In March 2021 AS Tallink Grupp transported 71 979 passengers, which is a 74.2% decrease compared to March 2020. The number of cargo units decreased by 10.2% to 31 466 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 53.1% to 19 720 units in the same comparison.
In the first quarter of the 2021 financial year (January – March) AS Tallink Grupp transported 267 224 passengers, which is an 82.9% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units decreased by 14.5% to 85 156 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 60.2% to 75 815 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for March 2021 and the first quarter of the financial year were the following:
| March 2021 | March 2020 | Change | Q1 2021 | Q1 2020 | Change | ||||||
| Passengers | 71 979 | 279 507 | -74.2% | 267 224 | 1 566 730 | -82.9% | |||||
| Finland - Sweden | 13 286 | 71 030 | -81.3% | 56 077 | 469 607 | -88.1% | |||||
| Estonia - Finland | 55 419 | 170 380 | -67.5% | 201 446 | 847 818 | -76.2% | |||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 274 | 19 707 | -83.4% | 9 701 | 140 544 | -93.1% | |||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 0 | 18 390 | -100.0% | 0 | 108 761 | -100.0% | |||||
| Cargo Units | 31 466 | 35 037 | -10.2% | 85 156 | 99 617 | -14.5% | |||||
| Finland - Sweden | 6 217 | 6 565 | -5.3% | 16 950 | 20 574 | -17.6% | |||||
| Estonia - Finland | 21 526 | 24 137 | -10.8% | 57 595 | 64 739 | -11.0% | |||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 723 | 3 626 | 2.7% | 10 611 | 11 078 | -4.2% | |||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 0 | 709 | -100.0% | 0 | 3 226 | -100.0% | |||||
| Passenger Vehicles | 19 720 | 42 045 | -53.1% | 75 815 | 190 292 | -60.2% | |||||
| Finland - Sweden | 1 714 | 4 126 | -58.5% | 7 739 | 20 000 | -61.3% | |||||
| Estonia - Finland | 17 918 | 34 246 | -47.7% | 67 743 | 151 492 | -55.3% | |||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 88 | 1 504 | -94.1% | 333 | 8 844 | -96.2% | |||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 0 | 2 169 | -100.0% | 0 | 9 956 | -100.0% | |||||
COVID-19 related travel restrictions were the key operational factor influencing the developments in March 2021 and in the first quarter of the financial year.
ESTONIA – FINLAND
In the first quarter, operations of cruise ferry Silja Europa were suspended. Estonia-Finland statistics includes both shuttle and cargo operations on Tallinn-Helsinki route.
ESTONIA – SWEDEN
In the first quarter, operations of the Tallinn-Stockholm route were suspended. Estonia-Sweden statistics includes operations of the Paldiski-Kapellskär cargo route.
FINLAND – SWEDEN
In the first quarter, cruise ferry Galaxy did not operate on the route for 4 days due to scheduled maintenance. Operations of the Helsinki-Stockholm route were suspended. Finland-Sweden statistics reflect the operations of Turku-Stockholm route.
LATVIA – SWEDEN
In the first quarter, operations of the Riga-Stockholm route were suspended.
Joonas Joost
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
E-mail joonas.joost@tallink.ee
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