FINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 September 2010 AT 09:00
Finnair's Asian traffic grew in August by nearly 9%, measured in passenger
kilometres, compared with last year. Passenger numbers also grew to the same
extent.
"In line with our main strategy, Asian traffic is doing well and now ticket
prices are reaching a more healthy level. The passenger load factor also
continues to be good, despite a slight fall," says Finnair's SVP Communications
Christer Haglund.
European traffic declined in August by nearly 4% compared with August last year.
In domestic traffic, capacity was increased by more than 10% and traffic grew by
half of one per cent.
North Atlantic traffic was more than 27% lower in August, mainly due to a change
in the number of weekly flights to New York from ten to seven. This was evident
in a nearly 23% reduction in capacity.
In scheduled traffic, load factors fell by nearly three percentage points
compared with August last year, mainly due, however, to exceptionally high
figures last year resulting from campaign pricing.
Leisure traffic declined by more than 9% in August. Capacity was cut by more
than 13%, so the load factor rose by more than three percentage points to just
over 82%.
The amount of cargo carried by Finnair grew in August by more than 43% compared
with August last year. In scheduled traffic, the amount of cargo grew by more
than 22% and cargo flights initiated this year are also reflected in the
figures.
Of Finnair's flights, 90% arrived on schedule in August, which represents a
decline of nearly three percentage points from August last year. In scheduled
traffic, punctuality was over 90%, which was also just less than three
percentage points lower than the previous August.
FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE August 2010
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| | August | %-CHANG | January-Au | %-CHANG |
| | 2010 | E | gust 10 | E |
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| TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 644,3 | -1,9 | 4 826,5 | -4,4 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 207,7 | 1,7 | 16 924,9 | -5,6 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 730,9 | -0,6 | 13 165,3 | -2,7 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 78,4 | -1,8 p | 77,8 | 2,3 p |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 11 149,1 | 43,3 | 77 334,3 | 38,0 |
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| Available tonne kilometres mill | 337,7 | 3,9 | 2 511,0 | -6,6 |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 222,9 | 10,5 | 1 645,7 | 7,6 |
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| Overall load factor % | 66,0 | 4,0 p | 65,5 | 8,7 p |
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| SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 576,1 | -0,2 | 4 212,3 | -1,0 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 945,9 | 4,1 | 14 145,1 | 0,2 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 515,6 | 0,7 | 10 704,2 | 4,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 77,9 | -2,6 p | 75,7 | 3,1 p |
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| EUROPE | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 347,7 | -2,7 | 2 443,9 | -2,1 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 718,3 | 3,0 | 5 007,1 | -3,9 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 474,9 | -3,9 | 3 391,3 | -2,5 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 66,1 | -4,8 p | 67,7 | 1,0 p |
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| NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 15,9 | -27,5 | 103,4 | -9,1 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 121,6 | -22,8 | 846,0 | -6,2 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 105,0 | -27,5 | 682,8 | -9,1 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 86,4 | -5,6 p | 80,7 | -2,5 p |
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| ASIA | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 122,1 | 9,0 | 847,2 | 11,3 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 024,5 | 8,8 | 7 542,9 | 5,0 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 890,5 | 8,6 | 6 186,7 | 11,9 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 86,9 | -0,2 p | 82,0 | 5,0 p |
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| DOMESTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 90,4 | 5,3 | 817,7 | -7,3 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 81,5 | 10,4 | 749,1 | -8,5 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 45,2 | 0,4 | 443,4 | -8,8 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 55,4 | -5,5 p | 59,2 | -0,3 p |
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| LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 68,2 | -13,8 | 614,3 | -22,7 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 261,9 | -13,2 | 2 779,8 | -27,2 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 215,3 | -9,5 | 2 461,1 | -25,1 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 82,2 | 3,4 p | 88,5 | 2,5 p |
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| CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Cargo scheduled traffic total | 9 372,1 | 22,3 | 69 495,5 | 28,1 |
| tonnes | | | | |
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| Europe tonnes | 1 938,2 | 35,3 | 14 048,3 | 18,4 |
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| North Atlantic tonnes | 696,8 | 13,3 | 5 459,9 | 37,6 |
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| Asia tonnes | 6 547,9 | 21,4 | 48 495,9 | 32,4 |
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| Domestic tonnes | 189,2 | -13,1 | 1 491,4 | -17,5 |
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| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 70,7 | -20,5 | 968,8 | 21,0 |
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| Cargo flights tonnes | 1 706,3 | 5150,4 | 6 870,0 | 596,7 |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 11 149,1 | 43,3 | 77 334,3 | 38,0 |
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| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 95,3 | 32,3 | 637,0 | 10,3 |
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| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 67,8 | 48,7 | 466,0 | 46,8 |
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| Cargo load factor* % | 71,1 | 7,8 p | 73,2 | 18,2 p |
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| - North-Atlantic cargo load | 78,6 | 29,7 p | 85,2 | 32,1 p |
| factor* % | | | | |
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| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 86,4 | 11,3 p | 87,2 | 21,6 p |
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- * = Operational calculatory capacity
- 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
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on 7 October 2010.
Finnair Plc
Communications
7 September 2010
Taneli Hassinen
VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
Additional information:
Mr. Lasse Heinonen, EVP & CFO, tel. +358 9 818 4950
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. +358 9 818 4007
Mr. Taneli Hassinen, VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations, tel.
+358 9 818 4976
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa. VP Traffic Planning, tel. +358 9 818 8504
Mr. Antero Lahtinen, Managing Director, Finnair Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5400