Finnair Plc Stock Exchange Release 7 October
2015 at 09:00 EET
Number of passengers grew by 8.9 per cent year-on-year
In September, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Passenger
Kilometres grew by 2.5 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger
Kilometres grew by 4.4 per cent year-on-year. The passenger load factor
increased by 1.4%-points to 81.6 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased in September by 5.1 per cent, while
traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 1.8 per cent year
-on-year. The capacity decrease reflects comfort-improving cabin configuration
changes made across the wide-body fleet last winter, and the discontinuation of
the seasonal Hanoi route in June 2015, whereas it was operated until September
last year. At the same time, the opening of the seasonal Chicago route in June
shows as pronounced growth in American traffic.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 4.6 per cent and traffic measured in
Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 5.4 per cent year‐on‐year. The capacity
growth reflects, among other things, the change of certain European charter
flights into scheduled traffic and new summer season routes. At the same time,
the growth in domestic traffic is attributed to the transfer of the flights
previously operated at Norra’s own commercial risk to Finnair’s purchased
traffic.
In July-September, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre grew
by 5.8 per cent year-on-year and totalled 5.94 euro cents.
“Finnair continued its steady growth in spite of somewhat turbulent environment.
The third quarter is seasonally strong for Finnair, and our passenger unit
revenues and passenger load factors also improved on last year”, says Finnair
CFO Pekka Vähähyyppä.
In September, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in Available
Tonne Kilometres grew by 8.0 per cent, and Revenue Tonne Kilometres decreased by
5.2 per cent year-on-year. The cargo load factor in scheduled traffic was 53.8
per cent. The overall cargo figures reflect a structural change from the
comparison period, as Finnair withdrew from the use of leased NGA freighter
aircraft capacity in Asian traffic. In contrast with the previous months,
Finnair’s capacity included shared freighter flights with IAG twice a week
between Helsinki and London commencing in mid-September.
In September, 92.5 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (92.7).
Traffic statistics for October are published on Monday, 7 November 2015.
* Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.
Finnair Traffic Performance September 2015
September 2015 %-Change Year-to date 2015 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 916,7 8,9 7 761,9 5,5
Available seat 2 711,5 2,5 23 920,3 1,8
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 2 213,8 4,4 19 399,5 2,0
kilometres mill
Passenger load 81,6 1,4 p 81,1 0,1 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes total 10 937,9 -14,0 95 391,4 -15,1
Available tonne 393,8 1,1 3 485,7 -1,5
kilometres mill
Revenue tonne 264,5 0,7 2 313,0 -3,0
-kilometres mill
Overall load 67,2 -0,3 p 66,4 -1,1 p
factor %
Europe
Passengers 1000 575,2 7,2 4 880,8 5,9
Available seat 1 118,4 4,6 9 778,8 5,2
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 871,2 5,4 7 708,3 4,2
kilometres mill
Passenger load 77,9 0,6 p 78,8 -0,8 p
factor %
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 26,1 40,6 201,6 14,8
Available seat 210,3 39,9 1 645,0 18,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 175,5 42,7 1 392,8 15,7
kilometres mill
Passenger load 83,4 1,6 p 84,7 -2,0 p
factor %
Asia
Passengers 1000 144,1 -1,8 1 278,9 -1,6
Available seat 1 251,8 -5,1 11 461,7 -3,1
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 1 085,9 -1,8 9 591,1 -1,9
kilometres mill
Passenger load 86,7 3,0 p 83,7 1,0 p
factor %
Domestic
Passengers 1000 171,3 22,3 1 400,6 10,0
Available seat 131,0 23,9 1 034,8 6,2
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 81,2 22,5 707,3 9,3
kilometres mill
Passenger load 62,0 -0,7 p 68,3 1,9 p
factor %
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled 9 596,6 -6,2 83 448,0 -3,1
traffic total tonnes
Europe tonnes 1 756,4 -13,5 15 379,2 -13,6
North Atlantic 711,6 9,3 5 932,3 2,9
tonnes
Asia tonnes 6 961,0 -5,9 60 885,2 -0,5
Domestic tonnes 167,6 5,1 1 251,4 -5,6
Cargo flights, 1 341,3 -45,9 11 943,3 -54,6
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total 10 937,9 -14,0 95 391,4 -15,1
Available tonne 118,9 -1,9 1041,6 -4,5
kilometres* mill
Revenue tonne 66,4 -15,1 577,3 -16,0
kilometres mill
Available 111,1 8,0 973,2 10,2
sched.cargo tonne
kms*, mill.
Revenue 59,8 -5,2 518,1 -1,3
sched.cargo tonne
kms, mill.
Cargo load factor* 55,9 -8,7 p 55,4 -7,5 p
%
- North-Atlantic 37,7 -7,5 p 39,5 -13,4 p
cargo load factor* %
- Asia cargo load 58,5 -6,7 p 57,3 -4,5 p
factor* %
Scheduled traffic 53,8 -7,5 p 53,2 -6,2 p
Cargo load factor*,
%
* 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
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