacity towards summer 2021 and expects recovery in the second and third quarter 2021 thanks to the vaccine deployment.

The Air France-KLM Group continues to work on quasi-equity and equity solutions in order to strengthen balance sheet and expects progress in the following weeks. Discussions are continuing with the European Comission within the “Temporary Framework” (TF).

Air France-KLM Group Fourth quarter Full Year
2020 Change 2020        Change¹
Passengers (thousands) 5,941 -75.9% 34,065 -67.3%
Passenger Unit revenue per ASK1 (€ cts) 3.06 -52.6% 4.56 -31.2%
Operating result (€m) -1,134 -1,228 -4,548 -5,689
Net income – Group part (€m) -1,000 -1,155 -7,078 -7,368
Adj. operating free cash flow (€m) -2,115 -1,610 -5,661 -5,276
Net debt at end of period (€m)     11,049 4,902

The Board of Directors of Air France-KLM, chaired by Ms. Anne-Marie Couderc, met on 17 February 2021 to approve the financial statements for the Full Year 2020. Group CEO Mr. Benjamin Smith said:

“2020 tested the Air France-KLM Group with the most severe crisis ever experienced by the air transport industry. I would like to thank our employees for their dedication and tremendous flexibility during this period, which has allowed us to remain resilient despite an unprecedented drop in traffic. Since the very beginning of the crisis, we set the highest standards of health and safety for our customers and our employees, all while being able to seize Cargo opportunities and continuously adapting our flight schedules in the face of ever-changing travel restrictions.
Thanks to the French- and Dutch state support and this agile way of working, we were able to drastically reduce our costs, protect our cash, and continue the execution of major transformation plans within our airlines, involving the efforts of all employees. In the coming months, we will continue to strengthen the Group’s core, improving its economic and environmental performance, so that Air France-KLM will be in a position to fully leverage all opportunities when the industry starts to recover. We begin 2021 looking forward that this year will see an upturn in traffic as soon as vaccination is deployed on a large scale and borders once again reopen. Our customers look forward to being able to travel again and their attachment to Air France, KLM, and Transavia has grown stronger during this crisis.”

Business review 

Network:  In this very challenging 2020, Air France and KLM actively managed capacity with most of the flight incrementally cash positive thanks to the Cargo activity

Network Fourth quarter Full Year
2020 Change Change
constant currency
2020 Change Change
constant currency
Total revenues (€m) 1,986 -65.5% -64.9% 9,206 -60.4% -60.3%
Scheduled revenues (€m) 1,818 -66.9% -66.2% 8,571 -61.5% -61.3%
Operating result (€m) -881 -917 -914 -3,722 -4,471 -4,477

Full Year 2020 revenues decreased by 60.3% at constant currency to 9.2 billion euros. The operating result amounted to -3.7 billion euros, a 4.5 billion euros decrease at constant currency compared to last year. Measures were strengthened to preserve cash, including reduction of investments, cost savings measures, negotiations with supplier on payment terms, staff reductions and wage support measures.

Passenger network: Ensure health safety on board and adapt network to cope with border restrictions

  Fourth quarter Full Year
Passenger network 2020 Change Change
constant currency
2020 Change Change
constant currency
Passengers (thousands) 5,211 -75.6%   28,883 -67.0%  
Capacity (ASK m) 34,900 -53.3%   138,168 -53.9%  
Traffic (RPK m) 14,351 -77.9%   81,212 -69.2%  
Load factor  41.1% -45.8 pt   58.8% -29.2 pt  
Total passenger revenues (€m) 1,126 -78.3% -78.0% 6,638 -68.6% -68.4%
Scheduled passenger revenues (€m) 1,054 -79.0% -78.6% 6,325 -69.0% -68.8%
Unit revenue per ASK (€ cts) 3.02 -55.0% -54.1% 4.58 -32.8% -32.4%

The passenger network activity in the fourth quarter was, as anticipated, strongly reduced at 46% of last year’s level. The tightening of travel restrictions, border closures and absence of corporate travel delayed the expected traffic recovery. October and November were weak in term of traffic compared to a stronger December, thanks to Christmas traffic increase in Domestic France and to Caribbean and Indian Ocean.
2020 was an unprecedented year for the airline industry and Air France-KLM with: a good start in January and February; a worldwide lockdown with repatriation flights during the second quarter followed by hopes of a resumption of traffic during summer and a last quarter marked by increased travel restrictions and some traffic during Christmas.

The Full year 2020 capacity was severely impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, at 46% of last year’s level while the traffic decreased by 69%, mainly due to travel restrictions in place.

The Group had an agile capacity management and was able to ramp-up capacity during summer and Christmas periods with resilient performance on low border restrictions routes (French Domestic, Caribbean & Indian Ocean and Africa & Middle East). The balanced network of Air France and KLM spread over the different regions of the world was a strong asset during the Covid-19 crisis, which partly explained why the Group operates more capacity than competitors. The strategy was to operate incremental cash positive flights and several routes were taking advantage of the strong worldwide cargo demand thanks to industry under capacity.

