FINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 October 2010 AT 09:00
Finnair's traffic grew in September by less than one per cent compared with
September the previous year. In scheduled traffic, growth was nearly three per
cent. Asian traffic grew by just under six per cent, European traffic by one and
a half per cent and domestic traffic by under one per cent. Scheduled traffic
unit revenue improved significantly.
Unit revenue for Finnair's scheduled passenger traffic rose by just over 23 per
cent in July-September compared with the previous year. The most significant
factor in this is strengthening growth of business travel demand in markets
outside Finland.
“Business travel demand has grown, which has boosted price levels. Last year we
sold flight tickets at campaign prices to support load factors. Since the
spring, demand has gradually recovered,” says Finnair's SVP Communications
Christer Haglund.
“Finnair's position in the world is strengthening. In August, for the first time
in Finnair's history, the Finnish sales unit was not the company's largest; the
Japanese unit sold more,” explains Haglund.
The passenger load factor in scheduled traffic declined by around two percentage
points, but remained at a good level of more than 74 per cent. In Asian traffic,
the load factor was nearly 83 per cent.
The amount of cargo carried by Finnair grew by more than 41 per cent compared
with September last year.
Leisure traffic declined in September by just over 11 per cent compared with the
previous September, due to tour operators outside the Finnair Group transferring
to use their own flight capacity.
Of Finnair's flights, 90 per cent arrived on schedule in September, which
represents a decline of one percentage point from September last year. In
scheduled traffic, the punctuality was at nearly 91 per cent, which was one and
a half percentage points lower compared with the previous September.
FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE SEPTEMBER 2010
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| | Septembe | %-CHANG | January-Se | %-CHANG |
| | r 2010 | E | ptember 10 | E |
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| TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 652,3 | 1,4 | 5 478,8 | -3,7 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 157,0 | 3,3 | 19 081,9 | -4,7 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 615,9 | 0,7 | 14 781,2 | -2,3 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 74,9 | -1,9 p | 77,5 | 1,9 p |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 12 091,2 | 41,2 | 89 425,5 | 38,4 |
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| Available tonne kilometres mill | 337,5 | 8,5 | 2 848,4 | -5,1 |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 219,1 | 13,4 | 1 864,9 | 8,2 |
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| Overall load factor % | 64,9 | 2,8 p | 65,5 | 8,0 p |
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| SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 587,3 | 3,0 | 4 799,6 | -0,5 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 922,4 | 5,7 | 16 067,5 | 0,9 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 427,0 | 2,6 | 12 131,2 | 4,2 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 74,2 | -2,2 p | 75,5 | 2,4 p |
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| EUROPE | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 341,9 | 2,5 | 2 785,8 | -1,6 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 703,9 | 4,3 | 5 711,0 | -3,0 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 462,7 | 1,5 | 3 854,0 | -2,1 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 65,7 | -1,8 p | 67,5 | 0,6 p |
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| NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 13,3 | -14,3 | 116,7 | -9,7 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 117,6 | -8,7 | 963,6 | -6,5 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 87,9 | -14,3 | 770,7 | -9,7 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 74,7 | -4,9 p | 80,0 | -2,8 p |
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| ASIA | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 111,8 | 6,0 | 959,0 | 10,7 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 989,5 | 8,2 | 8 532,4 | 5,4 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 816,7 | 5,7 | 7 003,4 | 11,1 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 82,5 | -2,0 p | 82,1 | 4,2 p |
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| DOMESTIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 120,4 | 4,0 | 938,1 | -6,0 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 111,4 | 9,6 | 860,5 | -6,5 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 59,8 | 0,6 | 503,1 | -7,8 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 53,7 | -4,8 p | 58,5 | -0,9 p |
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| LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Passengers 1000 | 65,0 | -10,5 | 679,2 | -21,7 |
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| Available seat kilometres mill | 234,6 | -12,9 | 3 014,4 | -26,3 |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres | 188,8 | -11,3 | 2 650,0 | -24,2 |
| mill | | | | |
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| Passenger load factor % | 80,5 | 1,4 p | 87,9 | 2,4 p |
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| CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | |
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| Cargo scheduled traffic total | 9 691,2 | 14,3 | 79 186,7 | 26,2 |
| tonnes | | | | |
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| Europe tonnes | 1 978,4 | 12,9 | 16 026,8 | 17,7 |
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| North Atlantic tonnes | 763,3 | 8,7 | 6 223,1 | 33,2 |
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| Asia tonnes | 6 731,5 | 16,5 | 55 227,4 | 30,3 |
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| Domestic tonnes | 218,0 | -12,0 | 1 709,4 | -16,9 |
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| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 69,5 | -13,2 | 1 038,4 | 17,9 |
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| Cargo flights tonnes | 2 330,4 | - | 9 200,4 | 833,1 |
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| Cargo tonnes total | 12 091,2 | 41,2 | 89 425,5 | 38,4 |
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| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 99,4 | 47,1 | 736,5 | 14,1 |
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| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 74,4 | 50,1 | 540,4 | 47,3 |
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| Cargo load factor* % | 74,8 | 1,5 p | 73,4 | 16,5 p |
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| - North-Atlantic cargo load | 89,0 | 20,7 p | 85,7 | 30,7 p |
| factor* % | | | | |
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| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 91,5 | 7,6 p | 87,7 | 20,1 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 9 November 2010.
Finnair Plc
Communications
7 October 2010
Taneli Hassinen
VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
Additional information:
Mr. Erno Hildén, CFO, tel. +358 9 818 8550
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