Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

May 2011 Traffic Performance

FINNAIR PLC   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   7 June 2011 AT 09:00



In May 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by
7.4% compared with May 2010. Capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres
grew by 9.2%, 10.1% in Asian traffic. Due to Asian traffic growth, European
feeder traffic capacity was also boosted by, among other things, increasing the
share of traffic operated with larger aircraft. In addition, two Embraer 190
aircraft joined the fleet earlier this year. 

Long-haul business travel demand has developed positively and business class
travel grew in May, particularly in Asian traffic. Finnair began daily
scheduled flights to Singapore on May 30 and now operates schedule flights to
ten Far Eastern destinations. 

Demand in traffic to Japan is still below normal levels, but business travel to
Japan is recovering. Travel directed from Japan to Europe is on a good level.
On average, approximately 70% of passengers travelling on Finnair's Japan
routes annually are Japanese. 

In North American traffic, direct scheduled flights to Toronto began on May 26.
The route was previously served by leisure flights in the summer season.
Finnair flies to Toronto five times per week. 

The current overcapacity in the domestic traffic is reflected in lower load
factors compared to previous year. The capacity change in Finnair's domestic
traffic is mainly due to changes in a feeder-traffic purchase agreement
concluded with Finnish Commuter Airlines. As a result, flights previously
operated with Finncomm codes have been included in Finnair's 2011 production. 

From the beginning of the summer season some of the previous leisure flights
have been operated as scheduled services. The capacity change in Finnair's
leisure traffic results mainly from these changes. 

The ash cloud caused by the Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland did not have a
significant effect on Finnair traffic in May. Some flights to northern Germany,
however, were cancelled due to the closure of destination airports, and some
long-haul flights were slightly delayed due to routing changes. Despite these
reroutings, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights in May was good: 88.9%
(87.4%) of all flights arrived on schedule. The arrival punctuality of
scheduled flights was 89.4% (88.5%). 



FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE MAY 2011

                                   May 2011  %-CHANGE      January-May  %-CHANGE
                                                                  2011          
TOTAL TRAFFIC                                 
Passengers 1000                       660,3      12,1          3 200,2      11,5
Available seat kilometres mill      2 277,7       9,2         11 993,9      16,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill   1 583,6       7,4          8 559,4       8,2
Passenger load factor %                69,5    -1,2 p             71,4    -5,5 p
Cargo tonnes total                 10 670,7      -4,5         56 239,8      29,6
Available tonne kilometres mill       344,4       8,0          1 837,2      22,7
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill         206,7       3,5          1 109,8      14,7
Overall load factor %                  60,0    -2,6 p             60,4    -4,2 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL                                                                 
Passengers 1000                       616,8      16,1          2 879,1      14,6
Available seat kilometres mill      2 127,5      13,3         10 211,3      21,2
Revenue passenger kilometres mill   1 463,2      12,0          6 979,4      11,8
Passenger load factor %                68,8    -0,8 p             68,4    -5,7 p
EUROPE                                                                          
Passengers 1000                       369,5      15,5          1 560,5      12,8
Available seat kilometres mill        797,3      15,6          3 439,8      18,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill     519,2      16,9          2 163,3      13,3
Passenger load factor %                65,1     0,7 p             62,9    -2,8 p
NORTH ATLANTIC                                                                  
Passengers 1000                        14,9       4,1             63,8      14,1
Available seat kilometres mill        130,5       7,4            550,6      13,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill      98,5       4,1            421,3      14,1
Passenger load factor %                75,4    -2,3 p             76,5     0,5 p
ASIA                                                                            
Passengers 1000                       108,7      10,1            549,4      10,1
Available seat kilometres mill      1 087,6      10,6          5 521,1      22,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill     792,2       9,8          4 029,0      10,6
Passenger load factor %                72,8    -0,5 p             73,0    -7,9 p
DOMESTIC                                                                        
Passengers 1000                       123,7      25,9            705,4      23,0
Available seat kilometres mill        112,1      34,7            699,8      30,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill      53,3      15,7            365,9      14,4
Passenger load factor %                47,5    -7,8 p             52,3    -7,5 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC                                                                 
Passengers 1000                        43,5     -24,9            321,1     -10,4
Available seat kilometres mill        150,2     -27,5          1 782,7      -4,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill     120,3     -28,5          1 579,9      -5,6
Passenger load factor %                80,1    -1,2 p             88,6    -0,6 p
CARGO TRAFFIC                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total       9 360,8      -5,2         45 756,0      10,4
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                       1 892,5      -8,0          9 276,6      15,4
North Atlantic tonnes                 696,5      -8,1          3 591,3       5,9
Asia tonnes                         6 565,2      -4,6         31 911,4       9,7
Domestic tonnes                       206,5      12,1            976,7       4,5
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes            0,1     -99,8            210,8     -70,9
Cargo flights tonnes                1 309,9       6,3         10 272,9     733,5
Cargo tonnes total                 10 670,7      -4,5         56 239,8      29,6
Available tonne kilometres* mill       94,7       9,0            533,5      52,3
Revenue tonne kilometres mill          64,9      -4,0            343,1      32,5
Cargo load factor* %                   68,5    -9,3 p             64,3    -9,6 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load            77,2    -8,3 p             84,5    -5,3 p
 factor* %                                                                      
- Asia cargo load factor* %            83,0   -11,8 p             79,4    -8,1 p



- * = 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 



The next traffic statistics will be published on July 7, 2011.



Finnair Plc
Communications
7.6.2011



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