Finnair Traffic Performance in March 2015
Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 9 April 2015 at 09:00 EET
In March, Finnair's overall capacity grew by 3.8 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 3.5 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor was 78.9 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 0.8 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 1.5 per cent year‐on‐year.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 8.9 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 4.2 per cent year‐on‐year.
In January-March, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre was flat year‐on‐year and totalled 5.14 euro cents.
“In the first quarter of 2015, the passenger unit revenues developed favourably in all traffic areas apart from European traffic. However, the negative unit revenue development in Europe held the overall passenger unit revenue at last year’s level,” says Finnair CFO Mika Stirkkinen.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 17.9 per cent and the overall capacity by 0.1 per cent year‐on‐year. The load factor fell by 12.3 percentage points year-on-year and was 56.6 per cent.
In March, 90.3 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (90.2).
Traffic statistics for April are published on Monday, 11 May 2015.
*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.
Finnair Traffic Performance March 2015
| March 2015 | %-Change | Year-to date 2015 | %-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 850,4 | 4,3 | 2 283,3 | 3,1 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 698,5 | 3,8 | 7 714,5 | 3,1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 128,1 | 3,5 | 6 022,3 | 2,3 |
| Passenger load factor % | 78,9 | -0,2 p | 78,1 | -0,6 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11 298,7 | -16,0 | 30 429,7 | -13,6 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 395,3 | 0,7 | 1 133,5 | 0,0 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 257,0 | -3,1 | 719,2 | -2,5 |
| Overall load factor % | 65,0 | -2,5 p | 63,5 | -1,6 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 488,2 | 6,2 | 1 304,6 | 5,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 023,9 | 8,9 | 2 853,0 | 5,8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 797,0 | 4,2 | 2 142,4 | 3,2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 77,8 | -3,5 p | 75,1 | -1,9 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 19,5 | 17,5 | 62,7 | 7,3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 179,8 | 18,6 | 585,8 | 11,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 139,2 | 20,1 | 460,7 | 7,5 |
| Passenger load factor % | 77,5 | 0,9 p | 78,7 | -2,8 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 144,2 | 2,6 | 419,3 | 2,3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 341,6 | -0,8 | 3 887,2 | 1,1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 079,9 | 1,5 | 3 141,9 | 1,2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 80,5 | 1,9 p | 80,8 | 0,1 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 198,5 | -0,1 | 496,8 | -2,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 153,1 | -1,5 | 388,5 | -6,0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 112,0 | 0,2 | 277,3 | -0,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 73,1 | 1,2 p | 71,4 | 4,2 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 9 563,1 | -2,8 | 26 220,3 | 1,3 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 793,7 | -4,7 | 4 955,9 | -4,4 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 770,4 | 3,5 | 2 180,7 | 7,1 |
| Asia tonnes | 6 843,2 | -3,0 | 18 658,4 | 2,5 |
| Domestic tonnes | 155,7 | 0,2 | 425,3 | -8,5 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 0,0 | - | 0,0 | - |
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 1 735,6 | -52,0 | 4 209,3 | -54,9 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11 298,7 | -16,0 | 30 429,7 | -13,6 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 117,7 | -0,1 | 337,8 | 3,3 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 66,7 | -17,9 | 180,3 | -14,6 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 56,6 | -12,3 p | 53,4 | -11,1 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 45,8 | -15,2 p | 41,6 | -18,4 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 56,5 | -10,9 p | 54,2 | -8,0 p |
* 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
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