Finnair scheduled traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, increased by 26.5%
compared to June last year. The growth was derived from Asian traffic, which
grew in June by 35.4%, as well as from European traffic, where demand exceeded
last year's figure by 27.9%. At the beginning of June, Finnair launched a new
Airbus A340 aircraft in Asian traffic. Another Airbus began operating at the end
of June.
The passenger load factor in scheduled traffic was on last year's level at
75.4%. The nearly five per cent decrease in the passenger load factor for Asian
traffic was caused by significant a capacity increase on Indian routes. The load
factor was still on decent level at 76 per cent. The load factor on domestic
routes improved by nearly nine percent and was over 63 percent. The total number
of passengers carried in scheduled traffic was 725 292, up 6.4%.
Average revenue per passenger kilometer in Finnair scheduled traffic is expected
to decline three per cent during the second quarter. The interim report will be
released on 9 August 2007.
Finnair Group total traffic increased by 18.0% in June, while capacity was up by
21.3%. The passenger load factor was thus 76.6% or 2.2 points lower than last
year. All Finnair Group airlines altogether transported 848 861 passengers,
which is 3.9% more than a year ago.
Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS, carried 29 067 passengers (- 58.9%)
on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and within Southern Finland.
During June, Stockholm-based FlyNordic carried 111 855 passengers (+ 1.7%). Aero
and FlyNordic figures are respectively included in Finnair Group total figures.
FlyNordic was sold to Norwegian Air Shuttle on 30 June 2007 and its traffic
performance is no longer reported as part of Finnair Group statistics.
Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 81.8% (based on a fifteen minute
standard), 5.1 points lower than in January 2006. Including leisure flights
arrival punctuality was 79.6% (-5.4 p.p).
Scheduled traffic
In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger kilometres
increased by 26.5%. The change in capacity was 27.8%. Passenger load factor was
75.4%, 0.8 percentage points lower than last year.
In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was up by 14.9%.
Capacity in ASKs was 32.8%, while RPKs increased by 29.1%.
In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 26.5%, and as RPKs increased by
27.9%, the passenger load factor was 75.5%, up 0.9 points from previous year.
In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity increased by 10.4%. Change in RPKs
was + 1.6%, and passenger load factor for June was 81.9%, 7.2 points lower than
previous year.
In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 43.8%. The passenger traffic
was up by 35.4%. Passenger load factor was 75.9%, 4.7 percentage points down.
Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 14.7% on a capacity decrease of 26.6%.
Passenger load factor increased by 8.8 percentage points to 63.1%.
Leisure traffic
ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in June by 2.4%, and RPKs decreased by 8.9%,
resulting in a passenger load factor of 82.4%, 5.8 points lower than last year.
Cargo
Cargo traffic increased by 3.5% in terms of cargo tonnes carried. Growth in
scheduled traffic was 2.3%. The increase in Asian traffic was 15.2%. Capacity
grew by 30 percent. Weaker development in cargo demand is due to strong
over-capacity in the northern European cargo market. Volume in European traffic
decreased by 9.0%. In North-Atlantic traffic, cargo volume decreased by 23.5%.
Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights increased by 13.0%. The cargo
load factor was 36.2 %. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was
41.5% and in the North Atlantic traffic 60.8 %.
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| | Jun07 | %-CHANG | Jan07-Jun0 | %- |
| | | E | 7 | CHANGE |
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| TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 848,9 | 3,9 | 4 549,1 | 2,3 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 2 380,2 | 21,3 | 13 059,2 | 12,3 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 824,1 | 18,0 | 9 824,2 | 12,6 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 76,6 | -2,2 p | 75,2 | 0,2 p |
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| Cargo tonnes toatal | 7 907,2 | 3,5 | 45 200,4 | 0,6 |
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| Available tonne-kilometres | 361,9 | 19,9 | 1 947,2 | 12,4 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 207,1 | 15,0 | 1 126,9 | 11,5 |
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| Overall load factor % | 57,2 | -2,4 p | 57,9 | -0,5 p |
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| SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 725,3 | 6,4 | 3 977,3 | 3,6 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 1 970,1 | 27,8 | 10 391,1 | 17,2 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 486,3 | 26,5 | 7 485,2 | 19,3 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 75,4 | -0,8 p | 72,0 | 1,3 p |
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| EUROPE | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 496,9 | 13,5 | 2 443,2 | 9,0 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 881,1 | 26,5 | 4 493,3 | 15,3 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 664,9 | 27,9 | 3 048,7 | 18,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 75,5 | 0,9 p | 67,9 | 1,8 p |
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| NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 13,9 | 1,6 | 63,0 | -6,4 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 111,7 | 10,4 | 517,1 | -4,3 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 91,5 | 1,6 | 416,0 | -6,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 81,9 | -7,2 p | 80,4 | -1,9 p |
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| ASIA | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 92,1 | 26,0 | 502,9 | 24,4 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 881,4 | 43,8 | 4 541,6 | 32,6 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 669,3 | 35,4 | 3 509,1 | 30,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 75,9 | -4,7 p | 77,3 | -1,3 p |
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| DOMESTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 122,5 | -22,0 | 968,2 | -14,1 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 95,9 | -26,6 | 839,1 | -16,7 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue pax-kilometres mill | 60,5 | -14,7 | 511,4 | -10,1 |
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| Passenger load factor % | 63,1 | 8,8 p | 60,9 | 4,5 p |
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| LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 123,6 | -8,9 | 571,8 | -5,9 |
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| Available seat-kilometres | 410,1 | -2,4 | 2 668,1 | -3,4 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 337,8 | -8,9 | 2 339,0 | -4,7 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 82,4 | -5,8 p | 87,7 | -1,2 p |
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| CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Cargo scheduled traffic total | 7 154,5 | 2,3 | 41 009,4 | 4,2 |
| tonnes | | | | |
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| Europe tonnes | 1 822,7 | -9,0 | 10 401,6 | -14,2 |
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| North Atlantic tonnes | 605,8 | -23,5 | 3 286,2 | -13,9 |
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| Asia tonnes | 4 464,0 | 15,2 | 25 587,2 | 19,3 |
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| Domestic tonnes | 262,0 | -18,9 | 1 734,5 | -12,8 |
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| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 41,9 | 101,4 | 223,9 | 18,4 |
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| Scheduled cargo charter | 710,8 | 13,0 | 3 967,0 | -26,4 |
| tonnes | | | | |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 7 907,2 | 3,5 | 45 200,4 | 0,6 |
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| Available tonne-kilometres* | 121,2 | 65,2 | 583,5 | 46,9 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 43,8 | 5,0 | 247,7 | 6,6 |
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| Cargo load factor* % | 36,2 | -20,7 p | 42,5 | -16,0 p |
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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 August 7, 2007.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
July 10, 2007
Taneli Hassinen
Director, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
For further information please contact:
Mr Henrik Arle, Deputy CEO, Scheduled Passenger Traffic,
tel, +358 9 818 4200
Mr Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487