During 2020, the Group accelerated the phase-out of different aircraft to cope with the lower demand in the following years (Airbus 380, Airbus 340, Boeing 747, Canadair Jet and Embraer 145).

Air France-KLM Group continues to implement the highest safety standards for its customers and employees to counter virus transmission risks. Both Air France and KLM achieved 4 stars in the Skytrax “Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating”, one of highest score.

Cargo: Strong steering unit revenue in a context of industry under capacity

  Fourth quarter Full Year
Cargo business 2020 Change Change
constant currency
2020 Change Change
constant currency
Tons (thousands) 268 -6.8%   880 -20.8%  
Capacity (ATK m) 2,812 -24.3%   10,120 -30.7%  
Traffic (RTK m) 2,082 -5.7%   6,829 -19.4%  
Load factor  74.0% +14.6 pt   67.5% +9.5 pt  
Total Cargo revenues (€m) 860 +53.9% +58.2% 2,568 +19.3% +19.9%
Scheduled cargo revenues (€m) 764 +59.4% +63.6% 2,246 +21.9% +22.5%
Unit revenue per ATK (€ cts ) 27.18 +110.5% +116.1% 22.20 +75.9% +76.8%

Global air cargo capacity was at the end of the Fourth quarter 2020 approximately 20% lower than 2019. Tightening of supply and demand levels increased yields by significant amount over the past months.

December was the eighth consecutive month of gradual air cargo market improvements and Air France-KLM’s Cargo activity continued to strongly perform with a unit revenue at constant currency up 116.1% in the Fourth quarter 2020.

The 2020 Cargo capacity of the Group has been down 30.7%, primarily driven by the reduction in belly capacity of passenger aircraft, partly offset by the increase of the full freighters’ capacity and mini cargo flights (passenger aircraft with only belly capacity commercialized). The yield and load factors were strongly up, resulting in a unit revenue increase of 76.8% at constant currency, thanks to the gap between industry capacity and demand. The Group benefited from a full freighter fleet of six aircraft and a passenger long-haul fleet well suited for the cargo activity (Boeing 777, Boeing 787, and Airbus 350).

On the demand side, world-wide air freight volumes are down due to Covid-19 crisis but are expecting to recover consistently with trade growth and industrial production. The supply-demand gap of the past months is foreseen to narrow once industry capacity supply will increase which depends on the passenger traffic recovery. Air France-KLM is ready to transport the Covid-19 vaccines worldwide and has already delivered them to several destinations successfully. The volumes will gradually increase during the first half of 2021.

Transavia: Well positioned for the recovery with a first step on the French domestic market

  Fourth quarter Full Year
Transavia 2020 Change 2020 Change
Passengers (thousands) 730 -77.7% 5,182 -68.7%
Capacity (ASK m) 2,134 -67.9% 13,312 -59.5%
Traffic (RPK m) 1,323 -78.2% 9,828 -67.6%
Load factor  62.0% -29.3 pt 73.8% -18.4 pt
Total passenger revenues (€m) 85 -74.8% 606 -65.2%
Unit revenue per ASK (€ cts) 3.67 -26.1% 4.41 -17.4%
Unit cost per ASK (€ cts) 8.01 +48.8% 6.65 +34.7%
Operating result (€m) -93 -65 -299 -430

The Fourth quarter operating result ended -65 million euros lower compared to last year at an operational loss of -93 million euros, as a result of the Covid-19 crisis and tightened border restrictions in Europe and North Africa.

Full year 2020 activity levels were close to 40% of last year’s level, with a unit revenue down -17.4% compared to 2019. Load factors at 73.8% were impacted by travel restrictions imposed.

During 2020, Transavia operated more than 150 repatriation flights from Europe and North Africa enabling 28,000 passengers to be brought back before temporarily immobilizing its entire fleet. In June, Transavia gradually resumed flights by constantly adapting operations to Covid-19 rules and has enabled many travelers to enjoy leisure destination during summer. However, the resurgence of Covid-19 and border restrictions have slowed down Transavia in the traffic recovery during the fourth quarter 2020. Strict cash preservation measures are still in place including reduction of investments, cost savings measures, negotiations with supplier on payment terms and wage support measures.

Several CLA agreements have been reached in both Transavia Netherlands and France about labor conditions and restructuring measures. Transavia France started French domestic operations during the fourth quarter 2020 from Paris Orly and regional airports.

Transavia plan to grow is still valid, well positioned to capture the leisure traffic recovery foreseen in the coming months and a major opportunity for the Group’s competitiveness gain.

Maintenance: Activity severely impacted by the decrease of airline’s activities

  Fourth quarter Full Year
Maintenance 2020 Change Change
constant currency
2020 Change Change
constant currency
Total revenues (€m) 603 -48.2%   2,858 -38.1%  
Third-party revenues (€m) 286 -44.5% -40.5% 1,248 -41.6% -41.4%
Operating result  (€m) -177 -267 -257 -543 -803 -798
Operating margin (%) -29.4% -37.1 pt -36.5 pt -19.0% -24.6 pt -24.5 pt

The Fourth quarter operating result stood at -177 million euros, a decrease of 267 million euros, highly impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. Maintenance continued to sign new contracts in the fourth quarter and are included in the order book at year end.

