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FINNAIR PASSENGER FIGURE REACHES NEW RECORD
In 2005, total number of passengers flown on Finnair flights was 8.5
million, which is a new record for Finnair Group. Growth percentage
compared to the previous year was 4.5. Traffic performance based on
passenger kilometers, which takes into account also the length of
journeys, grew by 7.2% while the capacity increased 5.1%. This led to
passenger load factor of 72.6%, which is 1.4 percentage points higher
than in 2004.
In December 2005, Finnair traffic, measured in passenger kilometers,
increased by 2.1% while the capacity was up by 0.8%, resulting in a
passenger load factor of 73.8% or 0.9 points higher than last year.
All Finnair Group airlines altogether transported 654,900 passengers,
which is 3.0% more than a year ago.
Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 9.4% compared to December last
year. Passenger load factor was 67.2%, up 2.6 percentage points.
Number of passengers carried was 563,100, up 6.5%.
Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS, carried 58,000 passengers
(+16.3%) on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and within
Southern Finland. In 2005, Stockholm-based FlyNordic attracted 1.2
million passengers to its flights. The figure is clearly above the
target level. In December, the company carried 95,400 passengers
(+27.9%). Aero and FlyNordic figures are respectively included in
Finnair Group total figures.
Since the beginning of 2005 until the autumn, average prices of flight
tickets were rising, but because of tightened competition the rise
ceased during the fourth quarter.
Departure punctuality of scheduled flights was 79.2% (based on a
fifteen minute standard), 5.3 points lower than in December 2004.
Including leisure flights departure punctuality was 77.1% (-5.7 p.p).
Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 79.9% and that of all
operations was 77.3%.
Scheduled traffic
- In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger
kilometres increased by 9.4%. The change in capacity was + 5.1%.
Passenger load factor was 67.2%, 2.6 percentage points higher than
last year.
- In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was
up by 10.2%. Capacity in ASKs was + 6.1%, while RPKs increased by
10.3%.
- In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 4.4%, and as
RPKs increased by 12.7%, the passenger load factor was 61.5%, up
4.5 points from previous year.
- In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity decreased by -
42.9%. Change in RPKs was - 37.7%, and passenger load factor for
December was 75.3%, 6.2 points higher than previous year.
- In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 22.8%. The
passenger traffic was up by 21.2%. Passenger load factor was
74.9%, -1.0 percentage point down.
- Domestic scheduled traffic increased by 1.9% on a capacity
decrease of -1.7%. Passenger load factor increased by 2.1 percentage
points to 57.4%.
Leisure traffic
- ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in December by 8.5%, and RPKs
decreased by 9.1%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 89.7%, -
0.6 points lower than last year.
Cargo
- Cargo traffic increased by 2.5% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.
Growth in scheduled traffic was +2.5%. Increase in Asian traffic was
+21.9%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 3.9%. In North-
Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 35.1%. Cargo traffic
carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 27.0%. The cargo
load factor was 62.0%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern
traffic was 79.9% and in the North Atlantic traffic 80.7%.
Dec05 %- Jan05- %-CHANGE
CHANGE Dec05
TOTAL TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 654,9 3,0 8 517,1 4,5
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 937,8 0,8 23 038,4 5,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 429,6 2,1 16 735,3 7,2
Passenger load factor % 73,8 0,9 p 72,6 1,4 p
Cargo tonnes toatal 7 625,3 -2,5 90 241,5 4,5
Available tonne-kilometres mill 282,9 1,6 3 400,4 7,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 165,9 2,4 1 940,1 8,3
Overall load factor % 58,6 0,5 p 57,1 0,4 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL
Passengers 1000 563,1 6,5 7 124,7 5,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 373,7 5,1 17 261,3 5,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 923,7 9,4 11 694,3 10,0
Passenger load factor % 67,2 2,6 p 67,7 2,6 p
EUROPE
Passengers 1000 312,8 11,2 4 189,5 12,8
Available seat-kilometres mill 573,3 4,4 7 834,8 3,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 352,5 12,7 4 822,4 10,5
Passenger load factor % 61,5 4,5 p 61,6 4,1 p
NORTH ATLANTIC
Passengers 1000 8,9 -34,1 160,7 2,5
Available seat-kilometres mill 77,7 -42,9 1 335,8 1,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 58,5 -37,7 1 089,9 2,5
Passenger load factor % 75,3 6,2 p 81,6 0,7 p
ASIA
Passengers 1000 63,2 15,7 707,6 14,8
Available seat-kilometres mill 558,9 22,8 6 175,8 15,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 418,7 21,2 4 749,1 16,8
Passenger load factor % 74,9 -1,0 p 76,9 0,8 p
DOMESTIC
Passengers 1000 178,3 -0,7 2 066,9 -10,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 163,8 -1,7 1 914,9 -7,2
Revenue pax-kilometres mill 94,0 1,9 1 032,9 -9,2
Passenger load factor % 57,4 2,1 p 53,9 -1,2 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 91,9 -14,4 1 392,4 1,9
Available seat-kilometres mill 564,2 -8,5 5 777,1 3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 505,9 -9,1 5 041,0 1,2
Passenger load factor % 89,7 -0,6 p 87,3 -1,8 p
CARGO TRAFFIC
Cargo scheduled traffic total 6 705,5 2,5 77 568,1 4,9
tonnes
Europe tonnes 2 264,2 -3,9 25 733,4 -1,9
North Atlantic tonnes 536,0 -35,1 7 909,5 -0,1
Asia tonnes 3 600,4 21,9 39 810,5 12,9
Domestic tonnes 305,0 -24,9 4 114,7 -9,1
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 37,9 -44,9 398,0 -16,8
Scheduled cargo charter tonnes 881,9 -27,0 12 275,4 3,0
Cargo tonnes total 7 625,3 -2,5 90 241,5 4,5
Available tonne-kilometres* mill 61,6 -1,0 726,2 5,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 38,2 3,3 446,6 11,9
Cargo load factor* % 62,0 2,5 p 61,5 6,0 p
p= percentage points
Definitions to the terms used:
Change % refers to the change of the figures of the previous year
Revenue passenger kilometres: Number of revenue passengers
carried,multiplied by kilometres flown.
