UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
January 8, 2019
Commission File Number 1-14728
LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Presidente Riesco 5711, 20th floor
Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)
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LATAM Airlines Group reports preliminary monthly statistics for December 2018
Santiago, Chile, January 8, 2019– LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiaries, (“LATAM Airlines Group” or “the Company”) (NYSE: LTM / IPSA: LTM), the leading airline group in Latin America, today reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for December 2018 compared with the same period of 2017.
System passenger traffic increased 5.5%, while capacity rose by 6.2%. As a result, the Company’s load factor for the month fell 0.6 percentage points to 83.5%. International passenger traffic accounted for approximately 56% of the month’s total passenger traffic.
The following table summarizes traffic figures for the month and includes a full-year breakdown for LATAM’s main business units.
| December | Full year | |||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | % Change | 2018 | 2017 | % Change | |||
| LATAM AIRLINES PASSENGER OPERATIONS | ||||||||
| REVENUE PASSENGER KILOMETERS (million) | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 10,584 | 10,032 | 5.5% | 119,077 | 115,693 | 2.9% | ||
| DOMESTIC SSC (1) | 1,879 | 1,680 | 11.8% | 20,221 | 19,408 | 4.2% | ||
| DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2) | 2,789 | 2,751 | 1.4% | 30,492 | 29,941 | 1.8% | ||
| INTERNATIONAL (3) | 5,916 | 5,601 | 5.6% | 68,365 | 66,344 | 3.0% | ||
| AVAILABLE SEAT KILOMETERS (million) | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 12,682 | 11,940 | 6.2% | 143,265 | 136,398 | 5.0% | ||
| DOMESTIC SSC (1) | 2,291 | 2,103 | 9.0% | 24,664 | 23,821 | 3.5% | ||
| DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2) | 3,291 | 3,233 | 1.8% | 37,541 | 36,211 | 3.7% | ||
| INTERNATIONAL (3) | 7,100 | 6,605 | 7.5% | 81,059 | 76,366 | 6.1% | ||
| PASSENGER LOAD FACTOR | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 83.5% | 84.0% | -0.6 pp | 83.1% | 84.8% | -1.7 pp | ||
| DOMESTIC SSC (1) | 82.0% | 79.9% | 2.1 pp | 82.0% | 81.5% | 0.5 pp | ||
| DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2) | 84.7% | 85.1% | -0.4 pp | 81.2% | 82.7% | -1.5 pp | ||
| INTERNATIONAL (3) | 83.3% | 84.8% | -1.5 pp | 84.3% | 86.9% | -2.5 pp | ||
| PASSENGERS BOARDED (thousand) | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 6,168 | 5,880 | 4.9% | 68,806 | 67,146 | 2.5% | ||
| DOMESTIC SSC (1) | 2,182 | 1,949 | 12.0% | 23,928 | 22,775 | 5.1% | ||
| DOMESTIC BRAZIL (2) | 2,561 | 2,582 | -0.8% | 28,422 | 28,314 | 0.4% | ||
| INTERNATIONAL (3) | 1,424 | 1,349 | 5.5% | 16,456 | 16,057 | 2.5% | ||
| LATAM AIRLINES CARGO OPERATIONS | ||||||||
| REVENUE TON KILOMETERS (Cargo) (million) | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 315 | 327 | -3.6% | 3,583 | 3,421 | 4.7% | ||
| AVAILABLE TON KILOMETERS (Cargo) (million) | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 560 | 553 | 1.3% | 6,498 | 6,230 | 4.3% | ||
| CARGO LOAD FACTOR | ||||||||
| SYSTEM | 56.3% | 59.1% | -2.8 pp | 55.1% | 54.9% | 0.2 pp | ||
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION
LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
Investor Relations
InvestorRelations@latam.com
Tel: (56-2) 2565-8765
www.latamairlinesgroup.net
About LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
LATAM Airlines Group is Latin America’s leading airline group with one of the largest route networks in the world, offering air services to 144 destinations in 27 countries, and is present in six domestic markets in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, in addition to its international operations in Latin America, Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Oceania and Africa.
The Group employs over 40.000 people worldwide, operating more than 1,300 flights per day and transporting 68 million passengers per year.
LATAM Airlines Group has a young and modern fleet. Its 311 aircraft average an age of around seven years and feature the latest models including the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, A321 and A320neo.
LATAM Airlines Group is the only airlines group in the Americas and one of three worldwide to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability ‘World’ Index. In 2018, it was recognized by the index for sustainable practices, based on economic, social and environmental criteria, for the fifth consecutive year.
LATAM Airlines Group shares are traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange in the form of ADRs.
For any commercial or brand related query, visit www.latam.com. Further financial information is available viawww.latamairlinesgroup.net
Notes
| (1) | Domestic SSC = Domestic passenger operations in Spanish speaking countries carried by LAN. Passenger statistics include domestic operations in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia. |
| (2) | Domestic Brazil = Domestic passenger operations of TAM in Brazil. |
| (3) | International = International passenger operations of LAN and TAM. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: January 8, 2019 | LATAM AIRLINES GROUP S.A. | |||||
| By: | /s/Ramiro Alfonsín | |||||
| Name: | Ramiro Alfonsín | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||