Air Astana announces H1 2024 financial and operating results

05.08.24 12:16
/KASE, August 5, 2024/ – Air Astana JSC (Almaty), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release dated August 5, 2024: quote Highlights Strong growth of revenue and EBITDAR in H1 - Total revenue and other income excluding non-recurring items* increased 12.9% YoY to USD 586.2M (H1 2023: USD 519.1M). - Adjusted EBITDAR excluding non-recurring items* was up 9.8% YoY to USD 138.7M. - Adjusted EBITDAR margin excluding non-recurring items* was 23.7% (H1 2023: 24.3%). - ASK increased 11.8% YoY to 8.7B (H1 2023: 7.8B). - RASK excluding non-recurring items* increased 1.0% YoY to USD 6.73¢ (H1 2023: USD 6.67¢), offsetting 2.5% increase in CASK. Growing momentum in Q2 - Total revenue and other income excluding non-recurring items* increased 12.6% YoY to USD 321.4M (Q2 2023: USD 285.4M). - Adjusted EBITDAR excluding non-recurring items* was up 11.5% YoY to USD 88.7M with an improved Adjusted EBITDAR margin excluding non-recurring items* in Q2 of 27.6%. - Proactive yield management across both airline brands resulted in RASK excluding non-recurring items* growing 3.4% YoY to USD 7.02¢ (Q2 2023: 6.79¢). *Non-recurring item (NRI): H1 2024 include net IPO related expenses of US$ 9.4m and donations in connection with the flood situation in the regions of Kazakhstan of US$ 2.7m. H1 2023 include IPO related expenses of US$ 0.4 m and revenue from the extraordinary market event (EME) impacted by partial mobilization in Russia of US$ 8.9m. Q2 2024 include net IPO related expenses of US$ 3.1m and donations in connection with the flood situation in the regions of Kazakhstan of US$ 2.7m. Q2 2023 include IPO related expenses of US$ 0.1 m and revenue from the EME of US$ 3.5m. unquote The complete press release is available on: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_050824_2.pdf – in Qazaq; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_050824_1.pdf – in Russian; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/AIRA/aira_relizs_050824_3.pdf – in English. [2024-08-05]