Finnair's scheduled traffic grew in February by just over 2 per cent, measured
in passenger kilometres, and nearly 3 per cent more passengers were carried on
scheduled flights than in February the previous year. Traffic overall declined,
however, by more than 9 per cent, mainly due to leisure traffic. In traffic
overall, passenger numbers fell by 4 per cent.
A small pick-up was perceptible in Asian and European traffic. Asian traffic
grew by more than 3 per cent and European traffic by more than 5 per cent.
Business travel also increased outside Finland.
"The faint glimmer of a recovery is no more than that. Ticket prices are still
low, so emerging growth has brought no significant financial boost yet," says
Finnair's SVP Communications Christer Haglund.
Load factors rose slightly due to capacity cuts, except in North American
traffic. The Asian traffic load factor rose by more than 8 percentage points
from the previous year to more than 85 per cent. Capacity in Asia traffic was
cut by nearly 7 per cent. The European traffic load factor was 66 per cent, just
over 5 percentage points more than last in February last year.
The leisure traffic load factor rose by more than 3 percentage points to more
than 94 per cent.
The amount of cargo carried in scheduled traffic grew by nearly 25 per cent. In
Asian traffic, growth was nearly 34 per cent.
The exceptionally difficult winter conditions that prevailed throughout the
whole of Europe adversely affected the February punctuality figures. Of
Finnair's scheduled flights, nearly 69 per cent arrived on schedule, which is 19
percentage points less than last year. The punctuality of traffic overall
declined 18 percentage points to just over 66 per cent.
TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 2010, FINANCIAL YEAR 2010
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| | Feb | %-CHANGE | January-Fe | %-CHANG |
| | 2010 | | bruary 10 | E |
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| TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 573,2 | -4,0 | 1 154,8 | -5,5 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 2 032,7 | -13,7 | 4 260,9 | -12,6 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 629,5 | -9,3 | 3 380,2 | -9,4 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 80,2 | 3,9 p | 79,3 | 2,8 p |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 7 807,9 | 23,7 | 15 702,2 | 24,0 |
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| Available tonne-kilometres mill | 290,3 | -17,8 | 614,3 | -16,0 |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 192,2 | -2,1 | 395,3 | -2,3 |
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| Overall load factor % | 66,2 | 10,6 p | 64,4 | 9,0 p |
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| SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 493,6 | 2,9 | 992,3 | 0,8 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 1 584,2 | -5,6 | 3 312,6 | -4,4 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 205,7 | 2,4 | 2 489,8 | 1,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 76,1 | 5,9 p | 75,2 | 4,4 p |
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| EUROPE | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 262,1 | 6,7 | 534,1 | 4,8 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 540,5 | -3,2 | 1 116,8 | -5,3 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 357,0 | 5,5 | 726,0 | 3,7 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 66,1 | 5,4 p | 65,0 | 5,6 p |
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| NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 7,7 | -20,9 | 19,2 | -11,6 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 77,5 | -5,4 | 173,1 | -3,1 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 50,6 | -20,9 | 126,6 | -11,6 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 65,3 | -12,7 p | 73,1 | -7,0 p |
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| ASIA | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 99,2 | 1,6 | 206,0 | 1,1 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 850,5 | -6,6 | 1 796,2 | -3,1 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 726,6 | 3,5 | 1 504,9 | 2,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 85,4 | 8,4 p | 83,8 | 4,6 p |
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| DOMESTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 124,6 | -1,5 | 233,0 | -6,7 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 115,8 | -8,2 | 226,4 | -11,1 |
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| Revenue pax-kilometres mill | 71,5 | -2,5 | 132,3 | -6,8 |
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| Passenger load factor % | 61,7 | 3,6 p | 58,4 | 2,7 p |
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| LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 79,5 | -32,3 | 162,4 | -31,5 |
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| Available seat-kilometres mill | 448,4 | -33,9 | 948,3 | -32,6 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 423,8 | -31,5 | 890,3 | -30,2 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 94,5 | 3,4 p | 93,9 | 3,2 p |
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| CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Cargo scheduled traffic total | 7 619,8 | 24,8 | 15 301,3 | 25,5 |
| tonnes | | | | |
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| Europe tonnes | 1 436,4 | 5,4 | 2 942,6 | 4,3 |
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| North Atlantic tonnes | 636,2 | 25,5 | 1 181,8 | 14,6 |
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| Asia tonnes | 5 349,6 | 33,7 | 10 786,9 | 36,9 |
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| Domestic tonnes | 197,7 | -16,6 | 390,0 | -15,1 |
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| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 188,1 | 71,4 | 400,9 | 77,1 |
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| Scheduled cargo charter tonnes | 0,0 | -100,0 | 0,0 | -100,0 |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 7 807,9 | 23,7 | 15 702,2 | 24,0 |
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| Available tonne-kilometres* mill | 63,7 | -15,8 | 135,6 | -13,3 |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 46,2 | 31,3 | 92,4 | 31,5 |
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| Cargo load factor* % | 72,5 | 26,0 p | 68,1 | 23,2 p |
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| - North-Atlantic cargo load | 101,1 | 31,8 p | 84,3 | 19,7 p |
| factor* % | | | | |
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| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 83,9 | 28,4 p | 79,9 | 26,1 p |
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- * Operational calculatory capacity
- p = Percentage points
- Change %: Change compared to the figures of the previous year
- Revenue passenger kilometres: Number of revenue passengers carried, multiplied
by kilometres flown
- Available passenger kilometres: Total number of seats available, multiplied by
the number of kilometres flown
- Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of
passengers, cargo and mail, multiplies by kilometres flown
- Cabin factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available passenger
kilometres
- Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available tonne
kilometres
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on April 7, 2010.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
March 9, 2010
Additional information:
Mr. Lasse Heinonen. EVP & CFO. tel. +358 9 818 4950
Mr. Christer Haglund. SVP Corporate Communications. tel. +358 9 818 4007
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa. VP Traffic Planning. tel. +358 9 818 8504