Available passenger kilometres: Total number of seats available,
multiplied by the number of kilometres flown.
Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage
of passengers, cargo and mail, multiplies by kilometres flown.
Cabin factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available
passenger kilometres.
Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available
tonne kilometres.
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on February 8,
2006.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
January 10, 2006
Taneli Hassinen
Director, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
For further information please contact:
Mr. Lasse Heinonen, SVP & CFO, tel. 09 818 4950
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. 09 818 4007
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa, VP Traffic Planning, tel. +358 9 818 8504
Mr. Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487
FINNAIR PASSENGER FIGURE REACHES NEW RECORD
In 2005, total number of passengers flown on Finnair flights was 8.5
million, which is a new record for Finnair Group. Growth percentage
compared to the previous year was 4.5. Traffic performance based on
passenger kilometers, which takes into account also the length of
journeys, grew by 7.2% while the capacity increased 5.1%. This led to
passenger load factor of 72.6%, which is 1.4 percentage points higher
than in 2004.
In December 2005, Finnair traffic, measured in passenger kilometers,
increased by 2.1% while the capacity was up by 0.8%, resulting in a
passenger load factor of 73.8% or 0.9 points higher than last year.
All Finnair Group airlines altogether transported 654,900 passengers,
which is 3.0% more than a year ago.
Finnair scheduled traffic increased by 9.4% compared to December last
year. Passenger load factor was 67.2%, up 2.6 percentage points.
Number of passengers carried was 563,100, up 6.5%.
Finnair's Tallinn-based subsidiary Aero AS, carried 58,000 passengers
(+16.3%) on routes between Helsinki and the Baltic capitals and within
Southern Finland. In 2005, Stockholm-based FlyNordic attracted 1.2
million passengers to its flights. The figure is clearly above the
target level. In December, the company carried 95,400 passengers
(+27.9%). Aero and FlyNordic figures are respectively included in
Finnair Group total figures.
Since the beginning of 2005 until the autumn, average prices of flight
tickets were rising, but because of tightened competition the rise
ceased during the fourth quarter.
Departure punctuality of scheduled flights was 79.2% (based on a
fifteen minute standard), 5.3 points lower than in December 2004.
Including leisure flights departure punctuality was 77.1% (-5.7 p.p).
Arrival punctuality of scheduled flights was 79.9% and that of all
operations was 77.3%.
Scheduled traffic
- In scheduled traffic (international + domestic) revenue passenger
kilometres increased by 9.4%. The change in capacity was + 5.1%.
Passenger load factor was 67.2%, 2.6 percentage points higher than
last year.
- In scheduled international traffic, total number of passengers was
up by 10.2%. Capacity in ASKs was + 6.1%, while RPKs increased by
10.3%.
- In European scheduled traffic, ASKs increased by 4.4%, and as
RPKs increased by 12.7%, the passenger load factor was 61.5%, up
4.5 points from previous year.
- In North Atlantic scheduled traffic, capacity decreased by -
42.9%. Change in RPKs was - 37.7%, and passenger load factor for
December was 75.3%, 6.2 points higher than previous year.
- In Asian scheduled traffic, capacity increase was 22.8%. The
passenger traffic was up by 21.2%. Passenger load factor was
74.9%, -1.0 percentage point down.
- Domestic scheduled traffic increased by 1.9% on a capacity
decrease of -1.7%. Passenger load factor increased by 2.1 percentage
points to 57.4%.
