Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Traffic Performance October 2012

Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 9 November 2012 at 09:00

In October, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by
8.0 per cent as the overall capacity grew 5.4 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger
load factor improved by 1.8 percentage points year‐on‐year and was 75.5 per
cent. 

Scheduled traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew significantly
in all scheduled traffic areas apart from North Atlantic traffic. Growth was
strongest in Asia and Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger
Kilometres grew by 9.9 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 8.4 per cent
year‐on‐year. 

 “Strong demand continued in our traffic also in October” says Finnair CFO Erno
Hildén. “Traffic growth measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres continued to
exceed the growth of overall capacity, contributing to the improvement in load
factors year-on-year.” 

In October, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by
10.2 per cent, as capacity grew by 3.8 per cent year-on-year. The load factor
improved by 4.9 percentage points and was 84.3 per cent. 

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 3.3 per
cent as the overall capacity decreased by 6.6 per cent. The load factor
improved by 2.5 percentage points and was 70.8 per cent. 

In October, the arrival punctuality was good albeit a slight decline from last
year. In scheduled traffic, 90.3 per cent (91.9 per cent in October 2011) of
flights arrived on schedule, 89.6 per cent (90.8 per cent) in all traffic. 



Finnair Traffic Performance October 2012



                                        October  %-Change  Jan-October  %-Change
                                           2012                   2012          
Total Traffic                                                                   
Passengers 1000                           751,3       7,2      7 444,4       9,5
Available seat kilometres mill          2 647,7       5,4     25 446,3       3,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       1 999,8       8,0     19 870,5       9,4
Passenger load factor %                    75,5     1,8 p         78,1     4,2 p
Cargo tonnes total                     12 816,0      -3,8    124 900,3       3,1
Available tonne kilometres mill           395,7       1,3      3 907,0       2,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill             258,2       4,3      2 553,5       7,6
Overall load factor %                      65,2     1,9 p         65,4     3,1 p
Scheduled Total                                                                 
Passengers 1000                           677,8       6,8      6 751,2       9,4
Available seat kilometres mill          2 347,9       5,6     22 517,3       3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       1 747,0       7,7     17 277,0       9,9
Passenger load factor %                    74,4     1,4 p         76,7     4,6 p
Europe                                                                          
Passengers 1000                           402,2       8,4      3 932,1      12,0
Available seat kilometres mill            812,8       3,6      7 390,0       1,0
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         579,4       8,4      5 555,5      13,0
Passenger load factor %                    71,3     3,2 p         75,2     8,0 p
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000                            14,0      -9,1        169,0       0,7
Available seat kilometres mill            113,7      -6,5      1 313,8      -3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill          92,1      -9,1      1 115,3       0,7
Passenger load factor %                    81,0    -2,4 p         84,9     3,4 p
Asia                                                                            
Passengers 1000                           136,2       9,1      1 323,5       8,4
Available seat kilometres mill          1 325,1       9,9     12 754,1       6,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       1 017,9       9,3      9 930,6       9,6
Passenger load factor %                    76,8    -0,4 p         77,9     1,9 p
Domestic                                                                        
Passengers 1000                           125,4       1,8      1 326,7       4,0
Available seat kilometres mill             96,2     -13,5      1 059,4     -10,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill          57,6       4,5        675,7       6,9
Passenger load factor %                    59,8    10,3 p         63,8    10,7 p
Leisure Traffic                                                                 
Passengers 1000                            73,5      10,5        693,1      10,5
Available seat kilometres mill            299,9       3,8      2 929,0       5,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         252,8      10,2      2 593,4       6,4
Passenger load factor %                    84,3     4,9 p         88,5     0,7 p
Cargo Traffic                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total          10 252,6       6,0     95 835,0       1,5
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                           1 860,1      -3,5     17 133,2      -7,7
North Atlantic tonnes                     628,5      -5,0      6 363,7      -7,4
Asia tonnes                             7 579,4      10,0     70 592,4       5,1
Domestic tonnes                           184,6      -3,6      1 745,7      -7,2
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes               10,5      66,3        130,7     -40,9
Cargo flights tonnes                    2 552,9     -30,0     28 934,6       9,2
Cargo tonnes total                     12 816,0      -3,8    124 900,3       3,1
Available tonne kilometres* mill          111,6      -6,6      1 151,9       0,9
Revenue tonne kilometres mill              79,0      -3,3        773,5       3,7
Cargo load factor* %                       70,8     2,5 p         67,1     1,8 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load                75,8     1,2 p         74,4    -3,1 p
 factor* %                                                                      
- Asia cargo load factor* %                80,6     0,0 p         78,6     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 7 December 2012.



Finnair Plc.
Communications
9 November 2012



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