Traffic Performance February 2012
3/9/2012 2:00 AM EST
Finnair Plc
Company Announcement
Traffic Performance February 2012
Finnair Plc Stock Exhange Release 9 March 2012 at 09:00
In February 2012, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose
by nearly 12 per cent as the overall capacity grew by approximately 8 per cent
year-on-year. Passenger load factor improved by 2.6 per cent points and was
75.9 per cent. Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres
grew by 13.2 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres
increased by 15.4 per cent.
“Passenger load factors developed well in all scheduled traffic categories.
Capacity planning and pricing campaigns were successful and we were able to
fill the planes better than in the previous year. Passenger load factors
improved notably especially in domestic and European traffic: Passenger load
factor in domestic traffic improved by almost 9 percentage points and in Europe
by nearly 8 percentage points,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.
The load factor in leisure traffic declined year on year due to overcapacity in
the package tour market in Finland and was 92.2 per cent.
In cargo, available tonne kilometres grew by 22.8 per cent and revenue tonne
kilometres by 20.2 per cent year on year, while the load factor in cargo
declined slightly to 62.1. The amount of cargo and mail carried grew by 8.1 per
cent.
The arrival punctuality in February was 73.1 per cent (81.1 per cent). In
scheduled traffic, 73.5 per cent (82.8 per cent) of flights arrived on
schedule. Winter circumstances slowed down the operations in Helsinki-Vantaa
airport, which impaired Finnair’s arrival punctuality.
Finnair Traffic Performance February 2012
Feb 2012 %-Change Jan-Feb 2012 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 666,8 14,0 1 304,3 9,3
Available seat kilometres mill 2 464,9 7,9 4 980,8 4,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 870,7 11,8 3 748,6 7,7
Passenger load factor % 75,9 2,6 p 75,3 2,5 p
Cargo tonnes total 12 557,8 20,2 24 594,9 13,9
Available tonne kilometres mill 388,5 11,8 788,8 7,2
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 243,5 14,3 486,0 9,7
Overall load factor % 62,7 1,4 p 61,6 1,4 p
Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000 599,7 17,3 1 168,4 12,3
Available seat kilometres mill 2 031,6 10,2 4 071,0 5,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 471,1 17,0 2 922,0 12,1
Passenger load factor % 72,4 4,2 p 71,8 4,1 p
Europe
Passengers 1000 315,0 21,0 618,4 15,7
Available seat kilometres mill 646,5 10,8 1 292,9 6,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 441,0 24,9 864,9 19,8
Passenger load factor % 68,2 7,7 p 66,9 7,5 p
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 9,1 -8,1 20,5 -6,7
Available seat kilometres mill 81,1 -12,8 177,8 -11,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 60,0 -8,1 135,6 -6,7
Passenger load factor % 73,9 3,7 p 76,3 3,7 p
Asia
Passengers 1000 117,4 12,9 234,1 7,5
Available seat kilometres mill 1 165,8 13,2 2 337,2 7,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 883,7 15,4 1 762,0 10,0
Passenger load factor % 75,8 1,4 p 75,4 1,5 p
Domestic
Passengers 1000 158,1 15,3 295,3 11,1
Available seat kilometres mill 138,1 1,1 263,1 -3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 86,4 17,9 159,6 14,3
Passenger load factor % 62,6 8,9 p 60,7 9,3 p
Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000 67,1 -8,8 135,9 -11,2
Available seat kilometres mill 433,3 -1,7 909,8 -2,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 399,6 -3,8 826,6 -5,2
Passenger load factor % 92,2 -2,0 p 90,9 -3,0 p
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes 8 752,9 3,7 17 023,7 -0,3
Europe tonnes 1 639,2 -6,3 3 064,0 -12,6
North Atlantic tonnes 530,6 -8,7 1 150,3 -11,4
Asia tonnes 6 395,2 8,0 12 429,3 4,4
Domestic tonnes 187,9 -0,8 380,2 3,0
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 10,8 -79,0 18,8 -83,1
Cargo flights tonnes 3 794,1 94,4 7 552,4 71,7
Cargo tonnes total 12 557,8 20,2 24 594,9 13,9
Available tonne kilometres* mill 122,2 22,8 250,7 15,7
Revenue tonne kilometres mill 75,9 20,2 150,2 14,6
Cargo load factor* % 62,1 -1,3 p 59,9 -0,6 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor* 80,7 2,5 p 80,4 -0,6 p
%
- Asia cargo load factor* % 78,3 -0,8 p 75,9 0,8 p
* 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 10 April 2012.
Finnair Plc.
Communications
9 March 2012
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