Finnair Traffic Performance in March 2014
Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 7 April 2014 at 9:00 a.m. EET
In March, Finnair’s overall capacity decreased by 3.9 per cent year-on-year and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 5.4 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor decreased by 1.2 percentage points and was 79.0 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 1.0 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 3.7 per cent year‐on‐year.
The capacity in European traffic increased by 1.5 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 5.4 per cent year-on-year.
In January –March, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre fell by 5.0 per cent year‐on-year and totalled 5.05 euro cents.
“Passenger unit revenue for the first quarter decreased year‐on‐year, mainly reflecting weaker performance in leisure and Asian traffic than in the comparison period in 2013. In the first quarter, the passenger unit revenue in Asian traffic was still impacted by the year-on-year depreciation of Japanese Yen,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.
In March, the capacity in Leisure traffic decreased by 27.0 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 31.3 per cent year-on-year.
In cargo, the overall capacity grew by 0.1 per cent and traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres grew by 6.0 per cent year-on-year. Cargo load factor improved by 3.8 percentage points from last year’s level and was 69.5 per cent.
Flight punctuality was very good in March. 90.7 per cent of scheduled flights arrived on schedule (90.8). Of all traffic, 90.2 per cent (89.6) of flights were on schedule.
*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.
Finnair Traffic Performance March 2014
| March 2014 | %-Change | Year-to-date 2014 | %-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 815,5 | 1,8 | 2 214,3 | 2,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 600,8 | -3,9 | 7 481,2 | -2,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 055,9 | -5,4 | 5 885,2 | -4,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 79,0 | -1,2 p | 78,7 | -0,9 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 13 447,3 | 10,0 | 35 219,6 | 9,9 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 392,7 | -3,3 | 1 133,8 | -1,3 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 265,2 | -2,2 | 738,0 | -1,2 |
| Overall load factor % | 67,5 | 0,8 p | 65,1 | 0,1 p |
| Scheduled Total | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 768,4 | 5,4 | 2 058,2 | 6,6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 294,3 | 0,3 | 6 451,0 | 1,4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 807,2 | -0,2 | 4 988,0 | 2,2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 78,8 | -0,4 p | 77,3 | 0,6 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 424,6 | 6,2 | 1 138,6 | 6,5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 774,9 | 1,5 | 2 206,2 | 2,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 613,4 | 5,4 | 1 640,1 | 7,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 79,2 | 2,9 p | 74,3 | 3,2 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 13,7 | -5,1 | 38,5 | 2,6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 109,4 | 0,2 | 319,5 | 8,0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 90,5 | -4,8 | 255,3 | 2,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 82,7 | -4,4 p | 79,9 | -3,9 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 131,6 | -4,5 | 373,0 | -2,6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 254,6 | -1,0 | 3 511,9 | -0,9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 991,6 | -3,7 | 2 815,1 | -1,6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 79,0 | -2,3 p | 80,2 | -0,6 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 198,5 | 12,0 | 508,0 | 15,0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 155,4 | 6,0 | 413,3 | 8,5 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 111,7 | 8,4 | 277,5 | 12,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 71,9 | 1,6 p | 67,1 | 2,1 p |
| Leisure Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 47,1 | -34,4 | 156,2 | -31,7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 306,6 | -27,0 | 1 030,2 | -23,0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 248,7 | -31,3 | 897,1 | -28,1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 81,1 | -5,0 p | 87,1 | -6,2 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 9 813,9 | 0,2 | 25 817,2 | -1,6 |
| - Europe tonnes | 1 873,8 | -1,7 | 5 162,3 | -2,5 |
| - North Atlantic tonnes | 744,5 | 3,9 | 2 035,4 | 6,2 |
| - Asia tonnes | 7 040,2 | 0,3 | 18 154,9 | -2,1 |
| - Domestic tonnes | 155,4 | 3,6 | 464,6 | -2,0 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 19,8 | -47,7 | 62,5 | -67,1 |
| Cargo flights tonnes | 3 613,6 | 50,7 | 9 339,9 | 66,0 |
| Cargo tonnes total* | 13 447,3 | 10,0 | 35 219,6 | 9,9 |
| Available tonne kilometres** mill | 116,8 | 0,1 | 326,2 | 2,2 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 81,2 | 6,0 | 211,1 | 6,9 |
| Cargo load factor** % | 69,5 | 3,8 p | 64,7 | 2,9 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 61,0 | 2,3 p | 60,0 | 2,1 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor** % | 68,1 | 3,1 p | 62,3 | 1,4 p |
Cargo ATK's for the year 2013 are restated due to more accurate metrics implemented in calculation.
*Including purchased traffic
** 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
Traffic statistics for April 2014 will be published on 9 May 2014.
FINNAIR PLC
Further information:
Finnair communications, 358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com
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