Tallinn, 2012-05-04 08:45 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for april 2012
In April 2012 AS Tallink Grupp transported 745 770 passengers which is nearly a 2% increase compared to April 2011. The number of passenger vehicles increased over 4% to 84 233 and trucks and trailers decreased more than 5% to 23 412 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for April were the following:
| April 2012 | April 2011 | change | |
| Passengers | 745 770 | 733 800 | 1.6% |
| Finland-Sweden | 255 938 | 261 119 | -2.0% |
| Estonia-Finland | 360 017 | 338 246 | 6.4% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 70 129 | 71 200 | -1.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 59 686 | 58 912 | 1.3% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 4 323 | -100.0% |
| Cargo Units | 23 412 | 24 699 | -5.2% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 567 | 8 268 | -8.5% |
| Estonia-Finland | 11 466 | 9 437 | 21.5% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 2 819 | 3 633 | -22.4% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 560 | 1 549 | 0.7% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 1 812 | -100.0% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 84 233 | 80 913 | 4.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 11 429 | 12 144 | -5.9% |
| Estonia-Finland | 59 743 | 54 577 | 9.5% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 5 665 | 5 711 | -0.8% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 7 396 | 7 164 | 3.2% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 1 317 | -100.0% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in April 2012:
FINLAND-GERMANY
Operations on the route were ended. The ships that previously operated there are chartered out of the group.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
