Finnair Traffic Performance in April 2024
Finnair Plc Investor News 7 May 2024 at 9:00 a.m. EET
Number of passengers increased year-on-year, also cargo figures improved
In April, Finnair carried 905,200 passengers. This was 4.2% more than in April 2023.
The overall capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), increased in April by 3.9% year-on-year as additional narrow-body capacity was deployed by Finnair after the wet lease outs to British Airways ended in March 2024. If wet lease outs are included, capacity increased by 5.9% due to the co-operation with Qantas. Finnair's traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs), increased by 1.6%. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) declined by 1.6% points to 72.5%. The distance-based reported traffic figures do not take into account longer routings caused by the airspace closure as they are based on Great-Circle distance in accordance with the industry practice.
The ASK increase in Asian traffic was up by 0.4% year-on-year. The North Atlantic capacity decreased by 14.6%. In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 14.1% as majority of the increase in narrow-body capacity was allocated to Europe and new routes, such as Wroclaw. The Middle Eastern capacity declined by 7.4% mainly due to cancelled flights to Israel. The ASKs in domestic traffic increased by 17.5% due to the additional narrow-body capacity.
RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 2.0% year-on-year but decreased in North Atlantic traffic by 3.0%. They increased by 2.8% in European traffic and by 2.7% in domestic traffic. In Middle Eastern traffic, RPKs were down by 1.4%.
In April, the PLF was 74.8% in Asian traffic, 73.3% in North Atlantic traffic, 71.7% in European traffic, 68.7% in Middle Eastern traffic and 67.3% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers in Asian traffic increased by 1.2% year-on-year but decreased in North Atlantic traffic by 3.4%. They increased by 6.4% in European traffic and by 1.1% in domestic traffic but decreased by 3.8% in Middle Eastern traffic.
The total cargo tonnes increased by 9.6% year-on-year in April due to growth in Europe and Middle East. Revenue cargo tonne kilometres increased by 4.1%.
In April, 74.9% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (86.1%). On-time performance was mainly impacted by severe weather conditions.
Traffic statistics for May 2024 will be published on Thursday 6 June 2024.
| Finnair Traffic Performance April 2024 | ||||
| Month | % Change | YTD | % Change | |
| Total traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 905.2 | 4.2 | 3,448.6 | - 0.4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 3,054.5 | 3.9 | 11,977.3 | 4.2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2,215.7 | 1.6 | 8,651.0 | 0.6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 72.5 | - 1.6p | 72.2 | - 2.6p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11,654.8 | 9.6 | 45,965.7 | 11.3 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 443.4 | 3.9 | 1,761.1 | 6.8 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 265.9 | 2.2 | 1,050.7 | 2.9 |
| Available seat kilometres incl. wet lease out mill | 3,260.8 | 5.9 | 12,801.2 | 4.1 |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 103.6 | 1.2 | 422.1 | - 0.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1,051.7 | 0.4 | 4,604.5 | 9.5 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 786.9 | 2.0 | 3,303.7 | 3.6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 74.8 | 1.2p | 71.7 | - 4.0p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 610.1 | 6.4 | 2,062.6 | 2.2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1,345.5 | 14.1 | 4,500.0 | 6.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 964.1 | 2.8 | 3,307.2 | 0.7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 71.7 | - 7.9p | 73.5 | - 4.4p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 31.5 | - 3.4 | 104.6 | - 8.7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 323.2 | - 14.6 | 1,211.6 | - 10.9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 236.9 | - 3.0 | 831.2 | - 5.7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 73.3 | 8.7p | 68.6 | 3.8p |
| Middle East | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 33.8 | - 3.8 | 164.9 | - 6.4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 223.2 | - 7.4 | 994.7 | - 7.1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 153.3 | - 1.4 | 748.0 | - 4.2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 68.7 | 4.2p | 75.2 | 2.2p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 126.2 | - 1.1 | 694.4 | - 4.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 110.8 | 17.5 | 666.5 | 4.4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 74.5 | 2.7 | 460.9 | - 0.9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 67.3 | - 9.7p | 69.1 | - 3.7p |
| Cargo traffic | ||||
| - Europe tonnes | 2,587.7 | 50.6 | 8,482.5 | 40.1 |
| - North Atlantic tonnes | 1,214.8 | - 8.1 | 4,293.8 | - 17.7 |
| - Middle East tonnes | 1,782.4 | 17.7 | 7,747.8 | 4.5 |
| - Asia tonnes | 6,048.6 | - 0.0 | 25,235.9 | 12.8 |
| - Domestic tonnes | 21.3 | - 19.8 | 84.4 | - 32.2 |
| - Cargo flights tonnes* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 121.5 | 13.9 |
| Cargo traffic tonnes total | 11,654.8 | 9.6 | 45,965.7 | 11.3 |
| Revenue cargo tonne kilometres mill | 67.7 | 4.1 | 277.3 | 9.7 |
* Including purchased traffic
- Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the previous year (p = points, N/A = not available).
- Available seat kilometres. ASK: Total number of seats available multiplied by 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.
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