2008-11-10 08:00:00 CET
2008-11-10 08:00:26 CET
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Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement
FINNAIR'S ASIAN TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO GROW
FINNAIR OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10 NOVEMBER 2008 AT 09:00 Finnair's Asian traffic grew 18.1% compared to October of the previous year. Number of passengers carried on Finnair's Asian flights in October was 124 289, which is 18.1% more than a year ago. Finnair increased its capacity and succeeded to fill the aircraft in a quiet market situation, but due to the world's financial crisis the amount of business travel decreased. Compared to last year Finnair has opened a new Asian destinations, Soul, in June. Finnair traffic altogether increased by 11.7% in October, while the capacity was up by 9.2%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 78.2% or 1.7 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 751 916 passengers, which is 4.8% more than a year ago. Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 12.6% compared to October last year. Number of passengers carried on scheduled flights was 630 908, which is 3.7% more than in 2007. Passenger load factor in scheduled passenger traffic was 76.8%, 1.9 percentage points higher than last year. RPKs in European traffic increased by 5.9% and passenger load factor increased by 1.1 percentage points to 68.2%. Leisure flights' passenger load factor increased by 1.0 percentage points to 84.2% compared to the previous year. Arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was 85.4%, which is 3.0 percentage points higher than in October 2007. Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights went up 3.0 points and was 87.1% Scheduled traffic In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger kilometres increased by 12.6%. The change in capacity was 9.8%. Passenger load factor was 76.8%, 1.9 percentage points higher than last year. In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was up by 8.8%. Capacity in ASKs was 11.4%, while RPKs increased by 13.8%. In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 4.1%, and as RPKs increased by 5.9%, the passenger load factor was 68.2%, up 1.1 points from previous year. In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity increased by 20.0%. Change in RPKs was 20.1%, and passenger load factor for was 91.8%, 0.1 points higher than previous year. In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 16.2%. The passenger traffic was up by 18.1%. Passenger load factor was 82.9%, 1.3 percentage points up. Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 9.6% on a capacity decrease of 13.8%. Passenger load factor increased by 2.8 percentage points to 59.5%. Leisure traffic ASKs for leisure traffic increased in October by 6.8%, and RPKs increased by 8.0%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 84.2%, 1.0 points higher than last year. Cargo Cargo traffic decreased by 4.5% in terms of cargo tonnes carried. Decrease in scheduled traffic was 2.7%. Increase in Asian traffic was 1.1%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 17.4%. In North-Atlantic traffic cargo volume increased by 9.6%. Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 58.9%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 69.4% and in the North Atlantic traffic 76.1%. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Oct08 | %-CHANG | Jan08-Oct0 | %- | | | | E | 8 | CHANGE | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | TOTAL TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 751,9 | 4,8 | 7 000,1 | 2,1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 505,4 | 9,2 | 24 207,5 | 12,2 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 958,9 | 11,7 | 18 183,2 | 10,5 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 78,2 | 1,7 p | 75,1 | -1,2 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes total | 8 879,2 | -4,5 | 87 103,9 | 8,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres | 388,5 | 11,4 | 3 745,9 | 13,6 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 226,2 | 8,5 | 2 127,6 | 10,9 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Overall load factor % | 58,2 | -1,5 p | 56,8 | -1,4 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | SCHEDULED TOTAL | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 630,9 | 3,7 | 5 898,2 | 0,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 2 027,7 | 9,8 | 19 618,0 | 13,0 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 1 556,7 | 12,6 | 14 133,2 | 9,9 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 76,8 | 1,9 p | 72,0 | -2,1 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | EUROPE | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 370,9 | 5,6 | 3 458,7 | 2,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 750,4 | 4,1 | 7 163,0 | 6,3 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 511,5 | 5,9 | 4 770,0 | 2,4 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 68,2 | 1,1 p | 66,6 | -2,6 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | NORTH ATLANTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 15,5 | 20,1 | 129,5 | 7,0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 111,7 | 20,0 | 1 007,2 | 6,1 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 102,5 | 20,1 | 854,7 | 7,0 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 91,8 | 0,1 p | 84,9 | 0,7 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ASIA | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 124,3 | 18,1 | 1 088,8 | 15,5 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 1 065,3 | 16,2 | 10 292,9 | 21,8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 883,0 | 18,1 | 7 824,7 | 17,5 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 82,9 | 1,3 p | 76,0 | -2,8 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | DOMESTIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 120,2 | -13,5 | 1 221,3 | -14,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 100,3 | -13,8 | 1 154,9 | -5,6 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue pax-kilometres mill | 59,6 | -9,6 | 683,9 | -8,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 59,5 | 2,8 p | 59,2 | -1,8 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | LEISURE TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers 1000 | 121,0 | 10,6 | 1 102,0 | 10,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available seat-kilometres | 477,7 | 6,8 | 4 589,5 | 8,9 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue passenger kilometres | 402,2 | 8,0 | 4 049,9 | 12,8 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger load factor % | 84,2 | 1,0 p | 88,2 | 3,0 p | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | CARGO TRAFFIC | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo scheduled traffic total | 8 655,5 | -2,7 | 84 315,8 | 12,8 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Europe tonnes | 1 769,1 | -17,4 | 17 452,5 | -4,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | North Atlantic tonnes | 758,5 | 9,6 | 6 303,0 | 0,4 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Asia tonnes | 5 826,1 | 1,1 | 57 954,5 | 22,1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Domestic tonnes | 301,8 | 2,0 | 2 605,9 | -6,7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo leisure traffic tonnes | 71,7 | 124,8 | 352,6 | -8,1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scheduled cargo charter | 152,1 | -58,9 | 2 435,5 | -53,9 | | tonnes | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo tonnes total | 8 879,2 | -4,5 | 87 103,9 | 8,3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Available tonne-kilometres* | 81,5 | 7,8 | 808,1 | 10,6 | | mill | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 50,6 | -1,3 | 498,6 | 12,1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo load factor* % | 62,1 | -5,8 p | 61,7 | 0,9 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 December 9, 2008. Finnair Oyj Communications November 10, 2008 Taneli Hassinen VP Financial Communications and Investor Relations Tel. +358 9 818 4976 For further information please contact: 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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