Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 8 April 2016 at 09:00 am EET
Number of passengers grew 6.5% year‐on‐year
In March, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew
by 3.3 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 4.2
per cent year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor rose by 0.6%-points to 79.5 per
cent
The capacity in Asian traffic remained unchanged in March, while traffic
increased by 0.1 per cent year‐on‐year on the back of slightly higher loads.
Meanwhile, capacity in American traffic increased by 21.9 per cent due to the
Miami route being operated this year, and traffic measured in RPK grew by as
much as 30.1 per cent.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 2.6 per cent, while traffic grew by 3.6
per cent year‐on‐year. At the same time, the capacity in domestic traffic grew
by 16.1 per cent and traffic by 14.5 per cent year‐on‐year, particularly due to
the inclusion of the routes previously operated at Norra’s own commercial risk
as Finnair’s purchased traffic after the reference period.
In January–March, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre rose
by 0.5 per cent year‐on‐year and totalled 5.17 euro cents.
"In the first quarter of 2016, the passenger unit revenue improved slightly in
our long-haul traffic. Meanwhile, unit revenue developments were slightly
negative on our domestic and European routes, where our capacity has increased
faster and load developments have been sluggish", says Finnair CFO Pekka
Vähähyyppä.
In March, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in Available Tonne
Kilometres grew by 2.5 per cent, and Revenue Tonne Kilometres increased by 6.1
per cent year on year. The cargo load factor in scheduled traffic was 55.5 per
cent. In addition, Finnair’s total freight capacity includes two weekly
freighter flights between Helsinki and Brussels and two weekly freighter flights
shared with IAG between Helsinki and London, both operated by DHL.
In March, 88.7 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (90.3).
Traffic statistics for April 2016 will be published on Monday, 9 May 2016.
Finnair Traffic Performance March 2016
March 2016 %-Change Year-to date 2016 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 905,8 6,5 2 501,1 9,5
Available seat 2 788,8 3,3 8 120,6 5,3
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 2 216,5 4,2 6 400,4 6,3
kilometres mill
Passenger load 79,5 0,6 p 78,8 0,8 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes total 11 638,2 3,0 32 930,1 8,2
Available tonne 408,2 3,3 1 188,3 4,8
kilometres mill
Revenue tonne 268,9 4,6 771,3 7,2
-kilometres mill
Overall load 65,9 0,9 p 64,9 1,4 p
factor %
Europe
Passengers 1000 512,4 5,0 1 388,9 6,5
Available seat 1 050,7 2,6 2 998,6 5,1
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 825,8 3,6 2 228,8 4,0
kilometres mill
Passenger load 78,6 0,8 p 74,3 -0,8 p
factor %
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 24,6 26,0 68,3 8,9
Available seat 219,2 21,9 632,4 8,0
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 181,2 30,1 508,6 10,4
kilometres mill
Passenger load 82,7 5,2 p 80,4 1,8 p
factor %
Asia
Passengers 1000 142,8 -1,0 439,3 4,8
Available seat 1 341,3 0,0 4 021,5 3,5
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 1 081,3 0,1 3 328,5 5,9
kilometres mill
Passenger load 80,6 0,1 p 82,8 1,9 p
factor %
Domestic
Passengers 1000 226,0 13,8 604,7 21,7
Available seat 177,7 16,1 468,2 20,5
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 128,2 14,5 334,5 20,6
kilometres mill
Passenger load 72,1 -1,0 p 71,4 0,1 p
factor %
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled 10 093,9 5,6 28 530,2 8,8
traffic total tonnes
Europe tonnes 1 972,7 10,0 5 515,3 11,3
North Atlantic 691,4 -10,3 2 027,0 -7,0
tonnes
Asia tonnes 7 277,6 6,3 20 524,2 10,0
Domestic tonnes 152,3 -2,2 463,7 9,0
Cargo flights, 1 544,3 -11,0 4 399,8 4,5
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total 11 638,2 3,0 32 930,1 8,2
Available tonne 120,3 2,2 354,0 4,8
kilometres* mill
Revenue tonne 70,7 6,1 198,8 10,2
kilometres mill
Available 112,0 2,5 330,5 5,4
sched.cargo tonne
kms*, mill.
Revenue 62,1 6,1 175,6 9,2
sched.cargo tonne
kms, mill.
Cargo load factor* 58,8 2,2 p 56,1 2,8 p
%
- North-Atlantic 42,9 -3,0 p 41,4 -0,1 p
cargo load factor* %
* Operational calculatory capacity
** Including purchased traffic
– 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
– 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 for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail
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