During 2020, external revenues declined by 41.6% and the decreased in Air France-KLM Group airlines activities impacted the total revenues. Operating costs have been reduced by a lower maintenance activity level, staff reductions, wage support measures for employees and other initiated cost savings measures. Operating results stood at -543 million euros, down 803 million euros compared to last year.
Covid-19 generated around 320 million euros exceptional items, of which 120 million of doubtful receivable, 110 million euros provision on asset value and 90 million euros regarding contracts review.
   
The Maintenance order book is assessed to 9.1 billion dollars at 31 December 2020, a decrease of 2.4 billion dollars compared to 31 December 2019, explained by the Covid-19 crisis. The Maintenance business is carefully managing agreements with clients on payment terms.

Air France-KLM maintenance activity is well positioned on new generation aircraft maintenance and foresees solid opportunities for the future.

Air France-KLM Group: Financial metrics severely impacted by Covid-19, a decrease of €5.8bn in EBITDA mitigated by cost control

  Fourth quarter Full Year
  2020 Change Change
constant currency
2020 Change Change
constant currency
Capacity (ASK m) 37,034 -54.5%   151,480 -54.4%  
Traffic (RPK m) 15,673 -77.9%   91,040 -69.0%  
Passenger unit revenue per ASK (€ cts) 3.06 -53.5% -52.6% 4.56 -31.6% -31.2%
Group unit revenue per ASK (€ cts) 5.12 -28.5% -27.1% 6.05 -16.3% -15.8%
Group unit cost per ASK (€ cts) at constant fuel 8.18 +16.1% +25.9% 9.05 +31.6% +36.9%
Revenues (€m) 2,363 -64.3% -63.5% 11,088 -59.2% -59.1%
EBITDA (€m) -407 -1,272 -1,260 -1,689 -5,816 -5,814
Operating result (€m) -1,134 -1,228 -1,215 -4,548 -5,689 -5,685
Operating margin (%) -48.0% -49.4 pt -49.2 pt -41.0% -45.2 pt -45.2 pt
Net income – Group part (€m) -1,000 -1,155   -7,078 -7,368  

In Full Year 2020, the Air France-KLM Group posted an operating result of -4.5 billion euros, down by 5.7 billion euros compared to last year.

Net income amounted to -7.1 billion euros in the Full Year 2020, a decrease of 7.4 billion euros compared to last year, of which exceptional accounting items due to Covid-19:

  • Restructuring costs provision of -822 million euros with Departure Plan at Air France Group and KLM Group
  • Fuel over hedge has been recycled to “Other financial income and expenses” for -595 million euros
  • Fleet impairment of -672 million, mainly caused by -553 million euros on Airbus A380

Since the beginning of the crisis, Air France, KLM and Transavia proceeded 2.3 billion euros of refunds to customers, with 0.8 billion euros during the fourth quarter 2020.

The Full year 2020 unit cost increased by 36.9%, primarily caused by Covid-19 related capacity reductions

Group net employee costs were down 35% in 2020 compared to last year, supported by staff reductions, partial activity implementation at Air France and compensated staff cost by the NOW mechanism at KLM and no profit sharing provisions to be made at both airlines. The average number of FTEs (Full Time Equivalent) stood at 76,900 in December 2020, down 8,700 compared to December 2019.

Net debt up 4.9 billion euros

  Fourth quarter Full Year
In € million 2020 Change 2020 Change
Cash flow before change in WCR and Voluntary Departure Plans, continuing operations (€m) -661 -1,440 -2,586 -6,370
Cash out related to Voluntary Departure Plans (€m) -253 -244 -405 -381
Change in Working Capital Requirement (WCR) (€m) -502 -547 165 +30
Net cash flow from operating activities (€m) -1,416 -2,231 -2,826 -6,721
Net investments* (€m) -421 +639 -1,895 +1,377
Operating free cash flow (€m) -1,837 -1,592 -4,721 -5,344
Repayment of lease debt -278 -18 -940 +68
Adjusted operating free cash flow** -2,115 -1,610 -5,661 -5,276

* Sum of ‘Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets’ and ‘Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets’ as presented in the consolidated cash flow statement.

** The “Adjusted operating free cash flow” is operating free cash flow after deducting the repayment of lease debt.

The Group generated adjusted operating free cash flow in Full Year 2020 of -5.7 billion euros, a decrease of 5.3 billion euros compared to last year, mainly explained by a net cash flow from operating activities decline of 6.7 billion euros, partly offset by a reduction in net investments of 1.4 billion euros.

Strong focus on working capital management in all businesses has led to a positive change of +165 million euros in 2020, thanks to tax & social charges deferrals, negotiations with suppliers and vouchers policy which compensated the refunds process and the low inflow of bookings.  

In € million 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019
Net debt 11,049 6,147
EBITDA trailing 12 months -1,689 4,128
Net debt/EBITDA trailing 12 months na 1.5 x

Both airlines results negatively impacted in 2020

  Fourth quarter Full Year
  2020 Change 2020 Change
Air France Group Operating result (€m) -989 -970 -3,389 -3,669
Operating margin (%) -73.3% -72.8 pt -52.8% -54.5 pt
KLM Group Operating result (€m) -152 -271 -1,154 -2,007
Operating margin (%) -13.4% -17.8 pt -22.5% -30.2 pt

OUTLOOK

After a positive Christmas traffic in Domestic France and to the Caribbean and Indian Ocean, travel restrictions were tightened in France, the Netherlands and worldwide, having a negative impact on the traffic of the Group in the first quarter of 2021.

There is limited visibility on the demand recovery curve as customer booking behavior is much more short-term oriented and also highly dependent on the imposed travel restrictions, on both the Long Haul and Medium Haul network.

The Group will progressively ramp up capacity towards summer 2021 and expects recovery in the second and third quarter 2021 thanks to the vaccine deployment.

For the time being, KLM is not able to execute passenger flights between the Netherlands and South Africa, South America and the UK while France banned all non-essential travel from and to France. Instead of gradually increasing capacity during the First Quarter, the capacity had to be reduced.

In this context the Group expects:
      ·Capacity in Available Seat kilometers circa index 40 for Air France-KLM in the First quarter 2021 compared to 2019 for the Network passenger activity due to negative environment.

Given the under capacity in the Cargo industry, strong steering options for the First quarter 2021 remain available, although future performance is pending passenger industry recovery.

Due to the lockdown and travel restrictions still in place, The Group anticipates a challenging First quarter 2021, with a lower EBITDA compared to the Fourth Quarter 2020.

At 31 December 2020, the Group has a solid 9.8 billion euros of liquidity and credit lines at disposal.

The Group foresees liquidity requirements in 2021 with:

  • Negative First quarter working capital requirement influenced by deferred payments and substantial low level of new bookings
  • Capex spending before fleet financings at 2.0 billion euros in 2021
  • Restructuring cash out at 0.5 billion euros in 2021

Guidance : Air France-KLM Group medium term operating margin objective unchanged but delayed

The Group accelerates its transformation initiatives and confirms its medium-term financial ambition. The Group continues to balance its medium-term focus on managing liquidity with the long-term focus on achieving increased competitiveness. To do this, the Group continues to optimize, fleet, labour, network and costs.

The Covid-19 crisis is showing an unprecedented impact on traffic. In order to anticipate on this decline in traffic. The Group estimates the number of aircraft in 2022 to be 7% below the number of aircraft in 2019. The Group expects capacity in ASK back to the 2019 levels only in 2024.

By the end of 2020 the Group managed to decrease the number of FTE already by 10% compared to December 2019. In the coming years the number of FTE will further decrease by circa 6,000 FTE. The reduction in FTE, amongst other key transformation initiatives, will drive the unit cost down 8% to 10% once capacity is back at 2019 level.

The Group’s medium-term financial ambition is maintained with an Adjusted Operating Free Cash Flow expected to be positive again in 2023. The Operating Margin mid-cycle objective is still estimated at 7% to 8%.

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The audit procedures for the consolidated accounts have taken place. Despite uncertainties, the Board of Directors considered  appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 on the basis of the going concern principle.
For further information, please refer to Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements.

The certification report will be published following the completion of the procedures necessary for the filing of the Universal Registration Document.

The results presentation is available at www.airfranceklm.com on 18 February 2021 from 7:15 am CET.

A conference call hosted by Mr. Smith (CEO) and Mr. Gagey (CFO) will be held on 18 February 2021 at 08.30 CET.
           
To connect to the conference call, please dial:

France: Local +33 (0)1 76 77 22 57
Netherlands: Local +31 (0)20 703 8261
UK: Local +44 (0)330 336 9411
US: Local +1 720-543-0206

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Income Statement

  Fourth quarter Full Year
€m 2020 2019 Change 2020 2019 Change
Sales 2,363 6,616 -64.3% 11,088 27,188 -59.2%
Other revenues 0 1 -100.0% 0 1 -100.0%
Revenues 2,363 6,617 -64.3% 11,088 27,189 -59.2%
Aircraft fuel -506 -1,393 -63.7% -2,392 -5,511 -56.6%
Chartering costs -72 -118 -39.0% -253 -525 -51.8%
Landing fees and en route charges -226 -462 -51.1% -969 -1,933 -49.9%
Catering -59 -205 -71.2% -294 -822 -64.2%
Handling charges and other operating costs -188 -422 -55.5% -833 -1,715 -51.4%
Aircraft maintenance costs -375 -708 -47.0% -1,618 -2,628 -38.5%
Commercial and distribution costs -55 -246 -77.6% -346 -1,029 -66.4%
Other external expenses -342 -437 -21.7% -1,275 -1,730 -26.3%
Salaries and related costs -1,076 -2,108 -49.0% -5,300 -8,139 -34.9%
Taxes other than income taxes -29 -35 -17.1% -137 -154 -11.0%
Other income and expenses 158 382 -58.6% 640 1,125 -43.1%
EBITDA -407 865 nm -1,689 4,128 nm
Amortization, depreciation and provisions -727 -771 -5.7% -2,859 -2,987 -4.3%
Income from current operations -1,134 94 nm -4,548 1,141 nm
Sales of aircraft equipment 6 -2 nm 37 22 +68.2%
Other non-current income and expenses -38 -19 +99.9% -1,489 -153 +873%
Income from operating activities -1,166 73 nm -6,000 1,010 nm
Cost of financial debt -146 -110 +32.7% -496 -442 +12.2%
Income from cash and cash equivalent 1 9 -88.9% 19 49 -61.2%
Net cost of financial debt -145 -101 +43.6% -477 -393 +21.4%
Other financial income and expenses 171 120 +42.5% -451 -271 +66.4%
Income before tax -1,140 92 nm -6,928 346 nm
Income taxes 145 56 +158.9% -97 -76 +27.6%
Net income of consolidated companies -995 148 nm -7,025 270 nm
Share of profits (losses) of associates -6 8 nm -58 23 nm
Net income for the period -1,001 156 nm -7,083 293 nm
Minority interest -1 1 nm -5 3 nm
Net income for the period – Group part -1,000 155 nm -7,078 290 nm

