Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Traffic Performance September 2012

 Finnair Plc Stock Exchange Release 5 October 2012 at 09:00

In September, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by
10.6 per cent as the overall capacity grew 2.9 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger
load factor improved by 5.4 percentage points year‐on‐year and was 78.6 per
cent. 

Traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew significantly in all
scheduled traffic areas apart from North Atlantic traffic. Strongest growth was
seen in Asia and in Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger
Kilometres grew by 10.4 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 10.3 per cent
year‐on‐year. 

In July-September, the unit revenue* per available seat kilometre grew by 7.4%
year-on-year, and was 6.13 euro cents. 

“In September, we saw continuing strong demand in our traffic,” says Finnair
CFO Erno Hildén. “Traffic growth notably exceeded the growth of overall
capacity, contributing to the improvement in unit revenue year-on-year.” 

In September, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by
29.6 per cent, as capacity grew by 17.8 per cent year-on-year. The load factor
improved by 8.3 percentage points and was 91.7 per cent. 

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 6.9 per
cent as the overall capacity decreased by 11.6 per cent. The load factor
improved by 3.6 percentage points and was 69.7 per cent. 

In September, the arrival punctuality remained excellent and was flat
year-on-year. In scheduled traffic, 91.8 per cent (91.9 per cent in September
2011) of flights arrived on schedule, 91.5 per cent (91.2 per cent) in all
traffic. 

*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.

Finnair Traffic Performance September 2012

                                    September  %-Chang    Jan-September  %-Chang
                                         2012        e             2012        e
Total Traffic                                                                   
Passengers 1000                         771,1      8,0          6 693,1      9,7
Available seat kilometres mill        2 545,5      2,9         22 798,6      3,4
Revenue passenger kilometres          1 999,8     10,6         17 870,7      9,6
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  78,6    5,4 p             78,4    4,5 p
Cargo tonnes total                   12 460,3     -6,9        112 084,3      3,9
Available tonne kilometres mill         387,3     -2,1          3 511,3      2,7
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill           256,4      4,7          2 295,3      8,0
Overall load factor %                    66,2    4,3 p             65,4    3,2 p
Scheduled Total                                                                 
Passengers 1000                         705,2      6,4          6 073,5      9,7
Available seat kilometres mill        2 350,4      1,9         20 169,4      3,1
Revenue passenger kilometres          1 820,9      9,0         15 530,1     10,2
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  77,5    5,1 p             77,0    5,0 p
Europe                                                                          
Passengers 1000                         412,8      8,8          3 529,9     12,5
Available seat kilometres mill          770,8     -0,4          6 577,2      0,7
Revenue passenger kilometres            574,8     10,3          4 976,1     13,6
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  74,6    7,3 p             75,7    8,6 p
North Atlantic                                                                  
Passengers 1000                          15,6     -4,9            155,0      1,7
Available seat kilometres mill          135,4     -2,1          1 200,1     -3,0
Revenue passenger kilometres            102,9     -4,9          1 023,2      1,7
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  76,0   -2,2 p             85,3    3,9 p
Asia                                                                            
Passengers 1000                         143,5     10,3          1 187,3      8,3
Available seat kilometres mill        1 336,0      5,3         11 429,0      6,6
Revenue passenger kilometres          1 077,4     10,4          8 912,7      9,6
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  80,6    3,7 p             78,0    2,1 p
Domestic                                                                        
Passengers 1000                         133,3     -2,6          1 201,3      4,3
Available seat kilometres mill          108,2    -14,7            963,1    -10,7
Revenue passenger kilometres             65,8      1,7            618,1      7,1
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  60,8    9,8 p             64,2   10,7 p
Leisure Traffic                                                                 
Passengers 1000                          65,9     28,5            619,6     10,5
Available seat kilometres mill          195,2     17,8          2 629,2      5,8
Revenue passenger kilometres            178,9     29,6          2 340,6      6,0
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                  91,7    8,3 p             89,0    0,2 p
Cargo Traffic                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total         9 938,7      2,8         85 582,4      0,9
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                         1 784,2     -4,6         15 273,1     -8,2
North Atlantic tonnes                   634,7     -5,6          5 735,2     -7,7
Asia tonnes                           7 352,4      6,2         63 013,1      4,6
Domestic tonnes                         167,3    -16,1          1 561,1     -7,6
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes              1,6  22785,7            120,2    -44,1
Cargo flights tonnes                  2 520,0    -32,1         26 381,7     15,4
Cargo tonnes total                   12 460,3     -6,9        112 084,3      3,9
Available tonne kilometres*             110,8    -11,6          1 040,3      1,8
 mill                                                                           
Revenue tonne kilometres mill            77,2     -6,9            694,4      4,5
Cargo load factor* %                     69,7    3,6 p             66,8    1,8 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load              72,0   -3,9 p             74,3   -3,6 p
 factor* %                                                                      
- Asia cargo load factor* %              77,5    0,7 p             78,3    0,2 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



Next release on traffic statistics will be released on 9 November 2012.



Finnair Plc.
Communications
5 October 2012



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