Finnair Oyj - Company Announcement

July 2011 Traffic Performance

Finnair 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