2019 results restated (with a similar impact in both years) for limited life parts componentization accounting change.

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Assets 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019
In million euros
Goodwill 215 217
Intangible assets 1,230 1,305
Flight equipment 11,031 11,334
Other property, plant and equipment 1,548 1,580
Right-of-use assets 4,678 5,173
Investments in equity associates 230 307
Derivatives assets long term 92 238
Pension assets 211 420
Other financial assets 795 1,096
Deferred tax assets 282 523
Other non-current assets 4 3
Total non-current assets 20,316 22,196
Other short-term financial assets 607 800
Derivatives assets short term 160 258
Inventories 543 737
Trade receivables 1,248 2,164
Other current assets 914 865
Cash and cash equivalents 6,423 3,715
Total current assets 9,895 8,539
Total assets 30,211 30,735
     
Liabilities and equity 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019
In million euros
Issued capital 429 429
Additional paid-in capital 4,139 4,139
Treasury shares -25 -67
Perpetual 0 403
Reserves and retained earnings -9,970 -2,620
Equity attributable to equity holders of Air France-KLM -5,427 2,284
Non-controlling interests 9 15
Total Equity -5,418 2,299
Pension provisions 2,147 2,253
Other provisions 3,670 3,750
Long-term debt 14,171 6,271
Lease financial debt 2,425 3,149
Derivatives liabilities long term 122 107
Deferred tax liabilities 22 142
Other non-current liabilities 1,294 115
Total non-current liabilities 23,851 15,787
Provisions 1,337 714
Current portion of long-term debt 1,318 842
Current portion of lease financial debt 839 971
Derivatives liabilities short term 363 154
Trade payables 1,435 2,379
Deferred revenue on ticket sales 2,394 3,289
Frequent flyer programs 916 848
Other current liabilities 3,175 3,448
Bank overdrafts 1 4
Total current liabilities 11,778 12,649
Total equity and liabilities 30,211 30,735

Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows from 1st Jan until 31 december 2020

€m 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019
Net income from continuing operations -7,083 293
Amortization, depreciation and operating provisions 2,859 2,987
Financial provisions 183 217
Loss (gain) on disposals of tangible and intangible assets -50 -43
Loss (gain)on disposals of subsidiaries and associates 1 0
Derivatives – non monetary result -27 30
Unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses, net -290 82
Impairment 680 0
Other non-monetary items 511 238
Share of (profits) losses of associates 58 -23
Deferred taxes 167 -21
Financial Capacity -2,991 3,760
(Increase) / decrease in inventories 138 -93
(Increase) / decrease in trade receivables 760 61
Increase / (decrease) in trade payables -898 -133
Increase / (decrease) in advanced ticket sales -837 160
Change in other receivables and payables 1,002 140
Change in working capital requirements 165 135
Net cash flow from operating activities -2,826 3,895
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets -2,099 -3,372
Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets 204 100
Proceeds on disposal of subsidiaries, of shares in non-controlled entities 357 13
Acquisition of subsidiaries, of shares in non-controlled entities -1 -1
Dividends received 0 14
Decrease (increase) in net investments, more than 3 months -44 -72
Net cash flow used in investing activities -1,583 -3,318
Increase of equity due to new convertible bond 0 54
Perpetual (including premium) 0 0
Issuance of debt 11,437 1,617
Repayment on financial debt -3,389 -1,156
Payments on lease debt -940 -1,008
Decrease (increase ) in loans, net 39 72
Dividends and coupons on perpetual paid 0 -26
Net cash flow from financing activities 7,147 -447
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents and bank overdrafts -27 1
Change in cash and cash equivalents and bank overdrafts 2,711 131
Cash and cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at beginning of period 3,711 3,580
Cash and cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at end of period 6,422 3,711
Change in treasury of discontinued operations 0 0

