Statistics for April 2010
In April 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 712 939 passengers which is nearly a
15% increase compared to April 2009. The number of passenger vehicles increased
over 12% to 73 345. The number of trucks and trailers increased by 11% to 21 626
units.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for April
2010 were the following:
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| | April 2010 | April 2009 | change |
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| Passengers | 712 939 | 621 674 | 14.7% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 257 772 | 238 407 | 8.1% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 324 440 | 278 396 | 16.5% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 71 977 | 57 722 | 24.7% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 58 567 | 39 452 | 48.5% |
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| Finland-Germany | 183 | 7 697 | -97.6% |
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| Cargo Units | 21 626 | 19 489 | 11.0% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 8 053 | 6 918 | 16.4% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 9 279 | 7 408 | 25.3% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 2 814 | 2 070 | 35.9% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 1 296 | 1 005 | 29.0% |
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| Finland-Germany | 184 | 2 088 | -91.2% |
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| Passenger Vehicles | 73 345 | 65 184 | 12.5% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 12 539 | 12 283 | 2.1% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 48 956 | 41 572 | 17.8% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 5 283 | 4 042 | 30.7% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 6 511 | 5 960 | 9.2% |
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| Finland-Germany | 56 | 1 327 | -95.8% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in April 2010.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
The new cruise ferry Baltic Queen is in operations since April 2009 and has
replaced the smaller MS Romantika which moved to Riga-Stockholm route.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
Since May 2009 the cruise ferry Romantika has replaced the smaller M/S Regina
Baltica.
FINLAND-GERMANY
The vessels Superfast VII and Superfast VIII returned to the Helsinki-Rostock
line on 26th and 30th of April respectively.
In April 2010 the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajökull restricted air travel all
over Europe, this had a positive effect on passenger numbers on all lines.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7, 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
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