In May Finnair's traffic declined by 11 per cent from the previous year.
Scheduled traffic in May was 9.8 per cent lower than in 2008. Asian traffic
declined by 10.8 per cent and North American traffic by 7.0 per cent. European
traffic was 8.0 per cent lower and domestic traffic 13.9 per cent lower. In
Cargo the fall in demand was sharper than in recent months and in May cargo
volume declined by 28 per cent.
Due to the fall in demand, Finnair has cut its capacity significantly in all
types of traffic. Capacity has been cut in domestic traffic by more than a
quarter, in leisure traffic by a fifth and in Asian traffic by more than 17 per
cent. Owing to the capacity cuts, passenger load factors improved from last
year, but are still below the long-term average.
“We have succeeded in adjusting capacity better than last year. There is still
space on aircraft, however, and flight ticket prices are low. Unit revenue for
scheduled passenger traffic has continued to fall steeply throughout the early
part of the year,” says Finnair SVP Communications Christer Haglund.
Leisure traffic volume declined as expected from the previous month and was 16.8
per cent lower in May. In April, leisure traffic grew due to the Thailand season
continuing for longer than the previous year.
Of Finnair's flights, 92.2 per cent arrived on schedule, which represents an
improvement of 7.2 percentage points from last year. The scheduled passenger
traffic punctuality percentage rose from April last year by 6.8 percentage
points to 93.4 per cent.
Finnair traffic
Finnair traffic altogether decreased by 11.0%, measured in revenue passenger
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 16.3%. Passenger load factor was 4.2
percentage points higher than year before, 69.1%. Number of passengers carried
decreased by 11.3% and was 571 374.
Scheduled traffic
Scheduled traffic decreased by 9.8%, measured in revenue passenger kilometres.
Capacity decreased by 15.7%. Passenger load factor was 4.4 percentage points
higher than year before, 66.8%. Number of passengers carried decreased by 10.2%
and was 498 249.
Scheduled international traffic, decreased by 9.6%, measured in revenue
passenger kilometres. Capacity decreased by 15.0%. Passenger load factor was 4.0
percentage points higher than year before, 67.2%. Number of passengers carried
decreased by 10.0% and was 401 159.
European scheduled traffic, decreased by 8.0%, measured in revenue passenger
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 13.1%. Passenger load factor was 3.6
percentage points higher than year before, 65.3%. Number of passengers carried
decreased by 9.6% and was 311 782.
North Atlantic scheduled traffic decreased by 9.1%, measured in revenue
passenger kilometres. Capacity decreased by 7.0%. Passenger load factor was 1.7
percentage points lower than year before, 76.5%. Number of passengers carried
decreased by 9.1% and was 12 433.
Asian scheduled traffic decreased by 10.8%, measured in revenue passenger
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 17.4%. Passenger load factor was 4.9
percentage points higher than year before, 67.5%. Number of passengers carried
decreased by 12.0% and was 76 944.
Domestic scheduled traffic decreased by 13.9%, measured in revenue passenger
kilometres. Capacity decreased by 27.7%. Passenger load factor was 9.5
percentage points higher than year before, 59.1%. Number of passengers carried
decreased by 10.9% and was 97 090.
Leisure traffic
Leisure traffic decreased by 16.8%, measured in revenue passenger kilometres.
Capacity decreased by 20.4%. Passenger load factor was 3.6 percentage points
higher than year before, 84.7%. Number of passengers carried decreased by 18.1%
and was 73 125.
Cargo
Cargo traffic decreased by 28.0% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.
Decrease in scheduled traffic was 27.1%. Cargo traffic decreased by 28.5% in
Asian traffic, decreases by 23.0% in European traffic and decreased by 28.3% in
North-Atlantic traffic.
Cargo traffic carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 60.7%. The cargo
load factor in the Far Eastern traffic was 64.4% and in the North Atlantic
traffic 57.7%.
Full traffic performance data available at
http://www.finnairgroup.com/linked/en/sijoittajat/Monthly_traffic_data_MAY_2009E
N.pdf
Finnair Plc
Communications
9.6.2009
Additional information:
Mr. Christer Haglund. SVP Corporate Communications. tel. +358 9 818 4007
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa. VP Traffic Planning. tel. +358 9 818 8504
Mr. Timo Riihimäki. Vice President. Cargo. tel. +358 9 818 5487