Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 8 January 2013 at 09:00
In December, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 10.6 per cent and the overall capacity grew 2.4 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 5.7 percentage points and was 77.1 per cent.
Traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew year-on-year in all scheduled traffic areas apart from domestic traffic. Strongest growth was seen in long haul traffic and in Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 12.5 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 15.4 per cent year‐on‐year.
In October-December, the unit revenue* per available seat kilometre grew by 2.2% year-on-year, and was 5.42 euro cents.
“In December, we saw continuing strong demand in in our traffic,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén. “Traffic growth continued to exceed the growth of overall capacity, contributing to the unit revenue improvement year-on-year.”
In December, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 2.7 per cent, as capacity decreased by 8.1 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved by 9.1 percentage points and was 87.3 per cent.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 5.1 per cent and the overall capacity by 12.3 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved by 5.0 percentage points and was 65.7 per cent.
In December, the arrival punctuality fell significantly year-on-year due to exceptional weather conditions and airport capacity restrictions. In scheduled traffic, 64.7 per cent (82.1 per cent in December 2011) of flights arrived on schedule, 64.0 per cent (81.2 per cent) in all traffic.
Finnair Traffic Performance December 2012
| December 2012 | %-Change | Jan-December 2012 | %-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 666,6 | 9,3 | 8 774,1 | 9,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 462,9 | 2,4 | 30 366,3 | 3,5 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 899,5 | 10,6 | 23 563,2 | 9,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 77,1 | 5,7 p | 77,6 | 4,3 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11 200,6 | -5,9 | 148 131,5 | 1,5 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 368,6 | -2,9 | 4 646,7 | 1,7 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 239,6 | 5,5 | 3 029,0 | 7,3 |
| Overall load factor % | 65,0 | 5,2 p | 65,2 | 3,4 p |
| Scheduled Total | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 597,0 | 8,9 | 7 960,5 | 9,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 037,7 | 4,9 | 26 768,4 | 3,7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 528,3 | 12,7 | 20 373,1 | 10,4 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75,0 | 5,2 p | 76,1 | 4,6 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 331,3 | 13,2 | 4 602,5 | 12,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 658,8 | 9,7 | 8 770,0 | 2,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 474,8 | 15,4 | 6 493,7 | 13,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 72,1 | 3,6 p | 74,0 | 7,1 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 12,6 | 15,8 | 194,7 | 2,1 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 100,2 | 3,7 | 1 519,8 | -2,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 83,3 | 15,8 | 1 284,9 | 2,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 83,2 | 8,7 p | 84,5 | 4,1 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 119,1 | 12,8 | 1 570,4 | 9,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 164,4 | 3,1 | 15 197,3 | 6,7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 895,3 | 12,5 | 11 780,6 | 10,2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 76,9 | 6,4 p | 77,5 | 2,5 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 134,0 | -3,9 | 1 593,0 | 3,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 114,3 | -1,9 | 1 281,3 | -10,0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 74,8 | -2,1 | 813,9 | 5,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 65,4 | -0,1 p | 63,5 | 9,4 p |
| Leisure Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 69,6 | 13,1 | 813,6 | 10,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 425,2 | -8,1 | 3 597,9 | 1,7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 371,2 | 2,7 | 3 190,1 | 4,8 |
| Passenger load factor % | 87,3 | 9,1 p | 88,7 | 2,6 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 9 192,7 | 9,1 | 114 858,8 | 2,9 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 868,5 | 11,7 | 20 910,2 | -4,8 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 686,1 | 6,2 | 7 667,5 | -6,5 |
| Asia tonnes | 6 495,8 | 9,6 | 84 213,4 | 6,4 |
| Domestic tonnes | 142,3 | -21,6 | 2 067,6 | -9,1 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 86,2 | 342,2 | 231,6 | -9,0 |
| Cargo flights tonnes | 1 921,8 | -44,4 | 33 041,2 | -2,8 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11 200,6 | -5,9 | 148 131,5 | 1,5 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 105,6 | -12,3 | 1 364,3 | -1,5 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 69,4 | -5,1 | 918,0 | 2,3 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 65,7 | 5,0 p | 67,3 | 2,5 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 85,7 | 2,0 p | 75,3 | -2,9 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 78,9 | 4,5 p | 78,6 | 1,0 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
* Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.
Finnair’s Financial bulletin for the year 2012 and traffic statistics for January 2013 will be published on 8 February 2013.
Finnair Plc.
Communications
8 January 2013
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