Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

November 2011 Traffic Performance

FINNAIR PLC   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   8 December  2011 AT 09:00



In November 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose
by approximately 6.7% as the overall capacity grew by 10.7% compared with
November 2010. Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres
grew by 21.6% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by
9.2%. 

“Global economic uncertainty softened the demand in November, especially in
Asian traffic. Asian traffic saw a load factor decline of nearly eight percent
year-on-year. Paired with weaker leisure traffic loads it pressed the overall
load factor down by four percent. This was despite the fact that load factors
in European and domestic traffic were somewhat improved. ”, says Finnair CFO
Erno Hildén. 

In leisure traffic the load factor declined by 4.2% compared with November
2010.  The capacity decrease in leisure traffic results mainly from the fact
that from the beginning of the summer season, some of the previous leisure
flights have been operated as scheduled services. The overall capacity of these
flights has not changed substantially from last year. 

 In cargo, available tonne kilometres grew by 23.4% and revenue tonne
kilometres by 7.8%. The amount of cargo and mail carried grew by 7.2%. The
overall load factor was 63.9%. 

In November, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was excellent: 91.3%
(80.8%) of all flights arrived on schedule. In scheduled traffic, 91.8 (81.9%)
of flights arrived on schedule. 



FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE NOVEMBER 2011

                                      Nov 2011  %-Change  Jan-Nov 2011  %-Change
TOTAL TRAFFIC                                                                   
Passengers 1000                          602,3       3,8       7 403,1      10,3
Available seat kilometres mill         2 370,9      10,7      26 939,3      15,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill      1 623,5       6,7      19 780,2       9,9
Passenger load factor %                   68,5    -2,6 p          73,4    -3,5 p
Cargo tonnes total                    12 804,6       7,2     133 981,1      17,9
Available tonne kilometres mill          380,7      14,4       4 191,0      19,1
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill            223,8       7,0       2 596,5      12,8
Overall load factor %                     58,8    -4,1 p          62,0    -3,5 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL                                                                 
Passengers 1000                          553,3       7,0       6 726,7      14,2
Available seat kilometres mill         2 071,2      14,7      23 865,3      20,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill      1 380,8      11,7      17 099,0      15,6
Passenger load factor %                   66,7    -1,8 p          71,6    -3,3 p
EUROPE                                                                          
Passengers 1000                          300,6      10,7       3 810,3      12,2
Available seat kilometres mill           655,1       6,6       7 973,2      13,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        412,8      17,0       5 328,3      13,9
Passenger load factor %                   63,0     5,6 p          66,8     0,4 p
NORTH ATLANTIC                                                                  
Passengers 1000                           12,0      23,5         179,7      28,9
Available seat kilometres mill           109,7      22,9       1 468,1      27,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         79,2      23,5       1 186,4      28,9
Passenger load factor %                   72,2     0,3 p          80,8     0,9 p
ASIA                                                                            
Passengers 1000                          111,2       7,3       1 332,1      13,5
Available seat kilometres mill         1 188,2      21,6      13 116,1      25,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        826,2       9,2       9 889,6      15,3
Passenger load factor %                   69,5    -7,9 p          75,4    -6,6 p
FINLAND                                                                         
Passengers 1000                          129,5      -1,8       1 404,6      19,1
Available seat kilometres mill           118,2      -5,0       1 307,8      20,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         62,6       0,1         694,6      12,7
Passenger load factor %                   53,0     2,7 p          53,1    -3,9 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC                                                                 
Passengers 1000                           49,0     -22,9         676,4     -17,9
Available seat kilometres mill           299,7     -10,7       3 074,1     -16,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        242,7     -15,1       2 681,1     -16,5
Passenger load factor %                   81,0    -4,2 p          87,2    -0,1 p
CARGO TRAFFIC                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes   8 742,6      -6,3     103 195,0       5,1
Europe tonnes                          1 732,5     -14,2      20 292,2       0,7
North Atlantic tonnes                    681,4      -2,3       7 553,3      -1,3
Asia tonnes                            6 116,7      -4,2      73 255,9       7,3
Domestic tonnes                          211,9      -4,6       2 093,7      -1,2
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes              13,7     -71,6         234,9     -78,9
Cargo flights tonnes                   4 048,3      57,5      30 551,1     112,7
Cargo tonnes total                    12 804,6       7,2     133 981,1      17,9
Available tonne kilometres* mill         122,5      23,4       1 264,2      35,2
Revenue tonne kilometres mill             78,3       7,8         824,4      19,6
Cargo load factor* %                      63,9    -9,3 p          65,2    -8,5 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor*       79,4   -18,1 p          77,7    -9,7 p
 %                                                                              
- Asia cargo load factor* %               73,3   -17,1 p          77,9   -10,8 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 10 January 2012.





Finnair Plc
Communications
8 December 2011





Further information:



Erno Hildén, Chief Financial Officer,
tel. +358 9 818 8550

Arja Suominen, Senior Vice President, Communications and Corporate
Responsibility, 
tel. +358 9 818 4028

Kati Kaksonen, Investor Relations Officer,
tel. +358 9 818 2780