Key Performance Indicators

Restated net result, group share        

  Fourth quarter Full Year
In million euros 2020 2019 2020 2019
Net income/(loss), Group share -1,000 155 -7,078 290
Unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses, net -212 -141 -290 82
Change in fair value of financial assets and liabilities (derivatives) -97 -20 -27 -29
Non-current income and expenses 31 22 1,452 131
Tax impact on gross adjustments net result 78 -42 -323 -55
Restated net income/(loss), group part -1,200 -27 -6,266 419
Coupons on perpetual 0 -4 0 -17
Restated net income/(loss), group share including coupons on perpetual (used to calculate earnings per share) -1,200 -31 -6,266 402
Restated net income/(loss) per share (in €) -2,81 0,14 -14,66 0,95

Return on capital employed (ROCE)1

In million euros 31 Dec 2020 30 Sep 2020 30 June  2020 31
Mar 2020
31
Dec 2019
30 Sep 2019 30
June  2019
31
Mar 2019
Goodwill and intangible assets 1,445 1,470 1,500 1,564 1,522 1,481 1,465 1,485
Flight equipment 11,031 11,009 10,919 11,465 11,334 10,829 10,747 10,456
Other property, plant and equipment 1,548 1,535 1,551 1,579 1,580 1,554 1,530 1,504
Right of use assets 4,678 4,789 4,938 5,119 5,173 5,300 5,470 5,453
Investments in equity associates 230 224 267 299 307 310 305 306
Financial assets excluding marketable securities and financial deposits 146 135 133 142 140 131 125 127
Provisions, excluding pension, cargo litigation and restructuring -3,922 -4,001 -4,130 -4,190 -4,058 -4,101 -3,888 -3,907
WCR, excluding market value of derivatives -6,505 -6,894 -6,779 -6,650 -6,310 -6,285 -6,957 -6,938
Capital employed 8,651 8,267 8,399 9,328 9,688 9,219 8,797 8,486
Average capital employed (A) 8,661 9,048
Adjusted results from current operations -4,548 1,141
– Dividends received 0 -2
– Share of profits (losses) of associates -58 23
– Normative income tax 1,394 -318
Adjusted result from current operations after tax (B) -3,212 844
ROCE, trailing 12 months (B/A) -37.1% 9.3%

Net debt

  Balance sheet at
€m 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019
Financial debt 15,388 6,886
Repo on triple A bonds -84 0
Lease debt 3,184 4,029
Currency hedge on financial debt 27 4
Accrued interest -107 -62
Gross financial debt (A) 18,408 10,857
Cash and cash equivalents 6,423 3,715
Marketable securities 193 111
Cash securities 309 300
Bonds AAA 518 585
Bank overdrafts -1 -4
Others 1 3
Repo on triple A bonds -84 0
Net cash (B) 7,359 4,710
Net debt (A) – (B) 11,049 6,147

Adjusted operating free cash flow

  Fourth quarter Full Year
€m 2020 2019 2020 2019
Net cash flow from operating activities, continued operations -1,416 815 -2,826 3,895
Investment in property, plant, equipment and intangible assets -444 -1,077 -2,099 -3,372
Proceeds on disposal of property, plant, equipment and intangible assets 23 17 204 100
Operating free cash flow -1,837 -245 -4,721 623
Payments on lease debt -278 -260 -940 -1,008
Adjusted operating free cash flow -2,115 -505 -5,661 -385

Operating cash burn

 

 

Full Year
  2020 2019
EBITDA        – 1,689             4,128
Provisions (CO2 and other)                  -22                   18
Correction of spare parts inventory                     4                    -1
Addition to pension provisions                 306                 341
Reversal to pension provisions (cash-out)               -246                -256
Payment linked with shares 0                     1
Sales of tangible and intangible assets (excluding aeronauticals)                   41                   46
Dividend received 0                    -2
Income from operation activities – cash impact           -1,605             4,275
Restructuring costs                -405                  -24
Other non-current income and expenses                    -1                     1
Cost of financial debt               -446                -422
Financial income                    -2                   23
Realized foreign exchange gain/loss                     7                    -1
Termination of trading hedges – cash                -589                     4
Current income tax                   70                  -97
Other financial charges & expenses – cash                  -22                    -7
Other elements                     3                     8
     
Financial capacity           -2,991             3,760

Unit cost: net cost per ASK

  Fourth quarter Full Year
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Revenues (in €m) 2,363 6,617 11,088 27,189
Income/(loss) from current operations (in €m) -/- 1,134 -94 4,548 -1,141
Total operating expense (in €m) 3,497 6,523 15,637 26,048
Passenger network business – other revenues (in €m) -72 -178 -314 -711
Cargo network business – other revenues (in €m) -96 -79 -322 -310
Third-party revenues in the maintenance business (in €m) -286 -515 -1,248 -2,138
Transavia – other revenues (in €m) -7 -7 -20 10
Third-party revenues of other businesses (in €m) -6 -7 -28 -34
Net cost  (in €m) 3,031 5,736 13,706 22,864
Capacity produced, reported in ASK* 37,034 81,363 151,480 332,473
Net cost per ASK (in € cents per ASK) 8.18 7.05 9.05 6.88
Gross change   16.1%   31.6%
Currency effect on net costs (in €m)   -102   -121
Change at constant currency   18.2%   32.3%
Fuel price effect (in €m) adjusted for 2019 capacity   -342   -771
Net cost per ASK on a constant currency and fuel price basis (in € cents per ASK) 8.18 6.50 9.05 6.61
Change at constant currency and fuel price basis   +25.9%   +36.9%

* The capacity produced by the transportation activities is combined by adding the capacity of the Passenger network (in ASK) to that of Transavia (in ASK).

