FINNAIR PLC PRESS RELEASE 8 December 2011 AT 09:01
In November 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by approximately 6.7% as the overall capacity grew by 10.7% compared with November 2010. Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 21.6% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 9.2%.
“Global economic uncertainty softened the demand in November, especially in Asian traffic. Asian traffic saw a load factor decline of nearly eight percent year-on-year. Paired with weaker leisure traffic loads it pressed the overall load factor down by four percent. This was despite the fact that load factors in European and domestic traffic were somewhat improved. ”, says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.
In leisure traffic the load factor declined by 4.2% compared with November 2010. The capacity decrease in leisure traffic results mainly from the fact that from the beginning of the summer season, some of the previous leisure flights have been operated as scheduled services. The overall capacity of these flights has not changed substantially from last year.
In cargo, available tonne kilometres grew by 23.4% and revenue tonne kilometres by 7.8%. The amount of cargo and mail carried grew by 7.2%. The overall load factor was 63.9%.
In November, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was excellent: 91.3% (80.8%) of all flights arrived on schedule. In scheduled traffic, 91.8 (81.9%) of flights arrived on schedule.
FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE NOVEMBER 2011
| Nov 2011 | %-Change | Jan-Nov 2011 | %-Change | |
| TOTAL TRAFFIC | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 602,3 | 3,8 | 7 403,1 | 10,3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 370,9 | 10,7 | 26 939,3 | 15,1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 623,5 | 6,7 | 19 780,2 | 9,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 68,5 | -2,6 p | 73,4 | -3,5 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 804,6 | 7,2 | 133 981,1 | 17,9 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 380,7 | 14,4 | 4 191,0 | 19,1 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 223,8 | 7,0 | 2 596,5 | 12,8 |
| Overall load factor % | 58,8 | -4,1 p | 62,0 | -3,5 p |
| SCHEDULED TOTAL | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 553,3 | 7,0 | 6 726,7 | 14,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 071,2 | 14,7 | 23 865,3 | 20,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 380,8 | 11,7 | 17 099,0 | 15,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 66,7 | -1,8 p | 71,6 | -3,3 p |
| EUROPE | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 300,6 | 10,7 | 3 810,3 | 12,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 655,1 | 6,6 | 7 973,2 | 13,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 412,8 | 17,0 | 5 328,3 | 13,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 63,0 | 5,6 p | 66,8 | 0,4 p |
| NORTH ATLANTIC | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 12,0 | 23,5 | 179,7 | 28,9 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 109,7 | 22,9 | 1 468,1 | 27,4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 79,2 | 23,5 | 1 186,4 | 28,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 72,2 | 0,3 p | 80,8 | 0,9 p |
| ASIA | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 111,2 | 7,3 | 1 332,1 | 13,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 188,2 | 21,6 | 13 116,1 | 25,4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 826,2 | 9,2 | 9 889,6 | 15,3 |
| Passenger load factor % | 69,5 | -7,9 p | 75,4 | -6,6 p |
| FINLAND | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 129,5 | -1,8 | 1 404,6 | 19,1 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 118,2 | -5,0 | 1 307,8 | 20,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 62,6 | 0,1 | 694,6 | 12,7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 53,0 | 2,7 p | 53,1 | -3,9 p |
| LEISURE TRAFFIC | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 49,0 | -22,9 | 676,4 | -17,9 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 299,7 | -10,7 | 3 074,1 | -16,4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 242,7 | -15,1 | 2 681,1 | -16,5 |
| Passenger load factor % | 81,0 | -4,2 p | 87,2 | -0,1 p |
| CARGO TRAFFIC | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 8 742,6 | -6,3 | 103 195,0 | 5,1 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 732,5 | -14,2 | 20 292,2 | 0,7 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 681,4 | -2,3 | 7 553,3 | -1,3 |
| Asia tonnes | 6 116,7 | -4,2 | 73 255,9 | 7,3 |
| Domestic tonnes | 211,9 | -4,6 | 2 093,7 | -1,2 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 13,7 | -71,6 | 234,9 | -78,9 |
| Cargo flights tonnes | 4 048,3 | 57,5 | 30 551,1 | 112,7 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 804,6 | 7,2 | 133 981,1 | 17,9 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 122,5 | 23,4 | 1 264,2 | 35,2 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 78,3 | 7,8 | 824,4 | 19,6 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 63,9 | -9,3 p | 65,2 | -8,5 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 79,4 | -18,1 p | 77,7 | -9,7 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 73,3 | -17,1 p | 77,9 | -10,8 p |
- * = Operational calculatory capacity
- Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the previous year (p = percentage points)
- Available seat kilometres, ASK: Total number of seats available, multiplied by the number of kilometres flown
- Revenue passenger kilometres, RPK: Number of revenue passengers carried, multiplied by kilometres flown
- Passenger load factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available seat kilometres
- Available tonne kilometres, ATK: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail, multiplied by kilometres flown
- Revenue tonne kilometres, RTK: Total revenue load consisting of passengers, cargo and mail, multiplied by kilometres flown
- Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available tonne kilometres
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on 10 January 2012.
Finnair Plc
Communications
8 December 2011
Further information:
Erno Hildén, Chief Financial Officer,
tel. +358 9 818 8550
Arja Suominen, Senior Vice President, Communications and Corporate Responsibility,
tel. +358 9 818 4028
Kati Kaksonen, Investor Relations Officer,
tel. +358 9 818 2780