Finnair Traffic Performance in December 2014


Finnair Plc      Stock Exchange Release         8 January 2015 at 09:00 EET

In December, Finnair's overall capacity decreased by 1.5 per cent and traffic
measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 0.2 per cent year‐on‐year.
Passenger load factor was 77.0 per cent.

The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 4.2 per cent and the traffic measured
in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 3.2 per cent year‐on‐year.

The capacity in European traffic increased by 1.5 per cent and traffic measured
in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 4.3 per cent year‐on‐year.

In October–December, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre
increased by 1.8 per cent year‐on‐year and totalled 5.26 euro cents.

“In the last quarter of 2014, the passenger unit revenue increased for the first
time since the first quarter  of 2013, This positive development resulted
mainly from the improved passenger loads factors in almost all traffic areas,”
says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 0.9 per cent
and the overall capacity grew by 8.5 per cent year‐on‐year. The load factor fell
by 5.8 percentage points year-on-year and was 61.6 per cent.

In December, 82.2 per cent of all flights arrived on schedule (82.9).

Finnair changed its traffic reporting practices at the beginning of the winter
season and discontinued reporting leisure traffic as a separate traffic area.
These changes were communicated on 7 November 2014 with a separate release.

*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.

                      December 2014  Change  Jan -Dec 2014  Change
                                     %                      %
Total traffic
Passengers, 1000              721.2     3.9        9,629.6     3.9
Available seat              2,405.0    -1.5       30,888.8    -0.9
kilometres, mill
Revenue passenger           1,852.8     0.2       24,771.7     0.0
kilometres, mill
Passenger load                 77.0   1.3 p           80.2   0.7 p
factor, %
Cargo tonnes               11,317.5    -3.8      149,140.9     1.7
Available tonne               361.9    -2.2        4,644.3    -1.4
kilometres, mill
Revenue tonne                 235.4    -0.2        3,130.2     0.7
kilometres, mill
Overall load factor,           65.0   1.3 p           67.4   1.4 p
%

Europe
Passengers, 1000              423.9     6.3        6,004.3     5.0
Available seat                888.0     1.5       12,239.4     0.9
kilometres, mill
Revenue passenger             693.0     4.3        9,649.3     1.0
kilometres, mill
Passenger load                 78.0   2.1 p           78.8   0.1 p
factor, %

North Atlantic
Passengers, 1000               17.4     1.2          221.0    -7.3
Available seat                159.7     1.0        1,776.8    -6.2
kilometres, mill
Revenue passenger             122.5     0.9        1,512.1    -7.5
kilometres, mill
Passenger load                 76.7  -0.1 p           85.1  -1.2 p
factor, %

Asia
Passengers, 1000              125.1    -3.1        1,691.1    -1.0
Available seat              1,234.8    -4.2       15,564.4    -2.0
kilometres, mill
Revenue passenger             950.9    -3.2       12,741.4    -0.3
kilometres, mill
Passenger load                 77.0   0.8 p           81.9   1.4 p
factor, %

Finland
Passengers, 1000              154.9       4.0      1,713.3     6.8
Available seat                122.5       3.4      1,308.1     4.1
kilometres, mill
Revenue passenger              86.3       6.6        868.9     6.6
kilometres, mill
Passenger load                 70.5     2.1 p         66.4   1.6 p
factor, %

Cargo traffic
Cargo scheduled             9,129.4       1.5    115,470.6     1.2
traffic total,
tonnes
- Europe, tonnes            1,901.8       3.1     23,949.2     1.8
- North Atlantic,             661.1      -3.4      7,646.3    -0.5
tonnes
- Asia, tonnes              6,403.2       1.3     82,063.2     1.2
- Domestic, tonnes            163.3      13.0      1,811.9    -2.1
Cargo leisure                   0.0       -            0.0     -
traffic, tonnes
Cargo flights,              2,188.2     -20.9     33,670.4     3.6
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total         11,317.5      -3.8    149,140.9     1.7
Available cargo               112.9       8.5      1,420.4    -1.3
tonne kilometres*,
mill.
Revenue cargo tonne            69.6      -0.9        912.4     2.7
kilometres, mill.
Cargo load factor*,            61.6    -5.8 p         64.2   2.6 p
%
- North-Atlantic               47.6   -17.1 p         52.0  -2.6 p
cargo load factor*,
%
- Asia cargo load              60.2    -6.5 p         63.5   2.6 p
factor*, %

Cargo ATK's for the year 2013 are restated due to more accurate metrics
implemented in calculation.
* Operational calculatory capacity
**Including purchased traffic

-          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 January are published on Monday, 9 February 2015.

FINNAIR PLC
Further information:
Finnair communications, 358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com

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