FINNAIR OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 JANUARY 2007 AT 09:00
FINNAIR SCHEDULED TRAFFIC GREW 13.3 PERCENT IN LAST YEAR
In 2006, Finnair scheduled traffic grew 13.3 percent compared to the
year before. Strongest growth took place in Asian traffic, 27.3%.
Number of passengers on the Asian routes grew up to nearly 900 000.
The entire Finnair Group carried last year about 8.8 million
passengers, out of which 7.5 million passengers on scheduled flights.
Passenger load factor in the whole system grew by 2.5 percentage
points, in scheduled traffic 3.9 percentage points.
Unit revenues, based on revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), on the
fourth quarter remained on the previous years level, but the unit
revenue for the whole year 2006 descended by three percent.
Development of the average yield could not set aside increased cost,
of which fuel costs were the most remarkable.
Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 14.3% compared to December last
year. Passenger load factor was 68.6%, up 1.4 percentage points.
Number of passengers carried was 569 171, up 1.1%.
Finnair traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, increased by 9.1%
in December, while the capacity was up by 7.3%, resulting in a
passenger load factor of 75.0% or 1.2 points higher than last year.
All Finnair Group airlines altogether transported 659 886 passengers,
which is 0.7% more than a year ago.
Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS, carried 33 694 passengers
(-41.9%) on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and within
Southern Finland. The full year passenger figure was 727 900 (-4.0%).
During December, Stockholm-based FlyNordic carried 79 092 passengers (-
17.1%). The full year passenger figure was 727 900 (+0.7%). Aero and
FlyNordic figures are respectively included in Finnair Group total
figures.
Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 78.4% (based on a fifteen
minute standard), 1.5 points lower than in December 2005. Including
leisure flights arrival punctuality was 76.2% (-1.1 p.p).
Scheduled traffic
In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger
kilometres increased by 14.3%. The change in capacity was +12.0%.
Passenger load factor was 68.6%, 1.4 percentage points higher than
last year.
In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers
was up by 5.7%. Capacity in ASKs was +15.3%, while RPKs increased by
16.9%.
In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 0.4%, and as
RPKs increased by 5.5%, the passenger load factor was 64.6%, up 3.1
points from previous year.
In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity decreased by 8.3%.
Change in RPKs was -7.4%, and passenger load factor for December was
76.1%, 0.8 points higher than previous year.
In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 34.0%. The
passenger traffic was up by 29.8%. Passenger load factor was 72.6%,
2.3 percentage points down.
Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 8.2% on a capacity
decrease of 12.7%. Passenger load factor increased by 3.0 percentage
points to 60.4%.
Leisure traffic
ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in December by 4.0%, and RPKs
decreased by 0.4%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 93.1%, 3.4
points higher than last year.
Cargo
Cargo traffic increased by 0.8% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.
Growth in scheduled traffic was +0.1%. Increase in Asian traffic was
+9.9%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 12.8%. In North-
Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 7.2%. Cargo traffic carried
on chartered cargo flights increased by 5.0%. The cargo load factor
was 44.8%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 51.9%
and in the North Atlantic traffic 78.8%.
Dec06 %- Jan06- %-CHANGE
CHANGE Dec06
TOTAL TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 659,9 0,7 8 791,8 3,2
Available seat-kilometres mill 2 079,9 7,3 23 846,3 3,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 559,9 9,1 17 923,3 7,1
Passenger load factor % 75,0 1,2 p 75,2 2,5 p
Cargo tonnes toatal 7 686,0 0,8 93 807,2 4,0
Available tonne-kilometres mill 312,3 10,4 3 602,0 5,9
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 180,3 8,7 2 099,9 8,2
Overall load factor % 57,7 -0,9 p 58,3 1,2 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL
Passengers 1000 569,2 1,1 7 550,3 6,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 538,4 12,0 18 496,1 7,2
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 056,0 14,3 13 244,9 13,3
Passenger load factor % 68,6 1,4 p 71,6 3,9 p
EUROPE
Passengers 1000 317,8 1,6 4 501,6 7,4
Available seat-kilometres mill 575,5 0,4 7 791,3 -0,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 371,9 5,5 5 258,9 9,1
Passenger load factor % 64,6 3,1 p 67,5 5,9 p
NORTH ATLANTIC
Passengers 1000 8,2 -7,4 142,8 -11,1
Available seat-kilometres mill 71,2 -8,3 1 137,8 -14,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 54,2 -7,4 942,7 -13,5
Passenger load factor % 76,1 0,8 p 82,9 1,3 p
ASIA
Passengers 1000 80,8 27,9 889,8 25,7
Available seat-kilometres mill 748,8 34,0 7 811,4 26,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 543,7 29,8 6 044,9 27,3
Passenger load factor % 72,6 -2,3 p 77,4 0,5 p
DOMESTIC
Passengers 1000 162,3 -8,9 2 016,1 -2,5
Available seat-kilometres mill 143,0 -12,7 1 755,6 -8,3
Revenue pax-kilometres mill 86,3 -8,2 998,4 -3,3
Passenger load factor % 60,4 3,0 p 56,9 2,9 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 90,7 -1,5 1 241,5 -10,8
Available seat-kilometres mill 541,4 -4,0 5 350,2 -7,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 503,9 -0,4 4 678,4 -7,2
Passenger load factor % 93,1 3,4 p 87,4 0,2 p
CARGO TRAFFIC
Cargo scheduled traffic total 6 713,1 0,1 82 747,1 6,7
tonnes
Europe tonnes 1 975,7 -12,8 23 242,3 -9,7
North Atlantic tonnes 497,6 -7,2 8 135,1 2,9
Asia tonnes 3 956,0 9,9 47 513,7 19,4
Domestic tonnes 283,7 -7,0 3 856,0 -6,3
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 46,5 22,7 372,6 -6,4
Scheduled cargo charter tonnes 926,4 5,0 10 687,6 -12,9
Cargo tonnes total 7 686,0 0,8 93 807,2 4,0
Available tonne-kilometres* mill 90,7 47,1 918,0 26,4
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 40,6 6,3 498,0 11,5
Cargo load factor* % 44,8 -17,2 p 54,3 -11,8 p
p= percentage points
Definitions to the terms used:
Change % refers to the change of the figures of the previous year
Revenue passenger kilometres: Number of revenue passengers
carried,multiplied by kilometres flown.
Available passenger kilometres: Total number of seats available,
multiplied by the number of kilometres flown.
Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage
of passengers, cargo and mail, multiplies by kilometres flown.
Cabin factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available
passenger kilometres.
Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available
tonne kilometres.
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on February 7,
2007.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
January 9, 2007
Taneli Hassinen
Director, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
For further information please contact:
Mr. Lasse Heinonen, SVP & CFO, tel. 09 818 4950
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa, VP Traffic Planning, tel. +358 9 818 8504
Mr. Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487