2009-07-07 08:00:00 CEST

2009-07-07 08:00:10 CEST


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Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

FINNAIR DEMAND AND PRICE LEVEL DOWN


FINNAIR PLC	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE	7 JULY 2009 AT 09:00                         

FINNAIR DEMAND AND PRICE LEVEL DOWN                                             

Finnair traffic in June was 13.4 per cent and the number of passengers carried  
12.2 per cent below the figures for June 2008. Weak demand reduced the average  
price per passenger kilometers more than 18 per cent in the second quarter of   
2009.                                                                           

- The demand in air traffic is still weakening and Finnair has reduced capacity 
accordingly, says Finnair´s SVP Public Affairs and Communications Mr Christer   
Haglund. Capacity was slashed by 14.2 per cent, resulting in a passenger load   
factor 0.6 percentage points higher than last year, 74.0 per cent.              

Of Finnair's flights, 89.0 per cent arrived on schedule, which represents an    
improvement of 7.9 percentage points from last year. The scheduled passenger    
traffic punctuality percentage rose from June last year by 8.2 percentage points
to 90.5 per cent.                     

Finnair traffic                                                                 
Finnair traffic altogether decreased by 13.4%, measured in revenue passenger    
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 14.2%. Passenger load factor was 0.6          
percentage points higher than year before, 74.0%. Number of passengers carried  
decreased by 12.2% and was 641 989.                                             

Scheduled traffic                                                               
Scheduled traffic decreased by 11.6%, measured in revenue passenger kilometres. 
Capacity decreased by 13.0%. Passenger load factor was 1.1 percentage points    
higher than year before, 71.8%. Number of passengers carried decreased by 9.2%  
and was 544 823.                                                                

Scheduled international traffic, decreased by 11.7%, measured in revenue        
passenger kilometres. Capacity decreased by 12.7%. Passenger load factor was 0.8
percentage points higher than year before, 72.3%. Number of passengers carried  
decreased by 10.2% and was 451 966.                                             

European scheduled traffic, decreased by 10.3%, measured in revenue passenger   
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 9.4%. Passenger load factor was 0.7 percentage
points lower than year before, 71.8%. Number of passengers carried decreased by 
9.2% and was 350 254.                                                           

North Atlantic scheduled traffic increased by 16.0%, measured in revenue        
passenger kilometres. Capacity increased by 18.6%. Passenger load factor was 2.0
percentage points lower than year before, 85.9%. Number of passengers carried   
increased by 15.9% and was 17 232.                                              

Asian scheduled traffic decreased by 16.3%, measured in revenue passenger       
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 18.2%. Passenger load factor was 1.6          
percentage points higher than year before, 70.7%. Number of passengers carried  
decreased by 17.7% and was 84 480.                                              

Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 9.1%, measured in revenue passenger     
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 18.2%. Passenger load factor was 6.0          
percentage points higher than year before, 60.5%. Number of passengers carried  
decreased by 3.8% and was 92 857.                                               

Leisure traffic                                                                 
Leisure traffic decreased by 20.6%, measured in revenue passenger kilometres.   
Capacity decreased by 19.8%. Passenger load factor was 0.9 percentage points    
lower than year before, 85.4%. Number of passengers carried decreased by 25.9%  
and was 97 166.                                                                 

Cargo                                                                           
Cargo traffic decreased by 20.7% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.              

Decrease in scheduled traffic was 21.7%. Cargo traffic decreased by 24.0% in    
Asian traffic, decreased by 12.8% in European traffic and decreased by 26.2% in 
North-Atlantic traffic.                                                         

Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 15.1%. The cargo  
load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 71.2% and in the North Atlantic      
traffic 44.5%.                                                                  

