Finnair Plc Stock Exchange Release 8 August 2016 at 09:00 am EET
Number of passengers grew 5.5% year‐on‐year
In July, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew
by 9.2 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 8.6
per cent year‐on‐year. Despite the strong growth, the passenger load factor was
close to last year’s level at 88.7 per cent (89.1 per cent).
The capacity in Finnair’s largest traffic area, Asia, grew by 13.0 per cent in
July, boosted in particular by the newly launched Fukuoka and Guangzhou routes,
and traffic grew by 10.7 per cent. Capacity in American traffic increased by
24.8 per cent mainly due to increased Chicago frequencies, and traffic measured
in RPK by 19.4 per cent.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 4.0 per cent, and traffic measured in
RPK increased by 5.5 per cent year‐on‐year. At the same time, the capacity in
domestic traffic contracted by 16.4 per cent mainly reflecting cancellations on
the Rovaniemi route due to the renovation of the runway as well as adjustments
of frequencies on other domestic routes, and traffic decreased by 12.5 per cent
year‐on‐year.
In July, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in Available Tonne
Kilometres grew by 7.2 per cent, and Revenue Tonne Kilometres increased by 13.8
per cent year on year. In addition, Finnair’s total freight capacity includes
two weekly freighter flights between Helsinki and Brussels and two weekly
freighter flights shared with IAG between Helsinki and London, both operated by
DHL.
In July, 85.6 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (89.3).
Traffic statistics for August 2016 will be published on Thursday, 8 September
2016.
Finnair Traffic Performance July 2016
July 2016 %-Change Year-to date 2016 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 1 033,7 5,5 6 387,1 8,5
Available seat 3 099,4 9,2 19 732,6 7,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 2 748,1 8,6 15 739,9 6,8
kilometres mill
Passenger load 88,7 -0,4 p 79,8 -0,5 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes total 12 925,6 15,9 83 925,3 14,9
Available tonne 455,7 10,9 2 906,7 8,5
kilometres mill
Revenue tonne 324,1 9,6 1 913,1 8,8
-kilometres mill
Overall load 71,1 -0,9 p 65,8 0,2 p
factor %
Europe
Passengers 1000 720,1 6,2 3 892,9 5,6
Available seat 1 296,6 4,0 7 708,8 3,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 1 160,1 5,5 6 102,5 3,8
kilometres mill
Passenger load 89,5 1,3 p 79,2 0,3 p
factor %
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 33,5 13,1 176,5 21,3
Available seat 273,2 24,8 1 577,6 30,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 238,0 19,4 1 276,9 25,9
kilometres mill
Passenger load 87,1 -4,0 p 80,9 -2,9 p
factor %
Asia
Passengers 1000 172,7 10,4 1 025,4 5,4
Available seat 1 464,9 13,0 9 556,5 7,3
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 1 300,2 10,7 7 738,2 6,2
kilometres mill
Passenger load 88,8 -1,8 p 81,0 -0,8 p
factor %
Domestic
Passengers 1000 107,5 -7,1 1 218,9 12,7
Available seat 64,7 -16,4 889,7 11,5
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 49,9 -12,5 622,3 11,8
kilometres mill
Passenger load 77,1 3,4 p 69,9 0,2 p
factor %
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled 11 439,4 16,3 73 484,8 15,1
traffic total tonnes
Europe tonnes 2 330,2 37,1 14 746,6 22,8
North Atlantic 848,9 18,6 5 270,9 17,1
tonnes
Asia tonnes 8 148,4 11,6 52 450,4 13,0
Domestic tonnes 111,9 -8,9 1 016,9 6,9
Cargo flights, 1 486,3 13,3 10 417,9 13,4
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total 12 925,6 15,9 83 925,3 14,9
Available tonne 132,3 7,5 857,7 7,3
kilometres* mill
Revenue tonne 78,1 12,7 505,1 15,0
kilometres mill
Available 124,0 7,2 801,7 7,5
sched.cargo tonne
kms*, mill.
Revenue sched.cargo 70,7 13,8 452,3 14,7
tonne kms, mill.
Cargo load factor* 59,0 2,7 p 58,9 3,9 p
%
- North-Atlantic 33,8 -1,9 p 40,2 -0,3 p
cargo load factor* %
- Asia cargo load 64,0 4,7 p 61,2 4,6 p
factor* %
Scheduled traffic 57,0 3,3 p 56,4 3,5 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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