Statistics for August 2008 and IV quarter of 2007/2008 financial year
In August 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 782,921 passengers which is 8.3%
more than in August 2008. The highest growth in August was seen in the
Latvia-Sweden route where nearly 57% increase is an effect of the recent
vessel's reroutings.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for August
2008 were the following:
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| | Aug.08 | Aug.07 | change | IV Q 07/08 | IV Q 06/07 | change |
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| Passengers | 782 921 | 723 128 | 8,3% | 2 362 718 | 2 332 179 | 1,3% |
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| Finland-Swe | 309 572 | 319 943 | -3,2% | 969 803 | 1 078 119 | -10,0% |
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| Estonia-Fin | 301 072 | 261 675 | 15,1% | 919 185 | 839 508 | 9,5% |
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| Estonia-Swe | 86 449 | 80 543 | 7,3% | 262 509 | 239 786 | 9,5% |
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| Latvia-Swed | 63 819 | 40 706 | 56,8% | 145 552 | 116 067 | 25,4% |
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| Finland-Ger | 22 009 | 20 261 | 8,6% | 65 669 | 58 699 | 11,9% |
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| Cargo Units | 24 351 | 27 983 | -13,0% | 75 117 | 88 869 | -15,5% |
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| Finland-Swe | 7 344 | 8 357 | -12,1% | 22 848 | 27 787 | -17,8% |
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| Estonia-Fin | 9 230 | 10 074 | -8,4% | 28 543 | 30 018 | -4,9% |
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| Estonia-Swe | 3 901 | 3 316 | 17,6% | 11 558 | 9 920 | 16,5% |
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| Latvia-Swed | 1 135 | 855 | 32,7% | 3 411 | 2 632 | 29,6% |
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| Finland-Ger | 2 741 | 5 381 | -49,1% | 8 757 | 18 512 | -52,7% |
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| Passenger | 84 710 | 75 913 | 11,6% | 263 847 | 246 741 | 6,9% |
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| Finland-Swe | 20 679 | 25 992 | -20,4% | 74 547 | 95 642 | -22,1% |
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| Estonia-Fin | 42 768 | 31 874 | 34,2% | 128 077 | 96 707 | 32,4% |
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| Estonia-Swe | 6 762 | 6 225 | 8,6% | 20 696 | 20 147 | 2,7% |
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| Latvia-Swed | 7 697 | 5 876 | 31,0% | 20 012 | 17 004 | 17,7% |
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| Finland-Ger | 6 804 | 5 946 | 14,4% | 20 515 | 17 241 | 19,0% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
The sale of M/S SkyWind in August 2007 resulted in smaller capacities in August
2008.
M/S Sea Wind schedule was changed so that the vessel will not stop in the Aland
Islands any more. As a result the vessel is now carrying only cargo units
compared to passenger, car and cargo mix before.
M/S Galaxy which is larger in capacity operates in the Turku-Stockholm route
instead of M/S Silja Festival in August 2008.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
In the end of April the second Tallink Shuttle vessel Superstar started to
operate between Tallinn and Helsinki.
In July new M/S Baltic Princess replaced the 2006 built M/S Galaxy which moved
to Turku-Stockholm operations.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
M/S Silja Festival which is larger in capacity has replaced M/S Vana Tallinn.
FINLAND-GERMANY
The traffic results were affected by the increased competition in cargo
transportation.
Janek Stalmeister
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
e-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee