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|                               |   Jun09   | %-CHANG | Jan09-Jun0 |        %- |
|                               |           |       E | 9          |    CHANGE |
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| TOTAL TRAFFIC                 |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |     642,0 |   -12,2 |    3 720,6 |      -8,4 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |   2 098,0 |   -14,2 |   13 566,7 |      -6,3 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres  |   1 552,8 |   -13,4 |   10 054,4 |      -4,0 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      74,0 |   0,6 p |       74,1 |     1,8 p |
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| Cargo tonnes toatal           |   7 226,0 |   -20,7 |   40 718,8 |     -21,9 |
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| Available tonne-kilometres    |     317,1 |   -17,2 |    2 036,7 |      -7,9 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill |     180,5 |   -15,5 |    1 128,7 |      -8,5 |
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| Overall load factor %         |      56,9 |   1,2 p |       55,4 |    -0,4 p |
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| SCHEDULED TOTAL               |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |     544,8 |    -9,2 |    3 101,9 |      -9,5 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |   1 756,1 |   -13,0 |   10 394,3 |      -9,5 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres  |   1 260,7 |   -11,6 |    7 247,4 |      -7,1 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      71,8 |   1,1 p |       69,7 |     1,8 p |
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| EUROPE                        |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |     350,3 |    -9,2 |    1 753,0 |      -9,9 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |     670,2 |    -9,4 |    3 800,4 |      -9,1 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres  |     481,0 |   -10,3 |    2 434,8 |      -8,3 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      71,8 |  -0,7 p |       64,1 |     0,6 p |
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| NORTH ATLANTIC                |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |      17,2 |    15,9 |       72,3 |       6,3 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |     132,5 |    18,6 |      601,5 |       8,8 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres  |     113,8 |    16,0 |      477,2 |       6,4 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      85,9 |  -2,0 p |       79,3 |    -1,8 p |
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| ASIA                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |      84,5 |   -17,7 |      542,2 |      -7,1 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |     877,5 |   -18,2 |    5 301,9 |     -10,7 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres  |     620,0 |   -16,3 |    3 928,2 |      -7,0 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      70,7 |   1,6 p |       74,1 |     3,0 p |
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| DOMESTIC                      |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |      92,9 |    -3,8 |      734,4 |     -11,5 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |      75,9 |   -18,2 |      690,5 |     -14,8 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue pax-kilometres mill   |      45,9 |    -9,1 |      407,1 |     -13,9 |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      60,5 |   6,0 p |       59,0 |     0,6 p |
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| LEISURE TRAFFIC               |           |         |            |           |
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| Passengers  1000              |      97,2 |   -25,9 |      618,6 |      -2,9 |
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| Available seat-kilometres     |     341,9 |   -19,8 |    3 172,4 |       5,6 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue passenger kilometres  |     292,1 |   -20,6 |    2 807,0 |       5,1 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Passenger load factor %       |      85,4 |  -0,9 p |       88,5 |    -0,4 p |
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| CARGO TRAFFIC                 |           |         |            |           |
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| Cargo scheduled traffic total |   6 995,4 |   -21,7 |   39 318,1 |     -21,5 |
| tonnes                        |           |         |            |           |
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| Europe tonnes                 |   1 504,7 |   -12,8 |    8 913,1 |     -17,1 |
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| North Atlantic tonnes         |     471,2 |   -26,2 |    2 930,6 |     -17,1 |
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| Asia tonnes                   |   4 811,4 |   -24,0 |   26 078,6 |     -23,9 |
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| Domestic tonnes               |     208,2 |   -14,3 |    1 395,8 |      -9,3 |
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| Cargo leisure traffic tonnes  |     100,6 |   321,2 |      613,1 |     189,1 |
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| Scheduled cargo charter       |     130,0 |   -15,1 |      787,7 |     -56,2 |
| tonnes                        |           |         |            |           |
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| Cargo tonnes total            |   7 226,0 |   -20,7 |   40 718,8 |     -21,9 |
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| Available tonne-kilometres*   |      68,0 |   -17,0 |      433,3 |      -9,3 |
| mill                          |           |         |            |           |
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| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill |      41,5 |   -21,6 |      227,9 |     -23,1 |
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| Cargo load factor* %          |      61,0 |  -3,6 p |       52,6 |    -9,5 p |
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p= percentage points                                                            
Definitions to the terms used:                                                  
Change % refers to the change of the figures of the previous year               
Revenue passenger kilometres: Number of revenue passengers carried, multiplied  
by kilometres flown.                                                            
Available passenger kilometres: Total number of seats available, multiplied by  
the number of kilometres flown.                                                 
Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of        
passengers, cargo and mail, multiplies by kilometres flown.                     
Cabin factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available passenger      
kilometres.                                                                     
Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available tonne       
kilometres.                                                                     

Next release on traffic statistics will be released on August 6, 2009.          

Finnair Plc                                                                     
Communications                                                                  
July 7, 2009                                                                    

For further information please contact:                                         
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. +358 9 818 4007