Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 20.9 percent compared to March last year and Asian traffic boosted by 40.1 percent. Passenger load factor was 74.4 percent, up 4.4 percentage points. Number of passengers carried increased with 3.5 percent and was 727 066. Finnair Group traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, increased by 13.7% in March, while the capacity was up by 9.3%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 77.8% or 3.0 points higher than last year. All Finnair Group airlines altogether transported 833 205 passengers, which is 2.9% more than a year ago. Unit revenues, based on revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), decreased by two percent because of the traffic mix with more long haul traffic. Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS, carried 20 766 passengers (- 72.4%) on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and within Southern Finland. During March, Stockholm-based FlyNordic carried 98 079 passengers (- 8.0%). Aero and FlyNordic figures are respectively included in Finnair Group total figures. Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 82.5% (based on a fifteen minute standard), 0.3 points higher than in March 2006. Including leisure flights arrival punctuality was 80.8% (0.9 p.p). In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger kilometres increased by 20.9%. The change in capacity was 13.7%. Passenger load factor was 74.4%, 4.4 percentage points higher than last year. In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was up by 10.8%. Capacity in ASKs was 18.2%, while RPKs increased by 24.6%. In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 8.0%, and as RPKs increased by 13.5%, the passenger load factor was 67.5%, up 3.3 points from previous year. In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity decreased by 11.2%. Change in RPKs was - 6.6%, and passenger load factor for March was 86.1%, 4.2 points higher than previous year. In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 34.5%. The passenger traffic was up by 40.1%. Passenger load factor was 81.9%, 3.3 percentage points up. Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 5.3% on a capacity decrease of 12.8%. Passenger load factor increased by 5.2 percentage points to 65.1%. ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in March by 2.1%, and RPKs decreased by 1.5%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 88.4%, 0.6 points higher than last year. Cargo traffic decreased by 5.6% in terms of cargo tonnes carried. Decrease in scheduled traffic was 0.7%. Increase in Asian traffic was 13.8%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 20.0%. In North-Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 10.2%. Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 37.3%. The cargo load factor was 45.7%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 56.6% and in the North Atlantic traffic 80.4% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mar07 | %-CHANG | Jan07-Mar0 | %-CHANGE | | | | E | 7 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 833,2 | 2,9 | 2 190,4 | 2,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 337,5 | 9,3 | 6 595,1 | 9,5 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 819,6 | 13,7 | 5 000,8 | 11,2 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 77,8 | 3,0 p | 75,8 | 1,2 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes toatal | 7 905,6 | -5,6 | 21 659,1 | 0,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres | 343,1 | 10,3 | 975,2 | 11,6 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 205,8 | 11,0 | 563,6 | 10,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Overall load factor % | 60,0 | 0,4 p | 57,8 | -0,7 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 727,1 | 3,5 | 1 902,2 | 3,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 1 758,0 | 13,7 | 4 980,7 | 14,3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 307,5 | 20,9 | 3 517,3 | 18,6 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 74,4 | 4,4 p | 70,6 | 2,6 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | EUROPE | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 405,4 | 7,4 | 1 062,8 | 5,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 717,1 | 8,0 | 1 975,7 | 6,0 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 484,3 | 13,5 | 1 252,0 | 10,0 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 67,5 | 3,3 p | 63,4 | 2,3 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 10,2 | -6,6 | 27,3 | -5,8 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 78,5 | -11,2 | 227,4 | -9,5 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 67,6 | -6,6 | 180,3 | -5,8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 86,1 | 4,2 p | 79,3 | 3,1 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ASIA | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 91,4 | 32,3 | 257,4 | 29,9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 769,8 | 34,5 | 2 281,2 | 35,9 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 630,3 | 40,1 | 1 784,1 | 35,4 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 81,9 | 3,3 p | 78,2 | -0,3 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | DOMESTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 220,0 | -10,1 | 554,7 | -8,2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 192,6 | -12,8 | 496,4 | -12,1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue pax-kilometres mill | 125,4 | -5,3 | 300,9 | -5,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 65,1 | 5,2 p | 60,6 | 4,3 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 106,1 | -1,3 | 288,3 | -3,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 579,5 | -2,1 | 1 614,4 | -3,1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 512,0 | -1,5 | 1 483,5 | -3,1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 88,4 | 0,6 p | 91,9 | 0,0 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo scheduled traffic total | 7 181,7 | -0,7 | 19 707,2 | 4,9 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Europe tonnes | 1 835,0 | -20,0 | 5 133,8 | -13,2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | North Atlantic tonnes | 561,3 | -10,2 | 1 546,0 | -10,8 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Asia tonnes | 4 468,2 | 13,8 | 12 097,1 | 19,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Domestic tonnes | 317,2 | -17,8 | 930,4 | -9,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 36,8 | -19,2 | 118,8 | 5,2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scheduled cargo charter | 687,1 | -37,3 | 1 833,0 | -31,1 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes total | 7 905,6 | -5,6 | 21 659,1 | 0,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres* | 96,3 | 39,5 | 278,2 | 45,2 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 43,0 | 0,5 | 115,9 | 5,6 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo load factor* % | 44,7 | -17,3 p | 41,7 | -15,6 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 May 8, 2007. Finnair Oyj Communications April 11, 2007 Taneli Hassinen Director, Investor Relations Tel. +358 9 818 4976 For further information please contact: Mr. Lasse Heinonen, SVP & CFO, tel. +358 9 818 4950 Mr. Christer Haglund,SVP Corporate Communications, tel.+358 9 818 4007 Mr. Petteri Kostermaa, VP Traffic Planning, tel. +358 9 818 8504 Mr. Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487