Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 7 April 2014 at 9:00 a.m. EET
In March, Finnair’s overall capacity decreased by 3.9 per cent year-on-year and
traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 5.4 per cent
year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor decreased by 1.2 percentage points and was
79.0 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 1.0 per cent and the traffic measured
in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 3.7 per cent year‐on‐year.
The capacity in European traffic increased by 1.5 per cent and the traffic
measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 5.4 per cent year-on-year.
In January –March, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre fell
by 5.0 per cent year‐on-year and totalled 5.05 euro cents.
“Passenger unit revenue for the first quarter decreased year‐on‐year, mainly
reflecting weaker performance in leisure and Asian traffic than in the
comparison period in 2013. In the first quarter, the passenger unit revenue in
Asian traffic was still impacted by the year-on-year depreciation of Japanese
Yen,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.
In March, the capacity in Leisure traffic decreased by 27.0 per cent and traffic
measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 31.3 per cent year-on
-year.
In cargo, the overall capacity grew by 0.1 per cent and traffic measured in
revenue tonne kilometres grew by 6.0 per cent year-on-year. Cargo load factor
improved by 3.8 percentage points from last year’s level and was 69.5 per cent.
Flight punctuality was very good in March. 90.7 per cent of scheduled flights
arrived on schedule (90.8). Of all traffic, 90.2 per cent (89.6) of flights were
on schedule.
*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.
Finnair Traffic Performance March 2014
March 2014 %-Change Year-to-date 2014 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 815,5 1,8 2 214,3 2,5
Available seat 2 600,8 -3,9 7 481,2 -2,9
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 2 055,9 -5,4 5 885,2 -4,0
kilometres mill
Passenger load 79,0 -1,2 p 78,7 -0,9 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes total 13 447,3 10,0 35 219,6 9,9
Available tonne 392,7 -3,3 1 133,8 -1,3
kilometres mill
Revenue tonne 265,2 -2,2 738,0 -1,2
-kilometres mill
Overall load 67,5 0,8 p 65,1 0,1 p
factor %
Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000 768,4 5,4 2 058,2 6,6
Available seat 2 294,3 0,3 6 451,0 1,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 1 807,2 -0,2 4 988,0 2,2
kilometres mill
Passenger load 78,8 -0,4 p 77,3 0,6 p
factor %
Europe
Passengers 1000 424,6 6,2 1 138,6 6,5
Available seat 774,9 1,5 2 206,2 2,9
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 613,4 5,4 1 640,1 7,6
kilometres mill
Passenger load 79,2 2,9 p 74,3 3,2 p
factor %
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 13,7 -5,1 38,5 2,6
Available seat 109,4 0,2 319,5 8,0
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 90,5 -4,8 255,3 2,9
kilometres mill
Passenger load 82,7 -4,4 p 79,9 -3,9 p
factor %
Asia
Passengers 1000 131,6 -4,5 373,0 -2,6
Available seat 1 254,6 -1,0 3 511,9 -0,9
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 991,6 -3,7 2 815,1 -1,6
kilometres mill
Passenger load 79,0 -2,3 p 80,2 -0,6 p
factor %
Domestic
Passengers 1000 198,5 12,0 508,0 15,0
Available seat 155,4 6,0 413,3 8,5
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 111,7 8,4 277,5 12,0
kilometres mill
Passenger load 71,9 1,6 p 67,1 2,1 p
factor %
Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000 47,1 -34,4 156,2 -31,7
Available seat 306,6 -27,0 1 030,2 -23,0
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 248,7 -31,3 897,1 -28,1
kilometres mill
Passenger load 81,1 -5,0 p 87,1 -6,2 p
factor %
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled 9 813,9 0,2 25 817,2 -1,6
traffic total
tonnes
- Europe tonnes 1 873,8 -1,7 5 162,3 -2,5
- North Atlantic 744,5 3,9 2 035,4 6,2
tonnes
- Asia tonnes 7 040,2 0,3 18 154,9 -2,1
- Domestic tonnes 155,4 3,6 464,6 -2,0
Cargo leisure 19,8 -47,7 62,5 -67,1
traffic tonnes
Cargo flights 3 613,6 50,7 9 339,9 66,0
tonnes
Cargo tonnes 13 447,3 10,0 35 219,6 9,9
total*
Available tonne 116,8 0,1 326,2 2,2
kilometres** mill
Revenue tonne 81,2 6,0 211,1 6,9
kilometres mill
Cargo load 69,5 3,8 p 64,7 2,9 p
factor** %
- North-Atlantic 61,0 2,3 p 60,0 2,1 p
cargo load factor*
%
- Asia cargo load 68,1 3,1 p 62,3 1,4 p
factor** %
Cargo ATK's for the year 2013 are restated due to more accurate metrics
implemented in calculation.
*Including purchased traffic
** 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
Traffic statistics for April 2014 will be published on 9 May 2014.
FINNAIR PLC
Further information:
Finnair communications, 358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com
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