All-time record for Viking Line in July – over one million passengers chose the big red boats

Viking Line’s passenger volume on all routes in July stood at record high 1,021,890 passengers, up by 9 per cent compared to the same period last year. The number of cars transported increased by 14 per cent to stand at 138,168.

The biggest growth occurred on the Helsinki (Finland) – Tallinn (Estonia) route where Viking Line offered 12 daily departures this summer. Viking Line responded to the high demand by introducing a new vessel, Viking FSTR i.e. Faster, which operates on the route from 10 April – 22 October. The total number of passengers carried by Viking Line on this route during July was 378,704, up by 24 per cent on the same period last year.

Growth was also observed on many other routes, e.g. cruises from Stockholm (Sweden) to Mariehamn (Åland), and the short route between Mariehamn and Kapellskär (Sweden). Passenger volumes on the long routes between Finland and Sweden were stable. The share of international customers was higher than in previous years – a trend that has continued for some time.

Passenger volumes:                                                              2016                    2017

Helsinki-Mariehamn-Stockholm                                             114,620               114,872

Turku-Åland Islands-Stockholm                                             276,414               275,947

Helsinki-Tallinn                                                                      305,315               378,704

Cinderella cruises from Stockholm                                        106,891               111,487

Mariehamn-Kapellskär                                                           131,538               137,111

(Stockholm-Tallinn/ Mariehamn–Tallinn)                                   4,229                    3,769

Total numbers of passengers                                             939,007               1,021 890 + 9 %

Personbilar totalt                                                                     121,498               138,168 + 14 %

“We are very satisfied with the trend of passenger numbers in July and are pleased that so many people are choosing to travel on our vessels. The price competition this summer has been fierce, which has benefited customers,” says Jan Hanses, President and CEO of Viking Line.

Since starting operations in 1959, Viking Line has transported over 217 million passengers.

Mariehamn, 1 August 2017

Further information:

Jan Hanses, CEO and President, jan.hanses@vikingline.com, tfn +358 18 27000

Johanna Boijer-Svahnström, Vice President, Corporate Communications, johanna.boijer@vikingline.com, tfn +358 18 277 48

Viking Line is a public limited company and a market-leading brand in passenger traffic on the northern Baltic Sea. It offers passenger services, recreation and cargo carrier services on the vessels Gabriella, Mariella, Amorella, Rosella, Viking Cinderella, Viking XPRS, Viking FSTR and on the flagship Viking Grace.

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