Finnair Traffic Performance in July 2015
Number of passengers grew by 8.7 per cent year-on-year
Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 10 August 2015 at 09:00 EET
In July, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Passenger Kilometres grew by 1.9 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 2.9 per cent year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor was 89.1 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 6.8 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 5.5 per cent year‐on‐year. The capacity growth reflects comfort-improving cabin configuration changes made across the wide-body fleet last winter, and the discontinuation of the seasonal Hanoi route earlier than in the comparison period. At the same time, the opening of the seasonal Chicago route in June, opened earlier than last year, shows as pronounced growth in American traffic.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 5.5 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 6.9 per cent year‐on‐year. This reflects, among other things, the change of certain European charter flights into scheduled traffic. At the same time, the growth in domestic traffic is attributed to the transfer of the flights previously operated at Norra’s own commercial risk to Finnair’s purchased traffic.
In July, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic, measured in Available Tonne Kilometres grew by 8.9 per cent and Revenue Tonne Kilometres decreased by 4.1 per cent year-on-year. The cargo load factor in scheduled traffic was 56.3 per cent. The overall cargo figures reflect a structural change from the comparison period, as Finnair withdrew from the use of leased NGA freighter aircraft capacity in Asian traffic. In July, the cargo traffic consisted almost entirely of belly cargo on scheduled flights.
In July, 89.3 per cent of all flights arrived on schedule (85.7).
Traffic statistics for August are published on Monday, 7 September 2015.
Finnair Traffic Performance July 2015
| July 2015 | %-Change | Year-to-date 2015 | %-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 979,8 | 8,7 | 5 885,3 | 4,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 838,9 | 1,9 | 18 375,8 | 1,8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 529,8 | 2,9 | 14 740,4 | 1,4 |
| Passenger load factor % | 89,1 | 0,9 p | 80,2 | -0,3 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11 150,6 | -16,2 | 73 055,0 | -16,0 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 410,8 | -1,4 | 2 680,1 | -1,8 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 295,7 | -2,5 | 1 758,1 | -4,0 |
| Overall load factor % | 72,0 | -0,8 p | 65,6 | -1,5 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 678,1 | 8,2 | 3 685,8 | 5,2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 246,5 | 5,5 | 7 458,8 | 5,2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 099,4 | 6,9 | 5 881,5 | 3,5 |
| Passenger load factor % | 88,2 | 1,2 p | 78,9 | -1,4 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 29,6 | 37,1 | 145,4 | 9,0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 218,8 | 41,0 | 1 209,4 | 13,4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 199,4 | 39,5 | 1 014,5 | 9,7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 91,1 | -1,0 p | 83,9 | -2,8 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 156,4 | -5,6 | 972,5 | -1,1 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 296,2 | -6,8 | 8 909,8 | -2,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 174,0 | -5,5 | 7 288,0 | -1,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 90,6 | 1,2 p | 81,8 | 0,6 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 115,7 | 31,9 | 1 081,5 | 6,8 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 77,4 | 31,8 | 797,7 | 2,2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 57,0 | 27,1 | 556,4 | 6,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 73,7 | -2,7 p | 69,7 | 2,5 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 9 838,9 | -6,4 | 63 867,1 | -3,4 |
| Europe tonnes | 1 699,0 | -19,6 | 12 007,6 | -13,5 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 715,8 | 23,3 | 4 500,5 | -0,8 |
| Asia tonnes | 7 301,2 | -4,9 | 46 407,6 | -0,5 |
| Domestic tonnes | 122,8 | -8,9 | 951,4 | -7,9 |
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 1 311,7 | -53,1 | 9 187,9 | -56,0 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 11 150,6 | -16,2 | 73 055,0 | -16,0 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 123,1 | -5,5 | 799,2 | -4,4 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 69,3 | -16,7 | 439,3 | -16,9 |
| Available sched.cargo tonne kms*, mill. | 115,6 | 8,9 | 746,0 | 11,1 |
| Revenue sched.cargo tonne kms, mill. | 62,1 | -4,1 | 394,4 | -1,6 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 56,3 | -7,6 p | 55,0 | -8,3 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 35,7 | -15,4 p | 40,5 | -17,3 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 59,3 | -4,6 p | 56,6 | -5,0 p |
| Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, % | 53,7 | -7,3 p | 52,9 | -6,9 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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