2008-08-07 08:00:00 CEST
2008-08-07 08:00:01 CEST
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Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement
FINNAIR TRAFFIC GREW 6.5 PER CENT
FINNAIR OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 AUGUST 2008 AT 09:00 FINNAIR TRAFFIC GREW 6.5 PER CENT Finnair traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, increased by 6.5% in July, while the capacity was up by 4.8%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 81.0% or 1.3 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 715 711 passengers, which is 1.2% more than a year ago. Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 6.2% compared to July last year. Number of passengers carried on scheduled flights was 590 228, which is at the same level as last year. Passenger load factor in scheduled passenger traffic was 79.1%, same than last year. Finnair's Asian traffic grew 12.0% compared to July of the previous year. Number of passengers carried on Finnair's Asian flights in July was 125 666, which is 12.5% more than a year ago. RPKs in European traffic decreased by 1.6% and passenger load factor decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 77.3%. Leisure flights' passenger load factor increased by 8.1 percentage points to 90.7% compared to the previous year. Arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was 82.5%, which is 5.9 points higher than in July 2008. Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights went up 6.1 points compared to last year and was 84.5%. Scheduled traffic In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger kilometres increased by 6.2%. The change in capacity was 6.2%. Passenger load factor was 79.1%, same than last year. In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was up by 2.0%. Capacity in ASKs was 6.3%, while RPKs increased by 6.6%. In European scheduled traffic, ASKs decreased by 0.8%, and as RPKs decreased by 1.6%, the passenger load factor was 77.3%, down 0.6 points from previous year. In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity increased by 3.3%. Change in RPKs was 11.3%, and passenger load factor for July was 90.1%, 6.4 points higher than previous year. In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 11.9%. The passenger traffic was up by 12.0%. Passenger load factor was 79.9%, 0.1 percentage points up. Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 9.9% on a capacity increase of 2.0%. Passenger load factor decreased by 8.4 percentage points to 63.9%. Leisure traffic ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in July by 1.6%, and RPKs increased by 8.0%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 90.7%, 8.1 points higher than last year. Cargo Cargo traffic increased by 6.9% in terms of cargo tonnes carried. Growth in scheduled traffic was 9.5%. Increase in Asian traffic was 19.7%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 10.0%. In North-Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 12.7%. Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 51.0%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 68.1% and in the North Atlantic traffic 59.3%. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Jul08 | %-CHANG | Jan08-Jul0 | %- | | | | E | 8 | CHANGE | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 715,7 | 1,2 | 4 779,5 | 1,9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 423,3 | 4,8 | 16 909,5 | 15,3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 963,2 | 6,5 | 12 432,5 | 11,0 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 81,0 | 1,3 p | 73,5 | -2,8 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes toatal | 8 663,8 | 6,9 | 60 786,7 | 14,0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres | 384,2 | 6,7 | 2 594,9 | 16,2 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 226,9 | 7,5 | 1 460,9 | 12,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Overall load factor % | 59,1 | 0,4 p | 56,3 | -1,8 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 590,2 | 0,1 | 4 017,1 | 0,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 024,3 | 6,2 | 13 506,3 | 16,5 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 601,4 | 6,2 | 9 399,5 | 10,3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 79,1 | -0,0 p | 69,6 | -3,9 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | EUROPE | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 390,6 | -1,3 | 2 335,6 | 2,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 729,3 | -0,8 | 4 908,9 | 8,4 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 563,8 | -1,6 | 3 217,6 | 2,1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 77,3 | -0,6 p | 65,5 | -4,0 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 15,8 | 11,2 | 83,7 | 8,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 115,4 | 3,3 | 668,4 | 6,3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 104,0 | 11,3 | 552,8 | 8,5 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 90,1 | 6,4 p | 82,7 | 1,7 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ASIA | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 125,7 | 12,5 | 709,3 | 15,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 1 123,5 | 11,9 | 7 062,5 | 27,3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 897,8 | 12,0 | 5 120,7 | 18,8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 79,9 | 0,1 p | 72,5 | -5,2 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | DOMESTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 58,2 | -14,7 | 888,5 | -14,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 56,1 | 2,0 | 866,5 | -3,1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue pax-kilometres mill | 35,8 | -9,9 | 508,4 | -7,8 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 63,9 | -8,4 p | 58,7 | -3,0 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 125,5 | 7,2 | 762,5 | 10,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 399,0 | -1,6 | 3 403,2 | 10,7 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 361,8 | 8,0 | 3 033,0 | 13,4 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 90,7 | 8,1 p | 89,1 | 2,1 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo scheduled traffic total | 8 491,2 | 9,5 | 58 603,6 | 20,2 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Europe tonnes | 1 569,4 | -10,0 | 12 316,8 | 1,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | North Atlantic tonnes | 610,4 | -12,7 | 4 147,3 | 4,1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Asia tonnes | 6 099,1 | 19,7 | 40 387,8 | 31,6 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Domestic tonnes | 212,3 | -2,2 | 1 751,7 | -10,2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 26,0 | -45,9 | 238,2 | -12,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scheduled cargo charter | 146,5 | -51,0 | 1 945,0 | -54,4 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes total | 8 663,8 | 6,9 | 60 786,7 | 14,0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres* | 83,9 | 3,1 | 561,5 | 13,8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 50,9 | 10,7 | 347,2 | 18,2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo load factor* % | 60,7 | 4,2 p | 61,8 | 2,3 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p= percentage points Definitions to the terms used: Change % refers to the change of the figures of the previous year Revenue passenger kilometres: Number of revenue passengers carried,multiplied by kilometres flown. Available passenger kilometres: Total number of seats available, multiplied by the number of kilometres flown. Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail, multiplies by kilometres flown. Cabin factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available passenger kilometres. Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available tonne kilometres. Next release on traffic statistics will be released on September 9, 2008. Finnair Oyj Communications August 7, 2008 Taneli Hassinen VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations Tel. +358 9 818 4976 For further information please contact: Mr. Lasse Heinonen. SVP & CFO. tel. +358 9 818 4950 Mr. Christer Haglund. SVP Corporate Communications. tel. +358 9 818 4007 Mr. Taneli Hassinen. VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations. tel. +358 9 818 4976 Mr. Petteri Kostermaa. VP Traffic Planning. tel. +358 9 818 8504 Mr. Timo Riihimäki. Vice President. Cargo. tel. +358 9 818 5487
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