Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 9 November 2012 at 09:00
In October, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 8.0 per cent as the overall capacity grew 5.4 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 1.8 percentage points year‐on‐year and was 75.5 per cent.
Scheduled traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew significantly in all scheduled traffic areas apart from North Atlantic traffic. Growth was strongest in Asia and Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 9.9 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 8.4 per cent year‐on‐year.
“Strong demand continued in our traffic also in October” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén. “Traffic growth measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres continued to exceed the growth of overall capacity, contributing to the improvement in load factors year-on-year.”
In October, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 10.2 per cent, as capacity grew by 3.8 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved by 4.9 percentage points and was 84.3 per cent.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 3.3 per cent as the overall capacity decreased by 6.6 per cent. The load factor improved by 2.5 percentage points and was 70.8 per cent.
In October, the arrival punctuality was good albeit a slight decline from last year. In scheduled traffic, 90.3 per cent (91.9 per cent in October 2011) of flights arrived on schedule, 89.6 per cent (90.8 per cent) in all traffic.
Finnair Traffic Performance October 2012
| October 2012 | %-Change |
Jan-October 2012 |
%-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 751,3 | 7,2 | 7 444,4 | 9,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 647,7 | 5,4 | 25 446,3 | 3,6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 999,8 | 8,0 | 19 870,5 | 9,4 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75,5 | 1,8 p | 78,1 | 4,2 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 816,0 | -3,8 | 124 900,3 | 3,1 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 395,7 | 1,3 | 3 907,0 | 2,5 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 258,2 | 4,3 | 2 553,5 | 7,6 |
| Overall load factor % | 65,2 | 1,9 p | 65,4 | 3,1 p |
| Scheduled Total | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 677,8 | 6,8 | 6 751,2 | 9,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 347,9 | 5,6 | 22 517,3 | 3,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 747,0 | 7,7 | 17 277,0 | 9,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 74,4 | 1,4 p | 76,7 | 4,6 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 402,2 | 8,4 | 3 932,1 | 12,0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 812,8 | 3,6 | 7 390,0 | 1,0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 579,4 | 8,4 | 5 555,5 | 13,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 71,3 | 3,2 p | 75,2 | 8,0 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 14,0 | -9,1 | 169,0 | 0,7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 113,7 | -6,5 | 1 313,8 | -3,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 92,1 | -9,1 | 1 115,3 | 0,7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 81,0 | -2,4 p | 84,9 | 3,4 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 136,2 | 9,1 | 1 323,5 | 8,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 325,1 | 9,9 | 12 754,1 | 6,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 017,9 | 9,3 | 9 930,6 | 9,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 76,8 | -0,4 p | 77,9 | 1,9 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 125,4 | 1,8 | 1 326,7 | 4,0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 96,2 | -13,5 | 1 059,4 | -10,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 57,6 | 4,5 | 675,7 | 6,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 59,8 | 10,3 p | 63,8 | 10,7 p |
| Leisure Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 73,5 | 10,5 | 693,1 | 10,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 299,9 | 3,8 | 2 929,0 | 5,6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 252,8 | 10,2 | 2 593,4 | 6,4 |
| Passenger load factor % | 84,3 | 4,9 p | 88,5 | 0,7 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 10 252,6 | 6,0 | 95 835,0 | 1,5 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 860,1 | -3,5 | 17 133,2 | -7,7 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 628,5 | -5,0 | 6 363,7 | -7,4 |
| Asia tonnes | 7 579,4 | 10,0 | 70 592,4 | 5,1 |
| Domestic tonnes | 184,6 | -3,6 | 1 745,7 | -7,2 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 10,5 | 66,3 | 130,7 | -40,9 |
| Cargo flights tonnes | 2 552,9 | -30,0 | 28 934,6 | 9,2 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 816,0 | -3,8 | 124 900,3 | 3,1 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 111,6 | -6,6 | 1 151,9 | 0,9 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 79,0 | -3,3 | 773,5 | 3,7 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 70,8 | 2,5 p | 67,1 | 1,8 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 75,8 | 1,2 p | 74,4 | -3,1 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 80,6 | 0,0 p | 78,6 | 0,2 p |
* Operational calculatory capacity
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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
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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
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on 7 December 2012.
Finnair Plc.
Communications
9 November 2012
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