Leisure traffic
- ASKs for leisure traffic decreased in December by 8.5%, and RPKs
decreased by 9.1%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 89.7%, -
0.6 points lower than last year.
Cargo
- Cargo traffic increased by 2.5% in terms of cargo tonnes carried.
Growth in scheduled traffic was +2.5%. Increase in Asian traffic was
+21.9%. Volume in European traffic decreased by 3.9%. In North-
Atlantic traffic cargo volume decreased by 35.1%. Cargo traffic
carried on chartered cargo flights decreased by 27.0%. The cargo
load factor was 62.0%. The cargo load factor in the Far Eastern
traffic was 79.9% and in the North Atlantic traffic 80.7%.
Dec05 %- Jan05- %-CHANGE
CHANGE Dec05
TOTAL TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 654,9 3,0 8 517,1 4,5
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 937,8 0,8 23 038,4 5,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 429,6 2,1 16 735,3 7,2
Passenger load factor % 73,8 0,9 p 72,6 1,4 p
Cargo tonnes toatal 7 625,3 -2,5 90 241,5 4,5
Available tonne-kilometres mill 282,9 1,6 3 400,4 7,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 165,9 2,4 1 940,1 8,3
Overall load factor % 58,6 0,5 p 57,1 0,4 p
SCHEDULED TOTAL
Passengers 1000 563,1 6,5 7 124,7 5,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 1 373,7 5,1 17 261,3 5,8
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 923,7 9,4 11 694,3 10,0
Passenger load factor % 67,2 2,6 p 67,7 2,6 p
EUROPE
Passengers 1000 312,8 11,2 4 189,5 12,8
Available seat-kilometres mill 573,3 4,4 7 834,8 3,1
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 352,5 12,7 4 822,4 10,5
Passenger load factor % 61,5 4,5 p 61,6 4,1 p
NORTH ATLANTIC
Passengers 1000 8,9 -34,1 160,7 2,5
Available seat-kilometres mill 77,7 -42,9 1 335,8 1,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 58,5 -37,7 1 089,9 2,5
Passenger load factor % 75,3 6,2 p 81,6 0,7 p
ASIA
Passengers 1000 63,2 15,7 707,6 14,8
Available seat-kilometres mill 558,9 22,8 6 175,8 15,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 418,7 21,2 4 749,1 16,8
Passenger load factor % 74,9 -1,0 p 76,9 0,8 p
DOMESTIC
Passengers 1000 178,3 -0,7 2 066,9 -10,0
Available seat-kilometres mill 163,8 -1,7 1 914,9 -7,2
Revenue pax-kilometres mill 94,0 1,9 1 032,9 -9,2
Passenger load factor % 57,4 2,1 p 53,9 -1,2 p
LEISURE TRAFFIC
Passengers 1000 91,9 -14,4 1 392,4 1,9
Available seat-kilometres mill 564,2 -8,5 5 777,1 3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 505,9 -9,1 5 041,0 1,2
Passenger load factor % 89,7 -0,6 p 87,3 -1,8 p
CARGO TRAFFIC
Cargo scheduled traffic total 6 705,5 2,5 77 568,1 4,9
tonnes
Europe tonnes 2 264,2 -3,9 25 733,4 -1,9
North Atlantic tonnes 536,0 -35,1 7 909,5 -0,1
Asia tonnes 3 600,4 21,9 39 810,5 12,9
Domestic tonnes 305,0 -24,9 4 114,7 -9,1
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 37,9 -44,9 398,0 -16,8
Scheduled cargo charter tonnes 881,9 -27,0 12 275,4 3,0
Cargo tonnes total 7 625,3 -2,5 90 241,5 4,5
Available tonne-kilometres* mill 61,6 -1,0 726,2 5,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 38,2 3,3 446,6 11,9
Cargo load factor* % 62,0 2,5 p 61,5 6,0 p
p= percentage points
Definitions to the terms used:
Change % refers to the change of the figures of the previous year
Revenue passenger kilometres: Number of revenue passengers
carried,multiplied by kilometres flown.
Available passenger kilometres: Total number of seats available,
multiplied by the number of kilometres flown.
Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage
of passengers, cargo and mail, multiplies by kilometres flown.
Cabin factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available
passenger kilometres.
Overall load factor: Share of revenue tonne kilometres of available
tonne kilometres.
Next release on traffic statistics will be released on February 8,
2006.
Finnair Oyj
Communications
January 10, 2006
Taneli Hassinen
Director, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 9 818 4976
For further information please contact:
Mr. Lasse Heinonen, SVP & CFO, tel. 09 818 4950
Mr. Christer Haglund, SVP Corporate Communications, tel. 09 818 4007
Mr. Petteri Kostermaa, VP Traffic Planning, tel. +358 9 818 8504
Mr. Timo Riihimäki, VP, Cargo, tel. +358 9 818 5487
