Finnair Traffic Performance in October 2019
Finnair Plc Investor News 7 November 2019 at 9:00 am
Strong traffic performance in October, passenger load factor increasing 2.8pp year-on-year resulting in record number of October passengers
In October, Finnair carried 1,266,000 passengers, 10.9% more than in the corresponding period of 2018. The overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) increased in October by 10.1%. Finnair's traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) increased by 14.1%, and the Passenger Load Factor (PLF) increased year-on-year by 2.8% points to 82.3%.
Finnair’s long-haul capacity increased year-on-year with three new A350 aircraft that entered the service after the comparison period. The ASK growth in Asian traffic was 12.5%, mainly due to the doubling of frequencies to Hong Kong and increased frequencies to Osaka. The North American capacity increased by 27.5% following the opening of the new Los Angeles route in March.
In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 5.4%. The growth derived from additional seating capacity in some of the existing narrow-body aircraft and the changes in route network. The added capacity was directed especially to London and Brussels and to new destinations Hannover and Trondheim. Capacity in domestic traffic decreased by 2.2% mainly due to changes in traffic plan.
RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 14.7%, in North American traffic by 32.1%, in European traffic by 10.8% and in domestic traffic by 2.9%. The PLF was 82.8% in Asian traffic, 83.1% in North American traffic, particularly strong 82.5% in European traffic and 70.1% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers increased in Asian traffic by 14.3%, in North American traffic by 27.2%, in European traffic by 11.9% and in domestic traffic by 0.8%.
October resulted in record number of cargo tonnes in a single month and available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 13.3% year-on-year. Revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 6.2%. Global uncertainty in world trade continued to press global air freight market in October, and market softness and yield pressures were especially visible in Finnair’s cargo markets in Asia.
In October, 82.4% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (86.8%).
Traffic statistics for November 2019 will be published on Thursday 5 December 2019.
| Finnair Traffic Performance October 2019 | ||||
| Month | % Change | YTD | % Change | |
| Total traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 1,266.0 | 10.9 | 12,412.8 | 10.2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 4,054.1 | 10.1 | 39,654.8 | 11.4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 3,336.5 | 14.1 | 32,719.5 | 10.8 |
| Passenger load factor % | 82.3 | 2.8p | 82.5 | -0.5p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 16,786.9 | 4.7 | 144,615.6 | 11.5 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 595.8 | 10.1 | 5,804.2 | 10.9 |
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 403.5 | 11.5 | 3,843.3 | 11.0 |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Asia | 216.4 | 14.3 | 2,167.8 | 6.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Asia | 1,982.0 | 12.5 | 19,543.2 | 10.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Asia | 1,640.2 | 14.7 | 16,393.1 | 6.7 |
| Passenger load factor % Asia | 82.8 | 1.6p | 83.9 | -3.1p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Europe | 825.3 | 11.9 | 7,938.9 | 12.8 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Europe | 1,597.9 | 5.4 | 15,178.2 | 10.2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Europe | 1,319.0 | 10.8 | 12,375.7 | 13.2 |
| Passenger load factor % Europe | 82.5 | 4.1p | 81.5 | 2.2p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 North Atlantic | 38.2 | 27.2 | 389.3 | 26.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill North Atlantic | 345.1 | 27.5 | 3,401.4 | 28.6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill North Atlantic | 286.8 | 32.1 | 2,948.9 | 31.4 |
| Passenger load factor % North Atlantic | 83.1 | 2.9p | 86.7 | 1.8p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Domestic | 186.1 | 0.8 | 1,916.8 | 1.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Domestic | 129.2 | -2.2 | 1,532.0 | 1.2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Domestic | 90.5 | 2.9 | 1,001.8 | 1.6 |
| Passenger load factor % Domestic | 70.1 | 3.5p | 65.4 | 0.3p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Europe tonnes | 3,612.5 | 44.7 | 28,671.5 | 63.7 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 1,350.7 | 35.0 | 11,427.7 | 31.4 |
| Asia tonnes | 11,775.3 | 1.7 | 104,022.8 | 9.3 |
| Domestic tonnes | 48.4 | -15.1 | 493.6 | 6.1 |
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 16,786.9 | 10.9 | 144,615.6 | 18.7 |
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cargo Traffic tonnes total | 16,786.9 | 4.7 | 144,615.6 | 11.5 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 163.1 | 12.1 | 1,572.7 | 15.3 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 104.9 | 4.6 | 914.8 | 11.6 |
| Available sched.cargo tonne kms*, mill. | 163.1 | 13.3 | 1,572.7 | 16.6 |
| Revenue sched.cargo tonne kms, mill. | 104.9 | 6.2 | 914.8 | 13.4 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 64.3 | -4.6p | 58.2 | -1.9p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 59.9 | -3.1p | 56.3 | 4.7p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 70.0 | -6.8p | 63.0 | -4.3p |
| Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, % | 64.3 | -4.3p | 58.2 | -1.7p |
* Operational calculatory capacity
** Including purchased traffic
– Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the previous year (p = 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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