2007-03-07 08:00:30 CET
2007-03-07 08:00:30 CET
REGULATED INFORMATION
Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement
STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES FOR FINNAIR ASIAN TRAFFIC
Finnair Asian traffic recorded continued brisk growth in February
with traffic up 36,8 per cent. Total scheduled traffic increased by
18.8 per cent compared to last year. Passenger load factor was 70.2
per cent, up 3.0 percentage points. Number of passengers carried was
586 851, up 2.1 per cent.
Total Finnair Group traffic, measured in passenger kilometers,
increased by 11.1 per cent in February, while the capacity was up by
9.0 per cent, resulting in a passenger load factor of 76.1 per cent,
or 1.4 points higher than last year. Finnair Group airlines altogether
transported 678 692 passengers, which is 1.3 per cent more than a year
ago.
Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS, carried 32 201 passengers
(- 48.9%) on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and
within Southern Finland. During February, Stockholm-based FlyNordic
carried 76 814 passengers (- 15.0%). Aero and FlyNordic figures are
respectively included in Finnair Group total figures.
Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 76.5 per cent (based on a
fifteen minute standard), -6.6 points lower than in January 2006.
Including leisure flights arrival punctuality was 74.3 per cent
(-6.4 p.p).
Scheduled traffic
In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger
kilometres increased by 18.8%. The change in capacity was 13.7%.
Passenger load factor was 70.2%, 3.0 percentage points higher than
last year.
In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was
up by 7.9%. Capacity in ASKs was 17.9%higher, while RPKs increased
by 21.9%.
In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 5.3%, and as
RPKs increased by 9.7%, the passenger load factor was 63.1%, up
2.5 points from previous year.
In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity decreased by 13.1%.
Change in RPKs was - 9.3%, and passenger load factor for February
was 73.9%, 3.1 points lower than previous year.
In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 36.8%. The
passenger traffic was up by 36.8%. Passenger load factor was
78.2%, the same as last year.
Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 6.9% on a capacity decrease
of 14.4%. Passenger load factor increased by 4.9 percentage points
to 60.4%.
Leisure traffic
ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in February by 3.4%, and RPKs
decreased by 3.4%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 94.0%,
the same than last year.
Cargo
Cargo traffic increased by 4.5% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.
Growth in scheduled traffic was 8.6%. Increase in Asian traffic was
25.3%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 7.9%. In North-
Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 21.6%. Cargo traffic
carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 27.3%. The cargo
load factor was 42.5%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern
traffic was 51.9% and in the North Atlantic traffic 74.5%.
Feb07 %- Jan07- %-CHANGE
CHANGE Feb07
TOTAL TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 678,7 1,3 1 357,2 2,3
Available seat-kilometres mill 2 061,8 9,0 4 257,6 9,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 568,6 11,1 3 181,2 9,9
Passenger load factor % 76,1 1,4 p 74,7 0,2 p
Cargo tonnes toatal 6 816,5 4,5 13 753,5 4,3
Available tonne-kilometres mill 303,8 10,9 632,2 12,3
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 176,7 10,9 357,8 9,9
Overall load factor % 58,2 0,0 p 56,6 -1,2 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL
Passengers 1000 586,9 2,1 1 175,1 3,4
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 554,3 13,7 3 222,7 14,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 091,6 18,8 2 209,8 17,3
Passenger load factor % 70,2 3,0 p 68,6 1,6 p
EUROPE
Passengers 1000 330,3 4,2 657,3 4,4
Available seat-kilometres mill 622,5 5,3 1 258,6 4,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 392,7 9,7 767,7 7,9
Passenger load factor % 63,1 2,5 p 61,0 1,7 p
NORTH ATLANTIC
Passengers 1000 7,5 -9,2 17,1 -5,3
Available seat-kilometres mill 67,3 -13,1 148,8 -8,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 49,8 -9,3 112,7 -5,3
Passenger load factor % 73,9 3,1 p 75,7 2,6 p
ASIA
Passengers 1000 79,7 29,4 165,9 28,6
Available seat-kilometres mill 713,3 36,8 1 511,4 36,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 557,7 36,8 1 153,8 32,9
Passenger load factor % 78,2 0,0 p 76,3 -2,1 p
DOMESTIC
Passengers 1000 169,3 -9,9 334,7 -7,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 151,3 -14,4 303,8 -11,6
Revenue pax-kilometres mill 91,3 -6,9 175,6 -5,4
Passenger load factor % 60,4 4,9 p 57,8 3,8 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 91,8 -3,9 182,1 -4,4
Available seat-kilometres mill 507,5 -3,4 1 034,9 -3,7
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 477,0 -3,4 971,5 -3,9
Passenger load factor % 94,0 -0,0 p 93,9 -0,2 p
CARGO TRAFFIC
Cargo scheduled traffic total 6 230,8 8,6 12 525,5 8,5
tonnes
Europe tonnes 1 632,2 -7,9 3 298,8 -8,8
North Atlantic tonnes 445,7 -21,6 984,6 -11,1
Asia tonnes 3 862,4 25,3 7 628,8 23,4
Domestic tonnes 290,5 -7,9 613,1 -4,2
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 36,7 39,3 82,1 21,6
Scheduled cargo charter tonnes 549,0 -27,3 1 145,9 -26,9
Cargo tonnes total 6 816,5 4,5 13 753,5 4,3
Available tonne-kilometres* mill 86,4 46,3 181,9 48,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 36,3 9,0 72,9 8,8
Cargo load factor* % 42,0 -14,4 p 40,1 -14,6 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 April 11, 2007.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
March 7, 2007
Taneli Hassinen
Director, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
For further information please contact:
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. 09 818 4007
Mr. Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487
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