Finnair Traffic Performance in May 2014
Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 9 June 2014 at 09:00
In May, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 3.5 per cent and the overall capacity grew by 2.6 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor increased by 0.7 percentage points and was 75.7 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 0.5 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 1.9 per cent year‐on‐year.
European traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 13.8 per cent and capacity by 14.1 per cent year-on-year.
Leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 18.1 per cent and capacity decreased by 9.9 per cent year-on-year.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres grew by 11.9 per cent and the overall capacity decreased by 6.2 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved by 11.2 percentage points from last year’s level and was 69.2 per cent.
In May, 89.5 per cent of scheduled flights arrived on schedule (94.1). Of all traffic, 89.3 per cent (93.9) of flights were on schedule.
Finnair Traffic Performance May 2014
| May 2014 | %-Change | Year-to date 2014 | %-Change | |
| Total Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 819,0 | 5,7 | 3 836,1 | 3,7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 605,3 | 2,6 | 12 594,6 | -1,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 972,9 | 3,5 | 9 849,4 | -1,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75,7 | 0,7 p | 78,2 | 0,3 p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 922,3 | 11,2 | 60 810,7 | 8,8 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 394,5 | 2,6 | 1 907,4 | -0,3 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 255,0 | 6,0 | 1 248,9 | 1,3 |
| Overall load factor % | 64,7 | 2,0 p | 65,5 | 1,0 p |
| Scheduled Total | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 773,7 | 7,3 | 3 607,9 | 6,9 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 453,6 | 3,5 | 11 296,5 | 2,3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 851,0 | 5,4 | 8 735,9 | 4,2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75,4 | 1,3 p | 77,3 | 1,4 p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 493,4 | 10,5 | 2 104,3 | 8,6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 946,5 | 14,1 | 4 035,5 | 6,8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 710,6 | 13,8 | 3 058,4 | 11,0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75,1 | -0,2 p | 75,8 | 2,9 p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 14,9 | -10,6 | 69,5 | 0,3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 110,3 | -20,7 | 547,4 | -0,7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 98,2 | -11,0 | 459,8 | 0,5 |
| Passenger load factor % | 89,0 | 9,7 p | 84,0 | 0,9 p |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 131,1 | 1,7 | 637,5 | -0,4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 299,0 | -0,5 | 6 077,7 | -0,5 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 982,2 | 1,9 | 4 796,9 | 0,3 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75,6 | 1,8 p | 78,9 | 0,7 p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 134,3 | 3,8 | 796,6 | 9,8 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 97,9 | 1,7 | 635,9 | 6,1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 60,0 | 2,8 | 420,8 | 8,7 |
| Passenger load factor % | 61,3 | 0,6 p | 66,2 | 1,6 p |
| Leisure Traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1000 | 45,3 | -15,0 | 228,2 | -30,3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 151,7 | -9,9 | 1 298,1 | -24,6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 121,9 | -18,1 | 1 113,5 | -28,9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 80,4 | -8,1 p | 85,8 | -5,2 p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 9 888,2 | 11,1 | 45 418,8 | 2,1 |
| Europe tonnes | 2 216,5 | 17,2 | 9 508,1 | 4,2 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 581,0 | -9,5 | 3 295,1 | 5,9 |
| Asia tonnes | 6 948,3 | 11,7 | 31 855,5 | 1,3 |
| Domestic tonnes | 142,4 | -4,2 | 760,1 | -3,6 |
| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 0,0 | -93,6 | 75,3 | -61,9 |
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 3 034,1 | 11,4 | 15 316,6 | 36,6 |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 922,3 | 11,2 | 60 810,7 | 8,8 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 113,3 | -6,2 | 550,1 | -1,4 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 78,4 | 11,9 | 367,2 | 7,3 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 69,2 | 11,2 p | 66,7 | 5,5 p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 52,7 | 0,5 p | 58,0 | 3,6 p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 72,4 | 16,0 p | 66,2 | 5,9 p |
Cargo ATK's for the year 2013 are restated due to more accurate metrics implemented in calculation.
* 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
Traffic statistics for June are published on Monday, 7 July 2014.
FINNAIR PLC
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