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2011-09-08 08:00:00 CEST 2011-09-08 08:00:09 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Finnair Oyj - Company AnnouncementAugust 2011 Traffic PerformanceFINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 8 September 2011 AT 09:00 In August 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 11.1% as the overall capacity grew by 13.3% compared with August 2010. Finnair's Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 28.7% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 20.3%. “In August, leisure travel continued at a high level, which improved passenger load factors in intra-European and leisure traffic. Holiday travellers also improved the load factors on North American flights. In Asian traffic, passenger load factors decreased due to lower-than-average business travel demand. Travel demand from Japan to Europe has almost returned to its earlier levels, and load factors are good on our routes to Japan. Travel demand from Europe to Japan, however, is recovering at a clearly lower pace,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén. The capacity change in Finnair's leisure traffic results from the fact that from the beginning of the summer season, some of the previous leisure flights have been operated as scheduled services. A corresponding traffic change can be seen as growth in the European and North American figures. Cargo capacity grew by 27.8% and traffic by revenue tonne kilometres grew by 18.3% compared with August 2010. In August, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights returned to the last year's level: 90.4% (90.1%) of all flights arrived on schedule. In scheduled traffic the arrival punctuality was 90.8% (90.8%). FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE August 2011 August %-CHANG January-August %-CHANG 2011 E 2011 E TOTAL TRAFFIC Passengers 1000 699,8 8,6 5 385,8 11,6 Available seat kilometres mill 2 502,4 13,3 19 584,2 15,7 Revenue passenger kilometres 1 923,5 11,1 14 497,1 10,1 mill Passenger load factor % 76,9 -1,5 p 74,0 -3,8 p Cargo tonnes total 12 818,0 15,0 94 472,8 22,2 Available tonne kilometres mill 394,9 16,9 3 024,3 20,4 Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 252,6 13,3 1 880,3 14,3 Overall load factor % 64,0 -2,0 p 62,2 -3,4 p SCHEDULED TOTAL Passengers 1000 651,8 13,1 4 876,2 15,8 Available seat kilometres mill 2 368,0 21,7 17 264,4 22,1 Revenue passenger kilometres 1 801,9 18,9 12 426,3 16,1 mill Passenger load factor % 76,1 -1,8 p 72,0 -3,7 p EUROPE Passengers 1000 379,7 9,2 2 759,2 12,9 Available seat kilometres mill 773,6 7,7 5 759,6 15,0 Revenue passenger kilometres 524,7 10,5 3 860,2 13,8 mill Passenger load factor % 67,8 1,7 p 67,0 -0,7 p NORTH ATLANTIC Passengers 1000 23,7 48,9 136,0 31,5 Available seat kilometres mill 181,7 49,4 1 098,6 29,9 Revenue passenger kilometres 156,3 48,8 897,6 31,5 mill Passenger load factor % 86,0 -0,3 p 81,7 1,0 p ASIA Passengers 1000 142,6 16,8 965,9 14,0 Available seat kilometres mill 1 318,3 28,7 9 454,1 25,3 Revenue passenger kilometres 1 070,9 20,3 7 156,2 15,7 mill Passenger load factor % 81,2 -5,7 p 75,7 -6,3 p FINLAND Passengers 1000 105,8 17,1 1 015,2 24,1 Available seat kilometres mill 94,4 15,8 952,1 27,1 Revenue passenger kilometres 50,1 10,9 512,3 15,5 mill Passenger load factor % 53,1 -2,4 p 53,8 -5,4 p LEISURE TRAFFIC Passengers 1000 48,0 -29,5 509,6 -17,0 Available seat kilometres mill 134,4 -48,7 2 319,9 -16,5 Revenue passenger kilometres 121,6 -43,5 2 070,8 -15,9 mill Passenger load factor % 90,5 8,2 p 89,3 0,7 p CARGO TRAFFIC Cargo scheduled traffic total 9 685,4 3,3 75 110,9 8,1 tonnes Europetonnes 1 752,2 -9,6 14 761,3 5,1 North Atlantictonnes 653,4 -6,2 5 537,8 1,4 Asiatonnes 7 091,6 8,3 53 321,1 9,9 Domestic tonnes 188,2 -0,5 1 490,7 0,0 Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 0,5 -99,2 214,9 -77,8 Cargo flights tonnes 3 132,1 83,6 19 146,9 178,7 Cargo tonnes total 12 818,0 15,0 94 472,8 22,2 Available tonne kilometres* mill 121,8 27,8 896,8 40,8 Revenue tonne kilometres mill 80,2 18,3 581,4 24,8 Cargo load factor* % 65,8 -5,3 p 64,8 -8,3 p - North-Atlantic cargo load 70,9 -7,7 p 78,1 -7,1 p factor* % - Asia cargo load factor* % 75,7 -10,7 p 78,2 -8,9 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 release on traffic statistics will be published on 7 October 2011. Finnair Plc. Communications 8 September 2011 Further information: Erno Hildén, Chief Financial Officer, tel. +358 9 818 8550 Arja Suominen, Senior Vice President, Communications and Corporate Responsibility tel. +358 9 818 4028 Kati Kaksonen, Investor Relations Officer tel. +358 9 818 2780 |
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