FINNAIR OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 SEPTEMBER 2008 AT 09:00 Finnair traffic, measured in passenger kilometres, increased by 9.3% in August, while the capacity was up by 5.0%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 80.3% or 3.2 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 723 312 passengers, which is 1.8% more than a year ago. Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 7.0% compared to August last year. Number of passengers carried on scheduled flights was 610 054, which is 0.9% less than in 2007. Passenger load factor in scheduled passenger traffic was 79.0%, 1.8 percentage points higher than last year. Finnair's Asian traffic grew 13.4% compared to August of the previous year. Number of passengers carried on Finnair's Asian flights in August was 132 778, which is 13.8% more than a year ago. RPKs in European traffic decreased by 0.4% and passenger load factor increased by 0.6 percentage points to 71.1%. Leisure flights' passenger load factor increased by 11.0 percentage points to 87.5% compared to the previous year. Arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was 85.2%, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than in August 2008. Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights went up 3.4 points and was 87.1%. Scheduled traffic In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger kilometres increased by 7.0%. The change in capacity was 4.6%. Passenger load factor was 79.0%, 1.8 percentage points higher than last year. In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was up by 3.4%. Capacity in ASKs was 5.7%, while RPKs increased by 7.9%. In European scheduled traffic, ASKs decreased by 1.2%, and as RPKs decreased by 0.4%, the passenger load factor was 71.1%, up 0.6 points from previous year. In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity was same. Change in RPKs was 5.9%, and passenger load factor for was 91.7%, 5.1 points higher than previous year. In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 11.4%. The passenger traffic was up by 13.4%. Passenger load factor was 84.0%, 1.4 percentage points up. Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 16.0% on a capacity decrease of 17.3%. Passenger load factor increased by 1.0 percentage points to 62.7%. Leisure traffic ASKs for leisure traffic increased in August by 7.2%, and RPKs increased by 22.6%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 87.5%, 11.0 points higher than last year. Cargo Cargo traffic increased by 4.0% in terms of cargo tonnes carried. Growth in scheduled traffic was 6.0%. Increase in Asian traffic was 17.0%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 14.1%. In North-Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 14.3%. Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 39.7%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 67.8% and in the North Atlantic traffic 66.2%. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Aug08 | %-CHANG | Jan08-Aug0 | %- | | | | E | 8 | CHANGE | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 723.3 | 1.8 | 5 502.8 | 1.9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 416.4 | 5.0 | 19 325.9 | 13.9 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 939.8 | 9.3 | 14 372.4 | 10.8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 80.3 | 3.2 p | 74.4 | -2.1 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes total | 8 790.4 | 4.0 | 69 577.1 | 12.7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres | 387.3 | 7.7 | 2 982.2 | 15.1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 225.7 | 9.4 | 1 686.6 | 12.3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Overall load factor % | 58.3 | 0.9 p | 56.6 | -1.4 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 610.1 | -0.9 | 4 627.1 | 0.2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 053.7 | 4.6 | 15 560.0 | 14.7 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 622.7 | 7.0 | 11 022.2 | 9.8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 79.0 | 1.8 p | 70.8 | -3.2 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | EUROPE | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 377.0 | 0.1 | 2 712.5 | 2.4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 737.0 | -1.2 | 5 646.0 | 7.0 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 524.3 | -0.4 | 3 742.0 | 1.7 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 71.1 | 0.6 p | 66.3 | -3.4 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 99.8 | 8.1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 115.4 | 0.0 | 783.8 | 5.3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 105.9 | 5.9 | 658.6 | 8.1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 91.7 | 5.1 p | 84.0 | 2.1 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ASIA | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 132.8 | 13.8 | 842.1 | 15.1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 1 126.0 | 11.4 | 8 188.5 | 24.9 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 945.3 | 13.4 | 6 066.0 | 17.9 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 84.0 | 1.4 p | 74.1 | -4.4 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | DOMESTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 84.3 | -21.6 | 972.7 | -15.0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 75.3 | -17.3 | 941.8 | -4.4 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue pax-kilometres mill | 47.2 | -16.0 | 555.6 | -8.5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 62.7 | 1.0 p | 59.0 | -2.7 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 113.3 | 19.6 | 875.7 | 11.8 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 362.7 | 7.2 | 3 765.9 | 10.4 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 317.2 | 22.6 | 3 350.2 | 14.2 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 87.5 | 11.0 p | 89.0 | 3.0 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo scheduled traffic total | 8 588.1 | 6.0 | 67 191.7 | 18.2 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Europe tonnes | 1 581.6 | -14.1 | 13 898.4 | -0.6 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | North Atlantic tonnes | 682.5 | -14.3 | 4 829.7 | 1.0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Asia tonnes | 6 078.0 | 17.0 | 46 465.9 | 29.5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Domestic tonnes | 246.1 | -8.8 | 1 997.7 | -10.1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 17.5 | -60.2 | 255.6 | -19.1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scheduled cargo charter | 184.8 | -39.7 | 2 129.8 | -53.4 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes total | 8 790.4 | 4.0 | 69 577.1 | 12.7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres* | 84.8 | 2.9 | 646.3 | 12.3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 51.8 | 9.5 | 399.0 | 17.0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo load factor* % | 61.1 | 3.6 p | 61.7 | 2.5 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 October 9, 2008. Finnair Oyj Communications September 9, 2008 Taneli Hassinen VP Financial Communications and 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. Taneli Hassinen. VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations. tel. +358 9 818 4976 Mr. Petteri Kostermaa. VP Traffic Planning. tel. +358 9 818 8504 Mr. Timo Riihimäki. Vice President. Cargo. tel. +358 9 818 5487