English
Published: 2014-10-07 08:00:00 CEST
Finnair Oyj
Company Announcement
Finnair Traffic Performance in September 2014
Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 7 October 2014 at 09:00

In September,
Finnair's overall capacity was flat and traffic measured in
Revenue Passenger
Kilometres decreased by 1.2 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger
load factor was
80.2 per cent.

The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 5.0 per cent and the
traffic measured
in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 2.9 per cent
year‐on‐year.

European traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew
by 9.8 per cent
and capacity by 13.6 per cent year-on-year.

In July–September,
the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre fell
by 2.0 per cent
year‐on-year and totalled 5.76 euro cents.

“The third quarter was seasonally
strong, as typical. However, due to
challenging market conditions, passenger
unit revenue fell slightly year-on
-year,” says Finnair CFO Erno
Hildén.

Leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by
33.4 per
cent and capacity decreased by 32.7 per cent year-on-year.

In cargo,
traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 0.8 per cent
and the
overall capacity by 8.7 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved
by 5.2
percentage points from last year’s level and was 64.6 per cent.

In September,
92.9 per cent of scheduled flights arrived on schedule (91.0).  Of
all traffic,
92.7 per cent (90.4) of flights were on schedule.

Finnair Traffic Performance
September 2014

                    September  %-Change    Year-to-date 2014   
%-Change
                     2014
Total Traffic
Passengers 1000         842,1 
       1,5              7 356,7       3,3
Available seat        2 644,8        
0,0             23 493,9      -1,0
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger     2
121,1        -1,2             19 028,1      -0,8
kilometres mill
Passenger load
          80,2      -0,9 p                 81,0     0,2 p
factor %
Cargo tonnes
total   12 714,0        -3,2            112 410,0       3,4
Available tonne    
    389,4        -4,3              3 537,2      -1,1
kilometres mill
Revenue
tonne           262,7        -3,1              2 385,3       0,3
-kilometres
mill
Overall load             67,5       0,8 p                 67,4     1,0
p
factor %

Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000         800,1         4,4          
   6 917,4       6,6
Available seat        2 522,7         2,4             21
594,3       2,1
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger     2 008,6         1,6      
      17 368,1       3,4
kilometres mill
Passenger load           79,6     
-0,6 p                 80,4     1,0 p
factor %

Europe
Passengers 1000        
494,7         9,3              4 226,7       9,5
Available seat          946,9 
      13,6              7 940,4       9,2
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger    
  713,7         9,8              6 201,9      11,1
kilometres mill
Passenger
load           75,4      -2,6 p                 78,1     1,3 p
factor %

North
Atlantic
Passengers 1000          18,6         2,3                155,7     
-4,9
Available seat          150,4        11,1              1 182,6     
-4,5
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger       123,0         2,7              1
030,5      -4,7
kilometres mill
Passenger load           81,8      -6,7 p      
          87,1    -0,1 p
factor %

Asia
Passengers 1000         146,8       
-3,9              1 262,6      -1,2
Available seat        1 319,7        -5,0  
          11 497,4      -1,7
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger     1 105,7     
  -2,9              9 488,7      -0,5
kilometres mill
Passenger load          
83,8       1,8 p                 82,5     1,1 p
factor %

Domestic
Passengers
1000         140,0        -2,1              1 272,5       7,4
Available seat   
      105,7        -1,2                973,9       4,4
kilometres mill
Revenue
passenger        66,3        -4,7                646,9       6,5
kilometres
mill
Passenger load           62,7      -2,3 p                 66,4     1,3
p
factor %

Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000          41,9       -33,4          
     439,3     -30,6
Available seat          122,1       -32,7              1
899,6     -26,6
kilometres mill
Revenue passenger       112,5       -33,4      
       1 660,0     -30,0
kilometres mill
Passenger load           92,1     
-0,9 p                 87,4    -4,3 p
factor %

Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled  
   10 235,1         0,0             86 037,9       1,5
traffic
total
tonnes
Europe tonnes         2 030,5        -3,3             17 769,4    
  2,9
North Atlantic          650,9        -1,6              5 765,1      
1,1
tonnes
Asia tonnes           7 394,4         1,0             61 177,4      
1,2
Domestic tonnes         159,4         3,8              1 326,1     
-3,2
Cargo leisure             0,0       -77,1                 75,4    
-61,9
traffic tonnes
Cargo flights,        2 478,9       -14,3             26
296,6      11,0
tonnes**
Cargo tonnes total   12 714,0        -3,2           
112 410,0       3,4
Available tonne         121,2        -8,7              1
091,0      -0,4
kilometres* mill
Revenue tonne            78,2        -0,8     
          687,0       4,1
kilometres mill
Cargo load factor*       64,6      
5,2 p                 63,0     2,7 p
%
- North-Atlantic         45,2     -10,4
p                 52,9    -0,8 p
cargo load factor*
%
- Asia cargo load       
65,2       6,0 p                 61,8     2,5 p
factor* %

Cargo ATK's for the
year 2013 are restated due to more accurate metrics
implemented in
calculation.

* 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

Traffic statistics for October are published on Friday, 7
November 2014.
FINNAIR PLC
Further information:
Finnair communications, 358 9
818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com

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