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Finnair Traffic Performance in February 2013

Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 8 March 2013 at 09:00



In February, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by
2.6 per cent and the overall capacity decreased 3.5 per cent year‐on‐year.
Passenger load factor improved by 4.7 percentage points and was 80.6 per cent. 

In February, the capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 9.7 per cent and the
traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 2.1 per cent year‐on‐year.
Capacity in Asian traffic was scaled back around Chinese New Year when the
Asian travel demand to Europe is low. 

In February, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by
7.4 per cent and capacity grew by 2.1 per cent. The load factor improved by 4.7
percentage points and was 97.0 per cent. 

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 21.9 per
cent and the overall capacity by 17.2 per cent year-on-year. The load factor
fell by 3.5 percentage points and was 58.6 per cent. 

In February, the arrival punctuality improved notably year-on-year.  In
Scheduled traffic, 84.4 per cent of flights arrived on schedule (73.5) and 83.0
per cent (73.1 per cent in February 2012) of all traffic. 



Finnair Traffic Performance February 2013

                                     February  %-Change,  Jan-Februar  %-Change,
                                         2013      y-o-y            y      y-o-y
                                                                 2013           
Total Traffic        
Passengers 1000                         675,3        1,3      1 359,0        4,2
Available seat kilometres mill        2 379,6       -3,5      4 995,5        0,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill     1 918,4        2,6      3 957,2        5,6
Passenger load factor %                  80,6      4,7 p         79,2      4,0 p
Cargo tonnes total                    9 703,0      -22,7     19 822,0      -19,4
Available tonne kilometres mill         353,3       -9,0        742,5       -5,9
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill           231,2       -5,1        475,5       -2,2
Overall load factor %                    65,4      2,7 p         64,0      2,4 p
Scheduled Total                                                                 
Passengers 1000                         598,4       -0,2      1 202,1        2,9
Available seat kilometres mill        1 937,2       -4,6      4 077,8        0,2
Revenue passenger kilometres mill     1 489,4        1,2      3 070,9        5,1
Passenger load factor %                  76,9      4,5 p         75,3      3,5 p
Europe                                                                          
Passengers 1000                         330,2        4,8        669,1        8,2
Available seat kilometres mill          675,5        4,5      1 380,2        6,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       470,9        6,8        943,1        9,0
Passenger load factor %                  69,7      1,5 p         68,3      1,4 p
North Atlantic                                                                  
Passengers 1000                          11,4       24,9         23,2       12,8
Available seat kilometres mill           89,4       10,1        186,7        5,0
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        74,9       24,9        153,0       12,8
Passenger load factor %                  83,9      9,9 p         81,9      5,7 p
Asia                                                                            
Passengers 1000                         116,0       -1,2        245,2        4,7
Available seat kilometres mill        1 052,9       -9,7      2 276,3       -2,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       865,1       -2,1      1 830,0        3,9
Passenger load factor %                  82,2      6,4 p         80,4      5,0 p
Domestic                                                                        
Passengers 1000                         140,8      -11,0        264,6      -10,4
Available seat kilometres mill          119,4      -13,5        234,6      -10,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill        78,5       -9,2        144,8       -9,3
Passenger load factor %                  65,7      3,2 p         61,7      1,1 p
Leisure Traffic                                                                 
Passengers 1000                          76,9       14,6        156,9       15,4
Available seat kilometres mill          442,4        2,1        917,7        0,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       429,0        7,4        886,4        7,2
Passenger load factor %                  97,0      4,7 p         96,6      5,7 p
Cargo Traffic                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total         7 850,3      -10,3     16 441,3       -3,4
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                         1 619,8       -1,2      3 385,7       10,5
North Atlantic tonnes                   537,3        1,2      1 199,4        4,3
Asia tonnes                           5 542,9      -13,3     11 531,9       -7,2
Domestic tonnes                         150,4      -19,9        324,2      -14,7
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes             80,9      651,9        152,1      708,7
Cargo flights tonnes                  1 771,7      -53,3      3 228,7      -57,2
Cargo tonnes total                    9 703,0      -22,7     19 822,0      -19,4
Available tonne kilometres* mill        101,2      -17,2        210,4      -16,1
Revenue tonne kilometres mill            59,3      -21,9        120,8      -19,5
Cargo load factor* %                     58,6     -3,5 p         57,4     -2,5 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor*      75,1     -5,5 p         79,1     -1,3 p
 %                                                                              
- Asia cargo load factor* %              73,5     -4,7 p         70,8     -5,1 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



Traffic statistics for March are published on 8 April 2013.



Finnair Plc.
Communications
8 March 2013



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