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Finnair reports Sep-2013 traffic

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Finnair Traffic Performance September 2013

Finnair Traffic Performance September 2013

September 2013 %-Change Jan-September 2013 %-Change
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 829,7 7,6 7 121,4 6,4
Available seat kilometres mill 2 646,1 4,0 23 731,8 4,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 2 146,8 7,4 19 174,1 7,3
Passenger load factor % 81,1 2,6 p 80,8 2,4 p
Cargo tonnes total 13 128,9 5,4 108 670,3 -3,0
Available tonne kilometres mill 406,7 5,0 3 578,0 1,9
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 271,1 5,7 2 377,7 3,6
Overall load factor % 66,7 0,4 p 66,5 1,1 p
Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000 766,7 8,7 6 488,1 6,8
Available seat kilometres mill 2 464,6 4,9 21 143,0 4,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 977,9 8,6 16 801,4 8,2
Passenger load factor % 80,3 2,8 p 79,5 2,5 p
Europe
Passengers 1000 452,7 9,7 3 861,7 9,4
Available seat kilometres mill 833,4 8,1 7 270,5 10,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 650,0 13,1 5 581,0 12,2
Passenger load factor % 78,0 3,4 p 76,8 1,1 p
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 18,1 16,4 163,8 5,6
Available seat kilometres mill 135,4 0,0 1 238,9 3,2
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 119,8 16,4 1 080,9 5,6
Passenger load factor % 88,5 12,4 p 87,2 2,0 p
Asia
Passengers 1000 152,8 6,4 1 278,2 7,7
Available seat kilometres mill 1 388,7 3,9 11 700,4 2,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 138,6 5,7 9 532,4 7,0
Passenger load factor % 82,0 1,3 p 81,5 3,5 p
Domestic
Passengers 1000 143,0 7,3 1 184,5 -1,4
Available seat kilometres mill 107,1 -1,0 933,1 -3,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 69,5 5,8 607,2 -1,8
Passenger load factor % 64,9 4,1 p 65,1 0,9 p
Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000 63,0 -4,5 633,3 2,2
Available seat kilometres mill 181,6 -7,0 2 588,8 -1,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 168,9 -5,6 2 372,7 1,4
Passenger load factor % 93,0 1,3 p 91,6 2,6 p
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes 10 236,1 3,0 84 782,6 -0,9
Europe tonnes 2 098,9 17,6 17 260,8 13,0
North Atlantic tonnes 661,5 4,2 5 704,8 -0,5
Asia tonnes 7 322,2 -0,4 60 447,4 -4,1
Domestic tonnes 153,5 -8,3 1 369,7 -12,3
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 0,0 -97,8 198,1 64,8
Cargo flights tonnes* 2 892,8 14,8 23 689,6 -10,2
Cargo tonnes total 13 128,9 5,4 108 670,3 -3,0
Available tonne kilometres* mill 117,0 5,7 1 024,2 -1,5
Revenue tonne kilometres mill 78,8 2,0 660,0 -5,0
Cargo load factor* % 67,3 -2,4 p 64,4 -2,3 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % 75,0 3,0 p 71,8 -2,5 p
- Asia cargo load factor* % 73,8 -3,7 p 72,6 -5,7 p

* Operational calculatory capacity
**Including Finnair's purchased traffic

  • 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

In September, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 7.4 per cent and the overall capacity grew 4.0 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 2.6 percentage points and was 81.1 per cent.

The capacity in Asian traffic grew by 3.9 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 5.7 per cent year‐on‐year.

European traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 13.1 per cent and capacity by 8.1 per cent year-on-year.

In July-September, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre fell by 7.3% year‐on-year, and was 5.69 euro cents.

"Despite the positive load factor development, unit revenue for the second quarter decreased year‐on‐year, mainly reflecting the weakening of Japanese Yen." says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.

Leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 5.6 per cent and capacity decreased by 7.0 per cent year-on-year.

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres grew by 2.0 per cent and the overall capacity grew by 5.7 per cent year-on-year. The load factor was 2.4 percentage points below last year's level and was 67.3 per cent.

In September, the arrival punctuality of Finnair flights was excellent. In Scheduled traffic, 91.0 per cent of flights arrived on schedule (91.8). Of all traffic, 90.4 per cent (91.5) of flights were on schedule.

*Unit revenue = Ticket revenue/ASK.