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Finnair Traffic Performance in March 2013

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



In March, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 4.6
per cent and the overall capacity grew 1.7 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger
load factor improved by 2.2 percentage points and was 80.3 per cent. 

In March, the capacity in Asian traffic grew by 1.2 per cent and the traffic
measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 5.4 per cent year‐on‐year. 

In January‐March, the unit revenue* per available seat kilometre grew by 0.8%
year‐on-year, and was 5.32 euro cents. 

“In March, we saw strong demand especially in our leisure related traffic,
where as corporate travel was impacted by timing of Easter” says Finnair CFO
Erno Hildén. “Unit revenue improved slightly year‐on‐year, mainly reflecting
good load factor development.” 

In March, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by
3.7 per cent and capacity decreased by 5.7 per cent. The load factor improved
by 1.8 percentage points and was 86.1 per cent. 

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 7.2 per
cent and the overall capacity by 1.6 per cent year-on-year. The load factor
fell by 4.0 percentage points and was 65.9 per cent. 

In March, the arrival punctuality improved year-on-year and it was excellent. 
In Scheduled traffic, 90.8 per cent of flights arrived on schedule (87.6) and
89.7 per cent (87.0 per cent in March 2012) of all traffic. 

*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.



Finnair Traffic Performance March 2013

                                     March 2013  %-Change      Jan-Mar  %-Change
                                                                  2013          
Total Traffic                                                                   
Passengers 1000                           800,9       3,8      2 159,9       4,0
Available seat kilometres mill          2 706,7       1,7      7 702,2       0,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       2 172,2       4,6      6 129,4       5,2
Passenger load factor %                    80,3     2,2 p         79,6     3,4 p
Cargo tonnes total                     12 227,1      -8,0     32 049,1     -15,4
Available tonne kilometres mill           406,1       0,0      1 148,5      -3,9
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill             271,2       1,0        746,6      -1,0
Overall load factor %                      66,8     0,6 p         65,0     1,9 p
Scheduled Total                                                                 
Passengers 1000                           729,1       3,8      1 931,2       3,2
Available seat kilometres mill          2 286,5       3,2      6 364,3       1,2
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       1 810,2       6,5      4 881,1       5,6
Passenger load factor %                    79,2     2,4 p         76,7     3,2 p
Europe                                                                          
Passengers 1000                           399,8       7,2      1 068,9       7,8
Available seat kilometres mill            763,5       7,3      2 143,7       6,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         581,9       8,7      1 525,0       8,9
Passenger load factor %                    76,2     1,0 p         71,1     1,3 p
North Atlantic                                            
Passengers 1000                            14,4      16,7         37,6      14,3
Available seat kilometres mill            109,2       9,1        295,8       6,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill          95,0      16,7        248,0      14,3
Passenger load factor %                    87,1     5,6 p         83,8     5,7 p
Asia                                                                            
Passengers 1000                           137,8       6,2        383,0       5,2
Available seat kilometres mill          1 267,3       1,2      3 543,6      -1,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill       1 030,2       5,4      2 860,2       4,4
Passenger load factor %                    81,3     3,3 p         80,7     4,4 p
Domestic                                                                        
Passengers 1000                           177,2      -5,4        441,8      -8,5
Available seat kilometres mill            146,5      -3,6        381,1      -8,2
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         103,1      -3,4        247,8      -6,9
Passenger load factor %                    70,3     0,2 p         65,0     0,9 p
Leisure Traffic                                                                 
Passengers 1000                            71,8       3,3        228,7      11,3
Available seat kilometres mill            420,2      -5,7      1 337,9      -1,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill         362,0      -3,7      1 248,4       3,8
Passenger load factor %                    86,1     1,8 p         93,3     4,6 p
Cargo Traffic                                                                   
Cargo scheduled traffic total           9 791,1      -6,6     26 232,4      -4,6
 tonnes                                                                         
Europe tonnes                           1 906,2      -0,9      5 292,0       6,1
North Atlantic tonnes                     716,7       3,0      1 916,1       3,8
Asia tonnes                             7 018,1      -8,4     18 550,0      -7,7
Domestic tonnes                           150,0     -22,9        474,3     -17,5
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes               37,8     -46,4        189,9     112,6
Cargo flights tonnes                    2 398,1     -12,7      5 626,8     -45,4
Cargo tonnes total                     12 227,1      -8,0     32 049,1     -15,4
Available tonne kilometres* mill          116,3      -1,6        326,7     -11,4
Revenue tonne kilometres mill              76,7      -7,2        197,5     -15,2
Cargo load factor* %                       65,9    -4,0 p         60,5    -2,6 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor*        80,8    -6,0 p         79,8    -3,0 p
 %                                                                              
- Asia cargo load factor* %                78,0    -8,6 p         73,3    -6,3 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 April are published on 10 May 2013.



Finnair Plc.
Communications
8 April 2013



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