HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
Finnair Plc (HEX:FIA1S):
Finnair Plc Stock Exchange Release 8 September 2016 at 09:00 am EET
Number of passengers grew 2.3% year‐on‐year
In August, Finnair's overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 7.5 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 3.5 per cent year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor declined by 3.2 percentage points year-on-year to 83.1 per cent.
The capacity in Finnair’s largest traffic area, Asia, grew by 12.3 per cent in August, boosted in particular by the newly launched Fukuoka and Guangzhou routes, and traffic grew by 5.4 per cent. Capacity in American traffic increased by 17.2 per cent, mainly due to increased Chicago frequencies, and traffic measured in RPK increased by 8.0 per cent.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 1.2 per cent, and traffic measured in RPK increased by 0.5 per cent year‐on‐year. The capacity in domestic traffic contracted by 0.7 per cent, and traffic decreased by 0.8 per cent year‐on‐year.
In August, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in Available Tonne Kilometres grew by 4.9 per cent, and Revenue Tonne Kilometres increased by 8.7 per cent year on year. In addition, Finnair’s total freight capacity includes two weekly freighter flights between Helsinki and Brussels and two weekly freighter flights shared with IAG between Helsinki and London, both operated by DHL.
In August, 88.9 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (91.9).
Traffic statistics for September 2016 will be published on Monday, 10 October 2016.
Finnair Traffic Performance August 2016
| August 2016 | %-Change | Year-to date 2016 | %-Change | ||||||
| Total Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers 1000 | 981,7 | 2,3 | 7 295,3 | 6,6 | |||||
| Available seat kilometres mill | 3 045,8 | 7,5 | 22 778,4 | 7,4 | |||||
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 530,9 | 3,5 | 18 270,7 | 6,3 | |||||
| Passenger load factor % | 83,1 | -3,2 p | 80,2 | -0,8 p | |||||
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 490,3 | 9,6 | 96 415,6 | 14,2 | |||||
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 450,4 | 9,4 | 3 357,1 | 8,6 | |||||
| Revenue tonne-kilometres mill | 302,6 | 4,2 | 2 215,7 | 8,2 | |||||
| Overall load factor % | 67,2 | -3,4 p | 66,0 | -0,3 p | |||||
| Europe | |||||||||
| Passengers 1000 | 633,8 | 2,3 | 4 526,7 | 5,1 | |||||
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 216,5 | 1,2 | 8 925,2 | 3,1 | |||||
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 960,4 | 0,5 | 7 062,9 | 3,3 | |||||
| Passenger load factor % | 78,9 | -0,6 p | 79,1 | 0,2 p | |||||
| North Atlantic | |||||||||
| Passengers 1000 | 30,8 | 2,5 | 207,3 | 18,1 | |||||
| Available seat kilometres mill | 263,9 | 17,2 | 1 841,5 | 28,4 | |||||
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 219,0 | 8,0 | 1 495,8 | 22,9 | |||||
| Passenger load factor % | 83,0 | -7,1 p | 81,2 | -3,6 p | |||||
| Asia | |||||||||
| Passengers 1000 | 170,6 | 5,2 | 1 196,0 | 5,4 | |||||
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 460,1 | 12,3 | 11 016,6 | 7,9 | |||||
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1 282,4 | 5,4 | 9 020,7 | 6,1 | |||||
| Passenger load factor % | 87,8 | -5,8 p | 81,9 | -1,4 p | |||||
| Domestic | |||||||||
| Passengers 1000 | 146,4 | -1,0 | 1 365,4 | 11,1 | |||||
| Available seat kilometres mill | 105,3 | -0,8 | 995,1 | 10,1 | |||||
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 69,1 | -0,8 | 691,4 | 10,4 | |||||
| Passenger load factor % | 65,6 | -0,0 p | 69,5 | 0,2 p | |||||
| Cargo Traffic | |||||||||
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 11 210,6 | 12,3 | 84 695,5 | 14,7 | |||||
| Europe tonnes | 2 220,0 | 37,4 | 16 966,5 | 24,5 | |||||
| North Atlantic tonnes | 884,2 | 22,8 | 6 155,1 | 17,9 | |||||
| Asia tonnes | 7 972,3 | 6,1 | 60 422,7 | 12,1 | |||||
| Domestic tonnes | 134,2 | 1,3 | 1 151,1 | 6,2 | |||||
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 1 279,7 | -9,5 | 11 697,5 | 10,3 | |||||
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 490,3 | 9,6 | 96 415,6 | 14,2 | |||||
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 129,7 | 5,0 | 987,4 | 7,0 | |||||
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 76,0 | 6,3 | 581,1 | 13,7 | |||||
| Available sched.cargo tonne kms*, mill. | 121,8 | 4,9 | 923,4 | 7,1 | |||||
| Revenue sched.cargo tonne kms, mill. | 69,4 | 8,7 | 521,7 | 13,8 | |||||
| Cargo load factor* % | 58,6 | 0,7 p | 58,8 | 3,5 p | |||||
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 37,9 | 2,4 p | 39,9 | 0,1 p | |||||
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 63,1 | 2,2 p | 61,4 | 4,3 p | |||||
| Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, % | 57,0 | 1,9 p | 56,5 | 3,3 p |
* Operational calculatory capacity
** Including 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
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