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2011-02-09 09:52:36 CET 2011-02-09 09:53:37 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Finnair Oyj - Company AnnouncementCORRECTION: FINNAIR'S ASIAN TRAFFIC STRENGTHENS AND CARGO VOLUME GROWSFINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 February 2011 AT 09:00 Correction: There are corrections in the numbers in the 4th paragraph of the text. Data in the tables remain the same as published earlier. 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 5%, European traffic remained at the same level and domestic traffic grew 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 |
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