FINNAIR OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 FEBRUARY 2007 AT 09:00
FINNAIR ASIAN TRAFFIC GREW BY A THIRD
Finnair Asian traffic continued to grow briskly in January, up by
29.4%. Total Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 15.8% compared to last
year. Passenger load factor was 67.0%, up 0.2 percentage points.
Number of passengers carried was 588 236, up 4.7%.
Finnair Group airlines altogether transported 3.3% more passengers in
January with 678 519 boarded passengers. Traffic, measured in
passenger kilometers, increased by 8.7%. Passenger load factor was
down 0,9 points to 73.4%.
Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS. carried 38 916 passengers
(- 37.0%) on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and
within Southern Finland. Stockholm-based FlyNordic carried 74 165
passengers (- 14.3%). Aero and FlyNordic figures are respectively
included in Finnair Group total figures.
Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 72.6% (based on a fifteen
minute standard), 10.0 points lower than in January 2006. Including
leisure flights arrival punctuality was 70.8% (-9.9 p.p).
Scheduled traffic
In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger
kilometres increased by 15.8%. The change in capacity was 15.4%,
Passenger load factor was 67.0%, 0.2 percentage points higher than
last year.
In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was up
by 8.4%. Capacity in ASKs was +18.5%, while RPKs increased by 17.7%.
In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 4.5%, and as RPKs
increased by 6.0%, the passenger load factor was 58.9%, up 0.9 points
from previous year.
In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity decreased by -4.6%.
Change in RPKs was -2.0%, and passenger load factor for November was
77.2%, 2.1 points higher than previous year.
In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 36.5%. The passenger
traffic was up by 29.4%. Passenger load factor was 74.7%, -4.1
percentage points down.
Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 3.8% on a capacity decrease of
8.6%. Passenger load factor increased by 2.8 percentage points to
55.2%.
Leisure traffic
ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in January by 4.0%, and RPKs
decreased by 4.4%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 93.8%, 0.4
points lower than last year.
Cargo
Cargo traffic increased by 4.1% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.
Growth in scheduled traffic was 8.3%. Increase in Asian traffic was
21.5%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 9.7%. In North-Atlantic
traffic cargo volume decreased by 0.1%. Cargo traffic carried on
chartered cargo flights decreased by 26.4%. The cargo load factor was
38.4%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 45.2% and
in the North Atlantic traffic 76.8%.
Jan07 %- Jan07- %-CHANGE
CHANGE Jan07
TOTAL TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 678,5 3,3 678,5 3,3
Available seat-kilometres mill 2 195,8 10,1 2 195,8 10,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 612,7 8,7 1 612,7 8,7
Passenger load factor % 73,4 -0,9 p 73,4 -0,9 p
Cargo tonnes toatal 6 937,0 4,1 6 937,0 4,1
Available tonne-kilometres mill 328,4 13,5 328,4 13,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 181,1 8,9 181,1 8,9
Overall load factor % 55,1 -2,3 p 55,1 -2,3 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL
Passengers 1000 588,2 4,7 588,2 4,7
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 668,4 15,4 1 668,4 15,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 118,2 15,8 1 118,2 15,8
Passenger load factor % 67,0 0,2 p 67,0 0,2 p
EUROPE
Passengers 1000 327,0 4,5 327,0 4,5
Available seat-kilometres mill 636,1 4,5 636,1 4,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 374,9 6,0 374,9 6,0
Passenger load factor % 58,9 0,9 p 58,9 0,9 p
NORTH ATLANTIC
Passengers 1000 9,5 -2,0 9,5 -2,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 81,5 -4,6 81,5 -4,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 62,9 -2,0 62,9 -2,0
Passenger load factor % 77,2 2,1 p 77,2 2,1 p
ASIA
Passengers 1000 86,2 27,9 86,2 27,9
Available seat-kilometres mill 798,2 36,5 798,2 36,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 596,1 29,4 596,1 29,4
Passenger load factor % 74,7 -4,1 p 74,7 -4,1 p
DOMESTIC
Passengers 1000 165,4 -3,8 165,4 -3,8
Available seat-kilometres mill 152,5 -8,6 152,5 -8,6
Revenue pax-kilometres mill 84,3 -3,8 84,3 -3,8
Passenger load factor % 55,2 2,8 p 55,2 2,8 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 90,3 -4,9 90,3 -4,9
Available seat-kilometres mill 527,4 -4,0 527,4 -4,0
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 494,5 -4,4 494,5 -4,4
Passenger load factor % 93,8 -0,4 p 93,8 -0,4 p
CARGO TRAFFIC
Cargo scheduled traffic total 6 294,6 8,3 6 294,6 8,3
tonnes
Europe tonnes 1 666,7 -9,7 1 666,7 -9,7
North Atlantic tonnes 538,9 -0,1 538,9 -0,1
Asia tonnes 3 766,4 21,5 3 766,4 21,5
Domestic tonnes 322,6 -0,7 322,6 -0,7
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 45,4 10,2 45,4 10,2
Scheduled cargo charter tonnes 596,9 -26,4 596,9 -26,4
Cargo tonnes total 6 937,0 4,1 6 937,0 4,1
Available tonne-kilometres* mill 95,5 50,5 95,5 50,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 36,6 8,7 36,6 8,7
Cargo load factor* % 38,4 -14,8 p 38,4 -27,8 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 March 7, 2007.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
February 7, 2007
Taneli Hassinen
Director, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
For further information please contact:
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. 09 818 4007
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa, VP Traffic Planning, tel. +358 9 818 8504
Mr. Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487