Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

FINNAIR'S ASIAN TRAFFIC STRENGTHENS AND CARGO VOLUME GROWS

FINNAIR PLC                     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE                9
February 2011 AT 09:00 

Finnair's Asian traffic, measured in passenger kilometres, grew by just over 7%
in January compared with January the previous year. Scheduled traffic grew by
just over 5% and traffic overall by more than 3%. 

“Demand is on a growth track, but we are still suffering to some extent from
the after-effects of the cabin staff strike. We increased capacity in
anticipation of growth, but the passenger kilometre growth figures remained
relatively modest due to the after-effects of the strike. As a result,
passenger load factors declined,” says Finnair's Chief Financial Officer Erno
Hildén. 

In Asian traffic, capacity was increased by more than 20%, thereby reducing the
load factor by nearly nine percentage points to 73%. Scheduled traffic capacity
was increased by more than 16% and the load factor declined by just over seven
percentage points to 67%. 

North American traffic grew by just over 7%, European traffic grew by nearly
10% and domestic traffic by more than 9% in January, measured in passenger
kilometres. Load factors declined in all scheduled traffic segments. 

Leisure traffic declined by slightly more than 2% compared with January last
year. In leisure traffic, capacity was also reduced by more than 2%, so the
load factor rose to just over 93%. 

The amount of cargo carried by Finnair grew by 41% in January compared with the
previous year. A pick-up in demand, particularly in traffic between Europe and
Asia, and the impact of cargo aircraft traffic launched in May last year are
evident in cargo growth. 

The arrival punctuality of Finnair flights in January was 71%, which is more
than 12 percentage points better than last year. The arrival punctuality of
scheduled flights was 73%, which is also more than 12 percentage points better
than in January the previous year. 



FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE January 2011

                                     January  %-CHANG   January-January  %-CHANG
                                        2011        E              2011        E
TOTAL TRAFFIC                                                                   
Passengers 1000                        608,2      4,6             608,2      4,6
Available seat kilometres mill       2 500,3     12,2           2 500,3     12,2
Revenue passenger kilometres         1 806,6      3,2           1 806,6      3,2
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 72,3   -6,3 p              72,3   -6,3 p
Cargo tonnes total                  11 139,1     41,1          11 139,1     41,1
Available tonne kilometres mill        388,6     19,9             388,6     19,9
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill          229,9     13,2             229,9     13,2
Overall load factor %                   59,2   -3,5 p              59,2   -3,5 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL                                                                 
Passengers 1000                        528,7      6,0             528,7      6,0
Available seat kilometres mill       2 011,9     16,4           2 011,9     16,4
Revenue passenger kilometres         1 350,4      5,2           1 350,4      5,2
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 67,1   -7,2 p              67,1   -7,2 p
EUROPE                                                                          
Passengers 1000                        274,3      0,8             274,3      0,8
Available seat kilometres mill         631,2      9,5             631,2      9,5
Revenue passenger kilometres           368,7     -0,1             368,7     -0,1
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 58,4   -5,6 p              58,4   -5,6 p
NORTH ATLANTIC                                                                  
Passengers 1000                         12,1      5,3              12,1      5,3
Available seat kilometres mill         107,3     12,2             107,3     12,2
Revenue passenger kilometres            80,0      5,3              80,0      5,3
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 74,5   -4,9 p              74,5   -4,9 p
ASIA                                                                            
Passengers 1000                        113,7      6,5             113,7      6,5
Available seat kilometres mill       1 137,8     20,3           1 137,8     20,3
Revenue passenger kilometres           835,3      7,3             835,3      7,3
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 73,4   -8,9 p              73,4   -8,9 p
DOMESTIC                                                                        
Passengers 1000                        128,6     18,7             128,6     18,7
Available seat kilometres mill         135,5     22,5             135,5     22,5
Revenue passenger kilometres            66,4      9,1              66,4      9,1
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 49,0   -6,0 p              49,0   -6,0 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC                                                                 
Passengers 1000                         79,5     -4,2              79,5     -4,2
Available seat kilometres mill         488,4     -2,3             488,4     -2,3
Revenue passenger kilometres           456,1     -2,2             456,1     -2,2
mill                                                                            
Passenger load factor %                 93,4    0,1 p              93,4    0,1 p
CARGO TRAFFIC                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total        8 632,1     12,4           8 632,1     12,4
tonnes                                                                          
Europetonnes                         1 755,2     16,5           1 755,2     16,5
North Atlantictonnes                   717,2     31,5             717,2     31,5
Asiatonnes                           5 980,0     10,0           5 980,0     10,0
Domestic tonnes                        179,7     -6,5             179,7     -6,5
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes            59,8    -71,9              59,8    -71,9
Cargo flights tonnes                 2 447,2       --           2 447,2       --
Cargo tonnes total                  11 139,1     41,1          11 139,1     41,1
Available tonne kilometres*            117,1     62,7             117,1     62,7
mill                                                                            
Revenue tonne kilometres mill           68,0     47,0              68,0     47,0
Cargo load factor* %                    58,0   -6,2 p              58,0   -6,2 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load             83,6   12,9 p              83,6   12,9 p
factor* %           
-- Asia cargo load factor* %            71,5   -4,8 p              71,5   -4,8 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 8 March 2011.

Finnair Plc
Communications
9 February 2011

Additional information:
Mr. Erno Hildén, CFO, tel. +358 9 818 8550
Mr. Antero Lahtinen, Managing Director, Finnair Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5400
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. +358 9 818 4007
Mr. Taneli Hassinen, VP Financial Communications and IR, tel. +358 9 818 4976