Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 6 September 2013 at 09:00
In August, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 12.3 per cent and the overall capacity grew 6.4 per cent year?on?year. Passenger load factor improved by 4.5 percentage points and was 85.2 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic grew by 4.4 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 12.0 per cent year?on?year.
European traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 17.5 per cent and capacity by 12.8 per cent year-on-year.
Leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 7.3 per cent and capacity grew by 7.8 per cent year-on-year.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres grew by 0.8 per cent and the overall capacity grew by 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The load factor was 4.9 percentage points below last year’s level and was 64.2 per cent.
In August, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was excellent. In Scheduled traffic, 93.5 per cent of flights arrived on schedule (93.7). Of all traffic, 93.1 per cent (93.4) of flights were on schedule.
Finnair Traffic Performance August 2013
| August 2013 | %-Change | Jan-Aug 2013 | %-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 857,9 | 10,2 | 6 291,8 | 6,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 785,1 | 6,4 | 21 085,7 | 4,1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 374,3 | 12,3 | 17 027,3 | 7,3 |
| Passenger load factor % | 85,2 | 4,5 p | 80,8 | 2,4 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 13 139,4 | 3,5 | 95 541,4 | -4,1 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 427,4 | 7,4 | 3 171,3 | 1,5 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 292,3 | 8,9 | 2 106,6 | 3,3 |
| Overall load factor % | 68,4 | 0,9 p | 66,4 | 1,2 p |
| Scheduled Total | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 786,8 | 10,6 | 5 721,4 | 6,6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 583,4 | 6,3 | 18 678,4 | 4,8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 187,6 | 12,7 | 14 823,5 | 8,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 84,7 | 4,8 p | 79,4 | 2,4 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 475,0 | 12,4 | 3 408,9 | 9,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 880,2 | 12,8 | 6 437,1 | 10,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 686,8 | 17,5 | 4 931,0 | 12,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 78,0 | 3,1 p | 76,6 | 0,8 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 25,1 | 4,7 | 145,6 | 4,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 183,3 | -1,0 | 1 103,6 | 3,7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 165,9 | 4,7 | 961,1 | 4,4 |
| Passenger load factor % | 90,5 | 4,9 p | 87,1 | 0,7 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 172,4 | 12,9 | 1 125,5 | 7,8 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 436,2 | 4,4 | 10 311,8 | 2,2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 280,5 | 12,0 | 8 393,7 | 7,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 89,2 | 6,0 p | 81,4 | 3,8 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 114,3 | 2,0 | 1 041,4 | -2,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 83,8 | -6,6 | 826,0 | -3,4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 54,4 | 1,2 | 537,7 | -2,7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 64,9 | 5,0 p | 65,1 | 0,5 p |
| Leisure Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 71,1 | 5,7 | 570,3 | 3,0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 201,7 | 7,8 | 2 407,3 | -1,1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 186,7 | 7,3 | 2 203,8 | 1,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 92,6 | -0,4 p | 91,5 | 2,7 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 9 885,1 | -1,1 | 74 546,6 | -1,5 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 960,7 | 16,1 | 15 161,8 | 12,4 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 634,6 | 2,5 | 5 043,4 | -1,1 |
| Asia tonnes | 7 138,2 | -5,1 | 53 125,2 | -4,6 |
| Domestic tonnes | 151,6 | -8,7 | 1 216,2 | -12,7 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 0,1 | 170,0 | 198,1 | 67,0 |
| Cargo flights tonnes** | 3 254,2 | 20,8 | 20 796,8 | -12,8 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 13 139,4 | 3,5 | 95 541,4 | -4,1 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 123,9 | 8,5 | 907,2 | -2,4 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 79,5 | 0,8 | 581,2 | -5,8 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 64,2 | -4,9 p | 64,1 | -2,3 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 65,4 | 1,8 p | 71,4 | -3,2 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 69,1 | -8,3 p | 72,4 | -6,0 p |
* Operational calculatory capacity ** including Finnair’s 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
Traffic statistics for September are published on 8 October 2013.
Finnair Plc. Communications 6 September 2013
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