In the first quarter of the 2009/2010 financial year (September-November) AS
Tallink Grupp transported 1 808 235 passengers which is 1.2% increase compared
to the previous year. The number of trucks and trailers decreased by 10.5% to
68 334 units.
In November 2009 AS Tallink Grupp transported 540 846 passengers which is 5.9%
decrease compared to November 2008.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for November
2009 and first quarter of the financial year were the following:
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| | November | November | change | I Quarter | I Quarter | change |
| | 2009 | 2008 | | 2009/2010 | 2008/2009 | |
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| Passengers | 540 846 | 574 999 | -5,9% | 1 808 235 | 1 786 205 | 1,2% |
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| Finland-Sw | 188 126 | 213 883 | -12,0% | 681 685 | 707 979 | -3,7% |
| eden | | | | | | |
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| Estonia-Fi | 271 835 | 279 915 | -2,9% | 839 678 | 805 144 | 4,3% |
| nland | | | | | | |
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| Estonia-Sw | 44 288 | 48 920 | -9,5% | 154 398 | 157 298 | -1,8% |
| eden | | | | | | |
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| Latvia-Swe | 33 390 | 28 005 | 19,2% | 116 804 | 98 043 | 19,1% |
| den | | | | | | |
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| Finland-Ge | 3 207 | 4 276 | -25,0% | 15 670 | 17 741 | -11,7% |
| rmany | | | | | | |
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| Cargo | 22 415 | 22 926 | -2,2% | 68 334 | 76 313 | -10,5% |
| Units | | | | | | |
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| Finland-Sw | 8 168 | 7 749 | 5,4% | 25 196 | 26 270 | -4,1% |
| eden | | | | | | |
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| Estonia-Fi | 8 020 | 8 129 | -1,3% | 24 816 | 28 397 | -12,6% |
| nland | | | | | | |
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| Estonia-Sw | 3 063 | 3 190 | -4,0% | 8 687 | 10 352 | -16,1% |
| eden | | | | | | |
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| Latvia-Swe | 1 292 | 1 578 | -18,1% | 3 860 | 4 484 | -13,9% |
| den | | | | | | |
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| Finland-Ge | 1 872 | 2 280 | -17,9% | 5 775 | 6 810 | -15,2% |
| rmany | | | | | | |
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| Passenger | 58 690 | 54 628 | 7,4% | 200 199 | 174 471 | 14,7% |
| Vehicles | | | | | | |
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| Finland-Sw | 7 264 | 7 692 | -5,6% | 30 418 | 31 064 | -2,1% |
| eden | | | | | | |
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| Estonia-Fi | 41 979 | 38 575 | 8,8% | 135 027 | 113 380 | 19,1% |
| nland | | | | | | |
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| Estonia-Sw | 3 267 | 3 055 | 6,9% | 11 727 | 10 780 | 8,8% |
| eden | | | | | | |
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| Latvia-Swe | 5 431 | 4 017 | 35,2% | 19 314 | 13 801 | 39,9% |
| den | | | | | | |
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| Finland-Ge | 749 | 1 289 | -41,9% | 3 713 | 5 446 | -31,8% |
| rmany | | | | | | |
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The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
M/S Silja Europa was out of service from 22 November 2009 due to technical
issues. Newer, but slightly smaller M/S Baltic Queen is temporarily replacing
M/S Silja Europa since 24 November 2009.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
New cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operations in 24 April 2009 and replaced
smaller MS Romantika which moved to Riga-Stockholm route.
M/S Baltic Queen was not operating between Estonia-Sweden in the last week in
November 2009 as she is temporarily replacing M/S Silja Europa between
Finland-Sweden.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
Cruise ferry Romantika has replaced smaller M/S Regina Baltica.
Janek Stalmeister
CFO
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
e-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee
