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Item 11 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Grupo Aeromexico, S.a.b. De C.v. · 20-F · FY 2025 · Period ended Dec 31, 2025
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General
We are exposed to financial risks that are common in the industry, particularly risks related to credit availability and liquidity, and market risks relating to fluctuations in the value of external indicators, such as foreign currency exchange rates, the price of jet fuel and prevailing interest rates. Changes in these external indicators may adversely affect the value of our financial assets and liabilities or our future cash flow and income. In light of these risks, we have policies and procedures designed to evaluate the related risks and to approve and monitor transactions that expose us to market risks. For additional information relating to our sensitivity to market fluctuations, see Note 28 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to us if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations and arises principally from our receivables from customers and investment securities. Recorded financial assets and liabilities from contracts represent the maximum credit exposure. Evaluation of the expected credit loss from individual clients is stated at January 1 and December 31. We use an allowance matrix to measure the expected credit loss of trade receivable from individual customers, which comprise a very large number of small balances.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that we will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with our financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or other financial assets. Our approach to managing liquidity is designed to ensure that we will have sufficient liquidity to meet our liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to our reputation. We monitor our cash flow requirements on a constant basis.
Foreign currency risk
Foreign exchange risk is originated when we perform transactions and maintain monetary assets and liabilities in currencies that are different from our functional currency. Most of our exposure is associated to fluctuations in other currencies, mainly pesos. Considering our methodology for translating monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies to our functional currency, in 2025, 2024 and 2023, 40%, 40% and 36%, respectively, of our expenses and 5%, 4% and 2%, respectively, of our revenues were denominated in currencies other than the dollar. Regarding our passenger revenues, we record the air traffic liability by translating to our functional currency the tickets sold at the different foreign exchange rates at the dates of the original ticket sale.
Jet fuel price fluctuations
The main market risk associated with our industry is the variation in fuel prices. We mitigate this risk through derivative instrument contracts, usually options and combination of options. In addition, depending on market conditions, we apply fare increases or fuel surcharges to airplane tickets in order to partially mitigate the impact of higher fuel prices.
Fluctuations in jet fuel prices largely depend on local or worldwide economic and political conditions. Among these conditions are the global supply and demand for oil, decisions taken by OPEC, global refining capacity, stock levels of crude oil, weather and geopolitical factors. For more information about the risks related to jet fuel availability and price variations, see “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—We are highly impacted by volatility in the price and availability of jet fuel” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Result—Factors affecting our results of operations—Jet fuel prices.” From time-to-time, we selectively use derivative financial instruments, mainly call and call spread options such as the Jet Fuel 54 Asian call options, to hedge exposure to movements in the price of aviation fuel. At inception, options are recorded in the consolidated statements of financial position as assets and/or liabilities, according to their fair value. These financial instruments comply with the requirements established in IFRS-9 Financial Instruments in a qualifying hedging relationship; therefore, during their useful life, the options are valued at fair value and their effects are recorded through other comprehensive income for the year. We believe these instruments allow us to obtain hedge protection against sudden and significant increases in jet fuel prices, while simultaneously ensuring that we are not subject to competitive disadvantage in the event of a substantial decrease in the price of aviation fuel. Hedging is conducted in accordance with our jet fuel hedging policy, which is approved by our board. Currently, the policy states that a target of between 40% and 60% of the estimated fuel consumption out to 12 to 18 months may be hedged, with any hedging outside these parameters requiring approval by the executive committee. The executive committee in its periodical meetings supervises the strict adherence to the policy and monitors the performance of the hedging portfolio. We have paused our fuel hedging activity since 2020.
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Because we use derivative financial instruments to reduce our risk exposure to the different risk factors, all of the options and call spreads used have a net paid premium, which means that the maximum loss that we could incur is limited to the premium paid, facing no additional obligations.
Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument fluctuates due to changes in market interest rates. The fluctuation in interest rates depends heavily on the state of the global economy. An improvement in long-term economic prospects tends to move long-term rates upward while a drop tends to be associated with periods of slow economic growth. We mitigate interest risk by managing the proportion of our floating and fixed rate debt. As December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, 100%, 96% and 80%, respectively, of our financial debt was subject to fixed-rate contracts.