Finavia airports pax up 10% to 4.8 million for 1Q2012

Finland's Finavia reported (12-Apr-2012) passenger numbers at its member airports increased 10.4% year-on-year to 4.8 million for the first three months of 2012 including a 21.1% increase in domestic passengers to 1.7 million and a 5.3% increase in international passengers to 3.1 million. Details include:

• Mar-2012:
  • Passenger numbers: 1.8 million, +8.5% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 652,337, +18.1%;
    • International: 1.1 million, +3.5%;
  • Cargo volume: 17,303 tons, -3.4%;
  • Aircraft movements: 11,487, -9.6%;
• Three months ended 31-Mar-2012:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 4.8 million, +10.4% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 1.7 million, +21.1%;
    • International: 3.1 million, +5.3%;
  • Cargo volume: 49,632 tons, +7.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 32,634, -5.8%. [more - Original PR]

Finavia: "The number of travellers at Finavia airports has seen a considerable increase in early 2012, even though the number of flights has remained the same. Increases are for the large part due to better occupancy rates on many routes. New routes have also brought in new travellers in Northern Finland, for example. However, we expect that Finnish airports have now seen their strongest period of growth, and the development will be more moderate in the rest of the year," Kimmo Ruotsalainen, sDirector. Source: Finavia, 12-Apr-2012.