2011-10-07 08:00:00 CEST

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Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Monthly traffic performance data - September 2011


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

In September 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres
rose by approximately 12% as the overall capacity grew by 14.7% compared with
September 2010. Finnair's Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat
Kilometres grew by 28.2% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres
increased by 19.5%, while the load factor declined by 5.6%. 

“In September, the increase in traffic was lower than anticipated and business
travel from Europe has not developed according to our expectations after the
European holiday season. In Asian traffic load factors were lower than before,
which was reflected in unit revenues as well: in the third quarter, revenue per
available seat kilometre decreased by 3.2% compared with 2010. Load factors in
leisure traffic were still lower than what we pursued, even though they
improved slightly from the previous year,” 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 26.1% and traffic by revenue tonne kilometres grew by
11.4% compared with September 2010. 

In September, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights improved in comparison
with the previous year: 90.9% (89.9%) of all flights arrived on schedule. In
scheduled traffic the arrival punctuality was 91.7% (90.5%). 



 FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE September 2011

                                  September  %-CHANG  January-September  %-CHANG
                                       2011        E               2011        E
TOTAL TRAFFIC                                                                   
Passengers 1000                       714,0      9,5            6 099,7     11,3
Available seat kilometres           2 473,1     14,7           22 057,3     15,6
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres        1 808,2     11,9           16 305,3     10,3
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                73,1   -1,8 p               73,9   -3,5 p
Cargo tonnes total                 13 379,3     10,7          107 852,1     20,6
Available tonne kilometres            395,4     17,2            3 419,7     20,1
 mill                                                                           
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill         244,9     11,8            2 125,1     14,0
Overall load factor %                  61,9   -3,0 p               62,1   -3,3 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL                                                                 
Passengers 1000                       662,7     12,8            5 538,9     15,4
Available seat kilometres           2 307,4     20,0           19 571,8     21,8
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres        1 670,2     17,0           14 096,4     16,2
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                72,4   -1,8 p               72,0   -3,5 p
EUROPE                                                                          
Passengers 1000                       379,4     11,0            3 138,6     12,7
Available seat kilometres             774,0     10,0            6 533,7     14,4
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres          521,0     12,6            4 381,1     13,7
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                67,3    1,6 p               67,1   -0,4 p
NORTH ATLANTIC                                                                  
Passengers 1000                        16,4     23,2              152,4     30,5
Available seat kilometres             138,3     17,6            1 236,9     28,4
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres          108,3     23,1            1 005,9     30,5
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                78,3    3,5 p               81,3    1,3 p
ASIA                                                                            
Passengers 1000                       130,1     16,4            1 096,0     14,3
Available seat kilometres           1 268,2     28,2           10 722,3     25,7
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres          976,3     19,5            8 132,5     16,1
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                77,0   -5,6 p               75,8   -6,2 p
FINLAND                                                                         
Passengers 1000                       136,8     13,7            1 151,9     22,8
Available seat kilometres             126,8     13,8            1 078,9     25,4
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres           64,6      8,1              576,9     14,7
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                51,0   -2,7 p               53,5   -5,0 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC                                                                 
Passengers 1000                        51,3    -21,1              560,8    -17,4
Available seat kilometres             165,7    -29,4            2 485,6    -17,5
 mill                                                                           
Revenue passenger kilometres          138,1    -26,9            2 208,9    -16,6
 mill                                                                           
Passenger load factor %                83,3    2,8 p               88,9    1,0 p
CARGO TRAFFIC                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total       9 668,5     -0,2           84 779,4      7,1
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                       1 870,7     -5,4           16 632,0      3,8
North Atlantic tonnes                 672,4    -11,9            6 210,3     -0,2
Asia tonnes                         6 925,9      2,9           60 247,0      9,1
Domestic tonnes                       199,5     -8,5            1 690,2     -1,1
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes            0,0   -100,0              214,9    -79,3
Cargo flights tonnes                3 710,8     59,2           22 857,8    148,4
Cargo tonnes total                 13 379,3     10,7          107 852,1     20,6
Available tonne kilometres*           125,4     26,1            1 022,2     38,8
 mill                                                                           
Revenue tonne kilometres mill          82,9     11,4              664,4     22,9
Cargo load factor* %                   66,2   -8,7 p               65,0   -8,4 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load            75,9  -13,1 p               77,9   -7,8 p
 factor* %                                                                      
- Asia cargo load factor* %            76,8  -14,7 p               78,1   -9,6 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 8 November 2011.





Finnair Plc
Communications
7 October 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