Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

Traffic Performance February 2012

Finnair Plc Stock Exhange Release 9 March  2012 at 09:00



In February 2012, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose
by nearly 12 per cent as the overall capacity grew by approximately 8 per cent
year-on-year. Passenger load factor improved by 2.6 per cent points and was
75.9 per cent. Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres
grew by 13.2 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres
increased by 15.4 per cent. 

 “Passenger load factors developed well in all scheduled traffic categories.
Capacity planning and pricing campaigns were successful and we were able to
fill the planes better than in the previous year. Passenger load factors
improved notably especially in domestic and European traffic: Passenger load
factor in domestic traffic improved by almost 9 percentage points and in Europe
by nearly 8 percentage points,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén. 

The load factor in leisure traffic declined year on year due to overcapacity in
the package tour market in Finland and was 92.2 per cent. 

In cargo, available tonne kilometres grew by 22.8 per cent and revenue tonne
kilometres by 20.2 per cent year on year, while the load factor in cargo
declined slightly to 62.1. The amount of cargo and mail carried grew by 8.1 per
cent. 

The arrival punctuality in February was 73.1 per cent (81.1 per cent). In
scheduled traffic, 73.5 per cent (82.8 per cent) of flights arrived on
schedule. Winter circumstances slowed down the operations in Helsinki-Vantaa
airport, which impaired Finnair's arrival punctuality. 

Finnair Traffic Performance February 2012



                                      Feb 2012  %-Change  Jan-Feb 2012  %-Change
Total Traffic                                                                   
Passengers 1000                          666,8      14,0       1 304,3       9,3
Available seat kilometres mill         2 464,9       7,9       4 980,8       4,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill      1 870,7      11,8       3 748,6       7,7
Passenger load factor %                   75,9     2,6 p          75,3     2,5 p
Cargo tonnes total                    12 557,8      20,2      24 594,9      13,9
Available tonne kilometres mill          388,5      11,8         788,8       7,2
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill            243,5      14,3         486,0       9,7
Overall load factor %                     62,7     1,4 p          61,6     1,4 p
Scheduled Total                                                                 
Passengers 1000                          599,7      17,3       1 168,4      12,3
Available seat kilometres mill         2 031,6      10,2       4 071,0       5,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill      1 471,1      17,0       2 922,0      12,1
Passenger load factor %                   72,4     4,2 p          71,8     4,1 p
Europe                                                                          
Passengers 1000                          315,0      21,0         618,4      15,7
Available seat kilometres mill           646,5      10,8       1 292,9       6,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        441,0      24,9         864,9      19,8
Passenger load factor %                   68,2     7,7 p          66,9     7,5 p
North Atlantic                                                         
Passengers 1000                            9,1      -8,1          20,5      -6,7
Available seat kilometres mill            81,1     -12,8         177,8     -11,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         60,0      -8,1         135,6      -6,7
Passenger load factor %                   73,9     3,7 p          76,3     3,7 p
Asia                                                                            
Passengers 1000                          117,4      12,9         234,1       7,5
Available seat kilometres mill         1 165,8      13,2       2 337,2       7,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        883,7      15,4       1 762,0      10,0
Passenger load factor %                   75,8     1,4 p          75,4     1,5 p
Domestic                                                                        
Passengers 1000                          158,1      15,3         295,3      11,1
Available seat kilometres mill           138,1       1,1         263,1      -3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         86,4      17,9         159,6      14,3
Passenger load factor %                   62,6     8,9 p          60,7     9,3 p
Leisure Traffic                                                                 
Passengers 1000                           67,1      -8,8         135,9     -11,2
Available seat kilometres mill           433,3      -1,7         909,8      -2,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        399,6      -3,8         826,6      -5,2
Passenger load factor %                   92,2    -2,0 p          90,9    -3,0 p
Cargo Traffic                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes   8 752,9       3,7      17 023,7      -0,3
Europe tonnes                          1 639,2      -6,3       3 064,0     -12,6
North Atlantic tonnes                    530,6      -8,7       1 150,3     -11,4
Asia tonnes                            6 395,2       8,0      12 429,3       4,4
Domestic tonnes                          187,9      -0,8         380,2       3,0
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes              10,8     -79,0          18,8     -83,1
Cargo flights tonnes                   3 794,1      94,4       7 552,4      71,7
Cargo tonnes total                    12 557,8      20,2      24 594,9      13,9
Available tonne kilometres* mill         122,2      22,8         250,7      15,7
Revenue tonne kilometres mill             75,9      20,2         150,2      14,6
Cargo load factor* %                      62,1    -1,3 p          59,9    -0,6 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor*       80,7     2,5 p          80,4    -0,6 p
 %                                                                              
- Asia cargo load factor* %               78,3    -0,8 p          75,9     0,8 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 April 2012.



Finnair Plc.
Communications
9 March 2012



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Traffic_February_12_EN.pdf