Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 8 March 2013 at 09:00
In February, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 2.6 per cent and the overall capacity decreased 3.5 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 4.7 percentage points and was 80.6 per cent.
In February, the capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 9.7 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 2.1 per cent year‐on‐year. Capacity in Asian traffic was scaled back around Chinese New Year when the Asian travel demand to Europe is low.
In February, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 7.4 per cent and capacity grew by 2.1 per cent. The load factor improved by 4.7 percentage points and was 97.0 per cent.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 21.9 per cent and the overall capacity by 17.2 per cent year-on-year. The load factor fell by 3.5 percentage points and was 58.6 per cent.
In February, the arrival punctuality improved notably year-on-year. In Scheduled traffic, 84.4 per cent of flights arrived on schedule (73.5) and 83.0 per cent (73.1 per cent in February 2012) of all traffic.
Finnair Traffic Performance February 2013
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February 2013 |
%-Change, y-o-y |
Jan-February 2013 |
%-Change, y-o-y |
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| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 675,3 | 1,3 | 1 359,0 | 4,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 379,6 | -3,5 | 4 995,5 | 0,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 918,4 | 2,6 | 3 957,2 | 5,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 80,6 | 4,7 p | 79,2 | 4,0 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 9 703,0 | -22,7 | 19 822,0 | -19,4 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 353,3 | -9,0 | 742,5 | -5,9 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 231,2 | -5,1 | 475,5 | -2,2 |
| Overall load factor % | 65,4 | 2,7 p | 64,0 | 2,4 p |
| Scheduled Total | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 598,4 | -0,2 | 1 202,1 | 2,9 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 937,2 | -4,6 | 4 077,8 | 0,2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 489,4 | 1,2 | 3 070,9 | 5,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 76,9 | 4,5 p | 75,3 | 3,5 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 330,2 | 4,8 | 669,1 | 8,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 675,5 | 4,5 | 1 380,2 | 6,8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 470,9 | 6,8 | 943,1 | 9,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 69,7 | 1,5 p | 68,3 | 1,4 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 11,4 | 24,9 | 23,2 | 12,8 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 89,4 | 10,1 | 186,7 | 5,0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 74,9 | 24,9 | 153,0 | 12,8 |
| Passenger load factor % | 83,9 | 9,9 p | 81,9 | 5,7 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 116,0 | -1,2 | 245,2 | 4,7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 052,9 | -9,7 | 2 276,3 | -2,6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 865,1 | -2,1 | 1 830,0 | 3,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 82,2 | 6,4 p | 80,4 | 5,0 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 140,8 | -11,0 | 264,6 | -10,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 119,4 | -13,5 | 234,6 | -10,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 78,5 | -9,2 | 144,8 | -9,3 |
| Passenger load factor % | 65,7 | 3,2 p | 61,7 | 1,1 p |
| Leisure Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 76,9 | 14,6 | 156,9 | 15,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 442,4 | 2,1 | 917,7 | 0,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 429,0 | 7,4 | 886,4 | 7,2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 97,0 | 4,7 p | 96,6 | 5,7 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 7 850,3 | -10,3 | 16 441,3 | -3,4 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 619,8 | -1,2 | 3 385,7 | 10,5 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 537,3 | 1,2 | 1 199,4 | 4,3 |
| Asia tonnes | 5 542,9 | -13,3 | 11 531,9 | -7,2 |
| Domestic tonnes | 150,4 | -19,9 | 324,2 | -14,7 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 80,9 | 651,9 | 152,1 | 708,7 |
| Cargo flights tonnes | 1 771,7 | -53,3 | 3 228,7 | -57,2 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 9 703,0 | -22,7 | 19 822,0 | -19,4 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 101,2 | -17,2 | 210,4 | -16,1 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 59,3 | -21,9 | 120,8 | -19,5 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 58,6 | -3,5 p | 57,4 | -2,5 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 75,1 | -5,5 p | 79,1 | -1,3 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 73,5 | -4,7 p | 70,8 | -5,1 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
Traffic statistics for March are published on 8 April 2013.
Finnair Plc.
Communications
8 March 2013
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