Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Finnair Traffic Performance in September 2014

Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 7 October 2014 at 09:00

In September, Finnair's overall capacity was flat and traffic measured in
Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 1.2 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger
load factor was 80.2 per cent.

The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 5.0 per cent and the traffic measured
in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 2.9 per cent year‐on‐year.

European traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 9.8 per cent
and capacity by 13.6 per cent year-on-year.

In July-September, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre fell
by 2.0 per cent year‐on-year and totalled 5.76 euro cents.

“The third quarter was seasonally strong, as typical. However, due to
challenging market conditions, passenger unit revenue fell slightly year-on
-year,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.

Leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 33.4 per
cent and capacity decreased by 32.7 per cent year-on-year.

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 0.8 per cent
and the overall capacity by 8.7 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved
by 5.2 percentage points from last year's level and was 64.6 per cent.

In September, 92.9 per cent of scheduled flights arrived on schedule (91.0).  Of
all traffic, 92.7 per cent (90.4) of flights were on schedule.

Finnair Traffic Performance September 2014

                    September  %-Change    Year-to-date 2014    %-Change
                     2014
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000         842,1         1,5              7 356,7       3,3
Available seat        2 644,8         0,0             23 493,9      -1,0
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger     2 121,1        -1,2             19 028,1      -0,8
kilometres mill
Passenger load           80,2      -0,9 p                 81,0     0,2 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes total   12 714,0        -3,2            112 410,0       3,4
Available tonne         389,4        -4,3              3 537,2      -1,1
kilometres mill
Revenue tonne           262,7        -3,1              2 385,3       0,3
-kilometres mill
Overall load             67,5       0,8 p                 67,4     1,0 p
factor %

Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000         800,1         4,4              6 917,4       6,6
Available seat        2 522,7         2,4             21 594,3       2,1
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger     2 008,6         1,6             17 368,1       3,4
kilometres mill
Passenger load           79,6      -0,6 p                 80,4     1,0 p
factor %

Europe
Passengers 1000         494,7         9,3              4 226,7       9,5
Available seat          946,9        13,6              7 940,4       9,2
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger       713,7         9,8              6 201,9      11,1
kilometres mill
Passenger load           75,4      -2,6 p                 78,1     1,3 p
factor %

North Atlantic
Passengers 1000          18,6         2,3                155,7      -4,9
Available seat          150,4        11,1              1 182,6      -4,5
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger       123,0         2,7              1 030,5      -4,7
kilometres mill
Passenger load           81,8      -6,7 p                 87,1    -0,1 p
factor %

Asia
Passengers 1000         146,8        -3,9              1 262,6      -1,2
Available seat        1 319,7        -5,0             11 497,4      -1,7
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger     1 105,7        -2,9              9 488,7      -0,5
kilometres mill
Passenger load           83,8       1,8 p                 82,5     1,1 p
factor %

Domestic
Passengers 1000         140,0        -2,1              1 272,5       7,4
Available seat          105,7        -1,2                973,9       4,4
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger        66,3        -4,7                646,9       6,5
kilometres mill
Passenger load           62,7      -2,3 p                 66,4     1,3 p
factor %

Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000          41,9       -33,4                439,3     -30,6
Available seat          122,1       -32,7              1 899,6     -26,6
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger       112,5       -33,4              1 660,0     -30,0
kilometres mill
Passenger load           92,1      -0,9 p                 87,4    -4,3 p
factor %

Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled      10 235,1         0,0             86 037,9       1,5
traffic total
tonnes
Europe tonnes         2 030,5        -3,3             17 769,4       2,9
North Atlantic          650,9        -1,6              5 765,1       1,1
tonnes
Asia tonnes           7 394,4         1,0             61 177,4       1,2
Domestic tonnes         159,4         3,8              1 326,1      -3,2
Cargo leisure             0,0       -77,1                 75,4     -61,9
traffic tonnes
Cargo flights,        2 478,9       -14,3             26 296,6      11,0
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total   12 714,0        -3,2            112 410,0       3,4
Available tonne         121,2        -8,7              1 091,0      -0,4
kilometres* mill
Revenue tonne            78,2        -0,8                687,0       4,1
kilometres mill
Cargo load factor*       64,6       5,2 p                 63,0     2,7 p
%
- North-Atlantic         45,2     -10,4 p                 52,9    -0,8 p
cargo load factor*
%
- Asia cargo load        65,2       6,0 p                 61,8     2,5 p
factor* %

Cargo ATK's for the year 2013 are restated due to more accurate metrics
implemented in calculation.

* Operational calculatory capacity

** Including purchased traffic

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

Traffic statistics for October are published on Friday, 7 November 2014.
FINNAIR PLC
Further information:
Finnair communications, 358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com

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