Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 9 April 2016 at 09:00 am EET
Number of passengers grew 4.4% year‐on‐year
In April, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew
by 3.4 per cent. Traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres declined by
0.1 per cent year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor declined by 2.4%-points to
75.1 per cent. The timing of Easter in March 2016 reduced April leisure traffic
from last year, when Easter was in April. In addition, the terror strike at
Brussels airport in late March weighed on passenger demand in April on many
routes.
The capacity in Asian traffic grew moderately, by 1.1 per cent in April, while
traffic declined by 3.1 per cent. Meanwhile, capacity in American traffic
increased by 47.3 per cent due to the Miami route being operated this year, and
traffic measured in RPK grew by as much as 34.0 per cent.
The capacity in European traffic declined by 1.1 per cent, and traffic declined
by 1.7 per cent year‐on‐year. At the same time, the capacity in domestic traffic
grew by 22.7 per cent and traffic by 15.1 per cent year‐on‐year, particularly
due to the inclusion of the routes previously operated at Norra’s own commercial
risk as Finnair’s purchased traffic after the reference period.
In April, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in Available Tonne
Kilometres grew by 3.9 per cent, and Revenue Tonne Kilometres increased by 22.3
per cent year on year. In addition to belly capacity on passenger flights,
Finnair’s total freight capacity includes two weekly freighter flights between
Helsinki and Brussels and one freighter flight shared with IAG between Helsinki
and London, both operated by DHL.
In April, 94.3 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (90.6).
Traffic statistics for May 2016 will be published on Wednesday, 8 June 2016.
Finnair Traffic Performance, April 2016
April 2016 %-Change Year-to date 2016 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 847,2 4,4 3 348,3 8,2
Available seat 2 580,8 3,2 10 701,4 4,7
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 1 937,4 -0,1 8 337,8 4,7
kilometres mill
Passenger load 75,1 -2,4 p 77,9 -0,0 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes total 12 771,7 24,8 45 701,8 12,4
Available tonne 381,4 4,2 1 569,8 4,7
kilometres mill
Revenue tonne 250,1 6,5 1 021,4 7,1
-kilometres mill
Overall load 65,6 1,4 p 65,1 1,4 p
factor %
Europe
Passengers 1000 523,2 1,7 1 912,0 5,1
Available seat 1 036,0 -1,1 4 034,5 3,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 788,5 -1,7 3 017,3 2,5
kilometres mill
Passenger load 76,1 -0,5 p 74,8 -0,7 p
factor %
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 17,3 26,4 85,6 12,1
Available seat 163,2 47,3 795,6 14,2
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 121,5 34,0 630,1 14,3
kilometres mill
Passenger load 74,4 -7,4 p 79,2 0,0 p
factor %
Asia
Passengers 1000 124,5 -3,8 563,8 2,8
Available seat 1 247,7 1,1 5 269,2 2,9
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 938,3 -3,1 4 266,8 3,8
kilometres mill
Passenger load 75,2 -3,3 p 81,0 0,7 p
factor %
Domestic
Passengers 1000 182,2 18,5 786,9 20,9
Available seat 133,8 22,7 602,0 21,0
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger 89,1 15,1 423,6 19,4
kilometres mill
Passenger load 66,6 -4,4 p 70,4 -0,9 p
factor %
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled 11 084,9 20,9 39 615,1 11,9
traffic total tonnes
Europe tonnes 2 189,5 19,0 7 704,8 13,4
North Atlantic 691,9 44,1 2 718,9 2,2
tonnes
Asia tonnes 8 054,6 20,1 28 578,8 12,7
Domestic tonnes 148,9 5,9 612,6 8,2
Cargo flights, 1 686,8 58,1 6 086,7 15,4
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total 12 771,7 24,8 45 701,8 12,4
Available tonne 113,6 4,8 467,6 4,8
kilometres* mill
Revenue tonne 76,9 25,3 275,6 14,0
kilometres mill
Available 105,5 3,9 436,0 5,0
sched.cargo tonne
kms*, mill.
Revenue 68,5 22,3 244,0 12,6
sched.cargo tonne
kms, mill.
Cargo load factor* 67,7 11,1 p 58,9 4,8 p
%
- North-Atlantic 46,6 0,9 p 42,6 0,4 p
cargo load factor* %
- Asia cargo load 70,3 12,1 p 60,1 4,9 p
factor* %
Scheduled traffic 64,9 9,8 p 56,0 3,7 p
Cargo load factor*,
%
* Operational calculatory capacity
** Including 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 for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail
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Asia and Europe. Helsinki’s geographical location gives Finnair a competitive
advantage, since the fastest connections between many European destinations and
Asian megacities fly over Finland. Finnair’s vision is to offer its passengers a
unique Nordic experience, and its mission is to offer the smoothest, fastest
connections in the northern hemisphere via Helsinki and the best network to the
world from its home markets. Finnair is the only Nordic carrier with a 4-star
Skytrax ranking and a member of the oneworld alliance. In 2015, Finnair’s
revenues amounted to EUR 2,255 million and it had a personnel of 4,800 at the
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