Group results
Air France Group

  Fourth quarter Full Year
  2020 Change 2020 Change
Revenue (in €m) 1,349 -66.7% 6,415 -61.3%
EBITDA (in €m) -514 -980 -1,609 -3,781
Operating result (en m€) -988 -970 -3,389 -3,669
Operating margin (%) -73.3% -72.8 pt -52.8% -54.5 pt
Operating cash flow before WCR and restructuring cash out (in €m) -669 -1,012 -2,188 -2,188
Operating cash flow (before WCR and restructuring) margin -49.6% -58.0 pt -34.1% -34.1 pt
KLM Group

 

Fourth quarter Full Year
  2020 Change 2020 Change
Revenue (in €m) 1,136 -57.8% 5,120 -53.8%
EBITDA (in €m) 101 -304 -75 -2,017
Operating result (en m€) -152 -271 -1,154 -2,007
Operating margin (%) -13.4% -17.8 pt -22.5% -30.2 pt
Operating cash flow before WCR and restructuring cash out (in €m) 17 -416 -340 -340
Operating cash flow (before WCR and restructuring) margin 1.5% -14.6 pt -6.6% -6.6 pt

NB: Sum of individual airline results does not add up to Air France-KLM total due to intercompany eliminations at Group level

Group fleet at 31 December 2020

Aircraft type AF
(incl. HOP)
KL
(incl. KLC & MP)
Transavia Owned Finance  lease Operating lease Total In operation Change /  31/12/19
B747-400   2   2     2   -8
B777-300 43 14   18 17 22 57 57  
B777-200 25 15   26   14 40 40  
B787-9 10 13   6 5 12 23 23 1
B787-10   6   4 2   6 5 1
A380-800 9     2 3 4 9   -10
A350-900 6     1 5   6 6 3
A340-300 1     1     1   -4
A330-300   5       5 5 5  
A330-200 15 8   11   12 23 21 -2
Total Long-Haul 109 63 0 71 32 69 172 157 -19
B737-900   5   5     5 5  
B737-800   31 75 29 10 67 106 106 2
B737-700   16 5 2 5 14 21 20 -3
A321 20     11   9 20 20  
A320 44     4 4 36 44 44 1
A319 33     14   19 33 33  
A318 18     8   10 18 18  
Total Medium-Haul 115 52 80 73 19 155 247 246 0
ATR72-600                 -2
ATR72-500                  
ATR42-500                  
Canadair Jet 1000 14     14     14 14  
Canadair Jet 700 11     11     11 9 -1
Embraer 190 17 32   11 10 28 49 49 2
Embraer 175   17   3 14   17 17  
Embraer 170 15     10   5 15 15  
Embraer 145 15     15     15   -13
Total Regional 72 49 0 64 24 33 121 104 -14
B747-400ERF   3   3     3 3  
B747-400BCF   1   1     1 1  
B777-F 2     2     2 2  
Total Cargo 2 4 0 6 0 0 6 6 0
                   
Total 298 168 80 214 75 257 546 513 -33

FOURTH QUARTER 2020 TRAFFIC

Passenger network activity*

    Q4     Year to date
Total Passenger network* 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Passengers carried (‘000s) 5,211 21,347 (75.6%)   28,883 87,634 (67.0%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 14,351 64,943 (77.9%)   81,212 263,509 (69.2%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 34,900 74,723 (53.3%)   138,167 299,624 (53.9%)
Load factor (%) 41.1% 86.9% (45.8)   58.8% 87.9% (29.2)
               
Long-haul              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 1,591 7,031 (77.4%)   8,663 28,320 (69.4%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 11,239 53,128 (78.8%)   64,022 213,664 (70.0%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 29,749 60,648 (50.9%)   112,586 240,774 (53.2%)
Load factor (%) 37.8% 87.6% (49.8)   56.9% 88.7% (31.9)
               
North America              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 306 2,074 (85.3%)   2,176 8,760 (75.2%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,260 14,751 (84.7%)   15,657 62,245 (74.8%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 7,972 16,561 (51.9%)   31,381 69,677 (55.0%)
Load factor (%) 28.3% 89.1% (60.7)   49.9% 89.3% (39.4)
               
Latin America              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 183 935 (80.5%)   1,151 3,664 (68.6%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,766 8,780 (79.9%)   10,943 34,753 (68.5%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,848 10,160 (52.3%)   18,372 39,135 (53.1%)
Load factor (%) 36.4% 86.4% (50.0)   59.6% 88.8% (29.2)
               
Asia / Pacific              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 173 1,689 (89.8%)   1,534 6,659 (77.0%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,491 14,610 (89.8%)   13,294 58,008 (77.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 6,326 16,390 (61.4%)   27,028 64,124 (57.9%)
Load factor (%) 23.6% 89.1% (65.6)   49.2% 90.5% (41.3)
               
Africa / Middle East              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 534 1,395 (61.8%)   2,097 5,484 (61.8%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,815 8,040 (65.0%)   11,640 31,157 (62.6%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 5,728 9,595 (40.3%)   18,066 36,955 (51.1%)
Load factor (%) 49.1% 83.8% (34.6)   64.4% 84.3% (19.9)
               
Caribbean / Indian Ocean              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 396 938 (57.7%)   1,705 3,753 (54.6%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,908 6,948 (58.1%)   12,488 27,500 (54.6%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,875 7,942 (38.6%)   17,739 30,883 (42.6%)
Load factor (%) 59.7% 87.5% (27.8)   70.4% 89.0% (18.6)
               
Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 3,620 14,316 (74.7%)   20,220 59,314 (65.9%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 3,111 11,815 (73.7%)   17,190 49,845 (65.5%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 5,151 14,074 (63.4%)   25,581 58,851 (56.5%)
Load factor (%) 60.4% 83.9% (23.5)   67.2% 84.7% (17.5)

* Air France and KLM

Transavia activity       

    Q4     Year to date
Transavia 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Passengers carried (‘000s) 730 3,266 (77.7%)   5,182 16,581 (68.7%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,323 6,064 (78.2%)   9,828 30,303 (67.6%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,134 6,640 (67.9%)   13,312 32,867 (59.5%)
Load factor (%) 62.0% 91.3% (29.3)   73.8% 92.2% (18.4)

Total group passenger activity**

    Q4     Year to date
Total group** 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Passengers carried (‘000s) 5,941 24,614 (75.9%)   34,065 104,214 (67.3%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 15,673 71,007 (77.9%)   91,040 293,812 (69.0%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 37,034 81,363 (54.5%)   151,480 332,492 (54.4%)
Load factor (%) 42.3% 87.3% (44.9)   60.1% 88.4% (28.3)

** Air France, KLM and Transavia

Cargo activity

    Q4     Year to date
Total Group 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 2,082 2,207 (5.7%)   6,829 8,467 (19.3%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 2,812 3,713 (24.3%)   10,121 14,609 (30.7%)
Load factor (%) 74.0% 59.4% 14.6   67.5% 58.0% 9.5

Air France activity

    Q4     Year to date
Total Passenger network activity 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Passengers carried (‘000s) 3,017 12,698 (76.2%)   17,652 52,542 (66.4%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 7,946 37,584 (78.9%)   47,339 154,033 (69.3%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 16,416 43,863 (62.6%)   73,325 177,172 (58.6%)
Load factor (%) 48.4% 85.7% (37.3)   64.6% 86.9% (22.4)
Long-haul              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 956 4,122 (76.8%)   5,199 16,845 (69.1%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 6,284 30,571 (79.4%)   36,952 124,235 (70.3%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 13,763 35,338 (61.1%)   58,194 141,282 (58.8%)
Load factor (%) 45.7% 86.5% (40.9)   63.5% 87.9% (24.4)
Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 2,060 8,576 (76.0%)   12,453 35,697 (65.1%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,662 7,013 (76.3%)   10,387 29,798 (65.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,654 8,525 (68.9%)   15,131 35,890 (57.8%)
Load factor (%) 62.6% 82.3% (19.6)   68.6% 83.0% (14.4)
    Q4     Year to date
Cargo activity 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 843 994 (15.3%)   2,644 3,789 (30.2%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 1,347 1,867 (27.9%)   4,737 7,356 (35.6%)
Load factor (%) 62.6% 53.3% 9.3   55.8% 51.5% 4.3

KLM activity

    Q4     Year to date
Total Passenger network activity 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Passengers carried (‘000s) 2,195 8,650 (74.6%)   11,231 35,092 (68.0%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 6,405 27,359 (76.6%)   33,873 109,476 (69.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 18,484 30,859 (40.1%)   64,842 122,452 (47.0%)
Load factor (%) 34.7% 88.7% (54.0)   52.2% 89.4% (37.2)
Long-haul              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 635 2,909 (78.2%)   3,463 11,475 (69.8%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 4,956 22,557 (78.0%)   27,070 89,428 (69.7%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 15,986 25,310 (36.8%)   54,392 99,492 (45.3%)
Load factor (%) 31.0% 89.1% (58.1)   49.8% 89.9% (40.1)
Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried (‘000s) 1,560 5,740 (72.8%)   7,767 23,617 (67.1%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,449 4,802 (69.8%)   6,803 20,047 (66.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,497 5,550 (55.0%)   10,450 22,960 (54.5%)
Load factor (%) 58.0% 86.5% (28.5)   65.1% 87.3% (22.2)
    Q4     Year to date
Cargo activity 2020 2019 Variation   2020 2019 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 1,242 1,212 2.4%   4,184 4,678 (10.6%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 1,466 1,846 (20.6%)   5,385 7,253 (25.8%)
Load factor (%) 84.7% 65.6% 19.1   77.7% 64.5% 13.2

1Passenger unit revenue is the aggregate of Passenger network and Transavia unit revenues, change at constant currency

1 The definition of ROCE has been revised to take into account the seasonal effects of the activity.

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