Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Traffic Performance December 2012

Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 8 January 2013 at 09:00

In December, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by
10.6 per cent and the overall capacity grew 2.4 per cent year‐on‐year.
Passenger load factor improved by 5.7 percentage points and was 77.1 per cent. 

Traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew year-on-year in all
scheduled traffic areas apart from domestic traffic. Strongest growth was seen
in long haul traffic and in Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger
Kilometres grew by 12.5 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 15.4 per cent
year‐on‐year. 

In October-December, the unit revenue* per available seat kilometre grew by
2.2% year-on-year, and was 5.42 euro cents. 

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

In December, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by
2.7 per cent, as capacity decreased by 8.1 per cent year-on-year. The load
factor improved by 9.1 percentage points and was 87.3 per cent. 

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 5.1 per
cent and the overall capacity by 12.3 per cent year-on-year. The load factor
improved by 5.0 percentage points and was 65.7 per cent. 

In December, the arrival punctuality fell significantly year-on-year due to
exceptional weather conditions and airport capacity restrictions. In scheduled
traffic, 64.7 per cent (82.1 per cent in December 2011) of flights arrived on
schedule, 64.0 per cent (81.2 per cent) in all traffic. 



Finnair Traffic Performance December 2012

                                      December  %-Chang    Jan-December  %-Chang
                                          2012        e            2012        e
Total Traffic                                                                   
Passengers 1000                          666,6      9,3         8 774,1      9,5
Available seat kilometres mill         2 462,9      2,4        30 366,3      3,5
Revenue passenger kilometres           1 899,5     10,6        23 563,2      9,6
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   77,1    5,7 p            77,6    4,3 p
Cargo tonnes total                    11 200,6     -5,9       148 131,5      1,5
Available tonne kilometres mill          368,6     -2,9         4 646,7      1,7
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill            239,6      5,5         3 029,0      7,3
Overall load factor %                     65,0    5,2 p            65,2    3,4 p
Scheduled Total                                                                 
Passengers 1000                          597,0      8,9         7 960,5      9,4
Available seat kilometres mill         2 037,7      4,9        26 768,4      3,7
Revenue passenger kilometres           1 528,3     12,7        20 373,1     10,4
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   75,0    5,2 p            76,1    4,6 p
Europe                                                                          
Passengers 1000                          331,3     13,2         4 602,5     12,2
Available seat kilometres mill           658,8      9,7         8 770,0      2,3
Revenue passenger kilometres             474,8     15,4         6 493,7     13,1
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   72,1    3,6 p            74,0    7,1 p
North Atlantic                                                                  
Passengers 1000                           12,6     15,8           194,7      2,1
Available seat kilometres mill           100,2      3,7         1 519,8     -2,9
Revenue passenger kilometres              83,3     15,8         1 284,9      2,1
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   83,2    8,7 p            84,5    4,1 p
Asia                                                                            
Passengers 1000                          119,1     12,8         1 570,4      9,2
Available seat kilometres mill         1 164,4      3,1        15 197,3      6,7
Revenue passenger kilometres             895,3     12,5        11 780,6     10,2
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   76,9    6,4 p            77,5    2,5 p
Domestic                                                                        
Passengers 1000                          134,0     -3,9         1 593,0      3,2
Available seat kilometres mill           114,3     -1,9         1 281,3    -10,0
Revenue passenger kilometres              74,8     -2,1           813,9      5,6
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   65,4   -0,1 p            63,5    9,4 p
Leisure Traffic                                                                 
Passengers 1000                           69,6     13,1           813,6     10,2
Available seat kilometres mill           425,2     -8,1         3 597,9      1,7
Revenue passenger kilometres             371,2      2,7         3 190,1      4,8
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                   87,3    9,1 p            88,7    2,6 p
Cargo Traffic                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total          9 192,7      9,1       114 858,8      2,9
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                          1 868,5     11,7        20 910,2     -4,8
North Atlantic tonnes                    686,1      6,2         7 667,5     -6,5
Asia tonnes                            6 495,8      9,6        84 213,4      6,4
Domestic tonnes                          142,3    -21,6         2 067,6     -9,1
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes              86,2    342,2           231,6     -9,0
Cargo flights tonnes                   1 921,8    -44,4        33 041,2     -2,8
Cargo tonnes total                    11 200,6     -5,9       148 131,5      1,5
Available tonne kilometres* mill         105,6    -12,3         1 364,3     -1,5
Revenue tonne kilometres mill             69,4     -5,1           918,0      2,3
Cargo load factor* %                      65,7    5,0 p            67,3    2,5 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load               85,7    2,0 p            75,3   -2,9 p
 factor* %                                                                      
- Asia cargo load factor* %               78,9    4,5 p            78,6    1,0 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

 * Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.



Finnair's Financial bulletin for the year 2012 and traffic statistics for
January 2013 will be published on 8 February 2013. 



Finnair Plc.
Communications
8 January 2013



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