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2011-08-08 08:00:00 CEST 2011-08-08 08:00:25 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Finnair Oyj - Company AnnouncementJuly 2011 Traffic PerformanceFinnair scheduled traffic grew 23.9% in Asia's pull FINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 8 August 2011 AT 09:00 In July 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 14.6% as the overall capacity grew 14.7% compared with July 2010. Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew close to 30% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 26%. Overall, Finnair scheduled traffic grew by 23.9% mainly as a result of Singapore route launch. “Business travel demand continued to develop favourably in July, particularly in Asian traffic. Seasonally the traffic is strong during the third quarter. In July, our passenger load factors were very close to last year's levels despite the substantial capacity growth. Travel demand from Europe to Japan continued to improve as well,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén. Cargo capacity grew by 10.2%, but the traffic by revenue tonne kilometers fell by 1.4 % compared with July 2010. From the beginning of the summer season some of the previous leisure flights have been operated as scheduled services. The capacity change in Finnair's leisure traffic results from these changes. Corresponding traffic change is visible in the European and North-American figures. The arrival punctuality of Finnair flights in July was 79% (85.7%). In scheduled traffic 80.2 % (87.3) of all flights arrived on schedule. Punctuality figures were mainly affected by air traffic control restrictions in Finland and in Europe. FINNAIR'S TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE July 2011 July 2011 %-CHANGE January-July %-CHANGE 2011 TOTAL TRAFFIC Passengers 1000 760,5 14,7 4 686,0 12,0 Available seat kilometres mill 2 577,4 14,7 17 081,8 16,1 Revenue passenger kilometres 2 117,2 14,6 12 573,6 10,0 mill Passenger load factor % 82,1 -0,0 p 73,6 -4,1 p Cargo tonnes total 11 130,5 -4,5 78 272,7 18,3 Available tonne kilometres mill 386,9 12,4 2 599,7 19,6 Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 260,1 9,8 1 608,1 13,0 Overall load factor % 67,2 -1,6 p 61,9 -3,6 p SCHEDULED TOTAL Passengers 1000 685,7 21,7 4 224,4 16,2 Available seat kilometres mill 2 366,7 23,9 14 896,4 22,1 Revenue passenger kilometres 1 921,7 24,8 10 624,3 15,6 mill Passenger load factor % 81,2 0,6 p 71,3 -4,0 p EUROPE Passengers 1000 422,3 15,4 2 379,5 13,5 Available seat kilometres mill 782,2 11,1 4 986,0 16,3 Revenue passenger kilometres 611,4 16,0 3 335,5 14,4 mill Passenger load factor % 78,2 3,3 p 66,9 -1,1 p NORTH ATLANTIC Passengers 1000 25,4 54,9 112,3 28,3 Available seat kilometres mill 183,6 51,0 916,9 26,6 Revenue passenger kilometres 167,9 54,9 741,4 28,3 mill Passenger load factor % 91,4 2,3 p 80,9 1,1 p ASIA Passengers 1000 146,0 22,6 823,3 13,5 Available seat kilometres mill 1 333,7 29,3 8 135,8 24,8 Revenue passenger kilometres 1 097,5 26,0 6 085,3 14,9 mill Passenger load factor % 82,3 -2,2 p 74,8 -6,5 p DOMESTIC Passengers 1000 92,0 49,1 909,3 25,0 Available seat kilometres mill 67,1 25,1 857,7 28,5 Revenue passenger kilometres 44,9 34,9 462,2 16,1 mill Passenger load factor % 67,0 4,9 p 53,9 -5,8 p LEISURE TRAFFIC Passengers 1000 74,9 -25,1 461,5 -15,5Available seat kilometres mill 210,7 -37,5 2 185,5 -13,2 Revenue passenger kilometres 195,5 -36,2 1 949,3 -13,2 mill Passenger load factor % 92,8 1,9 p 89,2 0,0 p CARGO TRAFFIC Cargo scheduled traffic total 9 900,3 4,4 65 425,5 8,8 tonnes Europetonnes 1 871,1 -9,0 13 009,1 7,4 North Atlantictonnes 661,5 -6,1 4 884,4 2,5 Asiatonnes 7 215,5 10,1 46 229,5 10,2 Domestic tonnes 152,3 -9,2 1 302,5 0,0 Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 3,6 -96,0 214,4 -76,1 Cargo flights tonnes 1 226,7 -41,0 12 632,7 144,6 Cargo tonnes total 11 130,5 -4,5 78 272,7 18,3 Available tonne kilometres* mill 108,0 10,1 745,3 37,6 Revenue tonne kilometres mill 70,3 -1,4 481,6 20,9 Cargo load factor* % 65,1 -7,6 p 64,6 -8,9 p - North-Atlantic cargo load 68,2 -11,3 p 79,2 -7,1 p factor* % - Asia cargo load factor* % 76,4 -9,8 p 78,7 -8,6 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 published on 8 September 2011. Finnair Plc. Communications 8.8.2011 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 |
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