In June, Finnair's (HEX:FIA) overall capacity and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres both decreased by 0.6 per cent year ? on ? year. Passenger load factor was 83.4 per cent.
The capacity in Asian traffic decreased by 1.0 per cent and the traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres by 1.6 per cent year ? on ? year.
European traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 12.5 per cent and capacity by 11.1 per cent year-on-year.
In April –June, the passenger unit revenue* per available seat kilometre fell by 6.5 per cent year ? on-year and totalled 5.25 euro cents.
“Passenger unit revenue for the second quarter decreased year ? on ? year, mainly reflecting weaker performance in European and Asian traffic than in the comparison period in 2013 ,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.
Leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres decreased by 33.4 per cent and capacity decreased by 32.4 per cent year-on-year.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres grew by 11.4 per cent and the overall capacity decreased by 0.7 per cent year-on-year. The load factor improved by 7.6 percentage points from last year’s level and was 70.6 per cent.
In June, 87.3 per cent of scheduled flights arrived on schedule (90.5). Of all traffic, 87.1 per cent (90.2) of flights were on schedule.
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 2 232,4 -0,6 12 081,8 -0,9
Passenger load factor % 83,4 0,0 p 79,1 0,2 p
Cargo tonnes total 12 877,9 -2,3 73 688,5 6,7
Available tonne kilometres mill 405,1 1,1 2 312,5 -0,1
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 278,4 -0,7 1 527,3 0,9
Overall load factor % 68,7 -1,2 p 66,0 0,7 p
Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000 834,2 8,5 4 442,1 7,2
Available seat kilometres mill 2 510,0 2,6 13 806,5 2,4
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 2 079,4 3,1 10 815,3 4,0
Passenger load factor % 82,8 0,4 p 78,3 1,2 p
Europe
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Passengers 1000 540,7 12,0 2 645,0 9,2
Available seat kilometres mill 947,6 11,1 4 983,1 7,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 796,0 12,5 3 854,4 11,3
Passenger load factor % 84,0 1,1 p 77,3 2,6 p
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 22,4 -8,3 91,9 -2,0
Available seat kilometres mill 157,8 -12,2 705,2 -3,5
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 148,5 -8,0 608,3 -1,7
Passenger load factor % 94,1 4,3 p 86,3 1,6 p
Asia
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Passengers 1000 143,1 -2,4 780,7 -0,7
Available seat kilometres mill 1 318,9 -1,0 7 396,6 -0,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 075,9 -1,6 5 872,8 0,0
Passenger load factor % 81,6 -0,5 p 79,4 0,5 p
Domestic
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Passengers 1000 127,9 11,3 924,5 10,0
Available seat kilometres mill 85,8 5,7 721,7 6,0
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 59,1 9,8 479,9 8,9
Passenger load factor % 69,0 2,6 p 66,5 1,7 p
Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000 59,6 -31,8 287,8 -30,6
Available seat kilometres mill 168,3 -32,4 1 466,4 -25,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 152,9 -33,4 1 266,4 -29,5
Passenger load factor % 90,9 -1,4 p 86,4 -4,7 p
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes 10 090,4 -1,2 55 509,2 1,5
Europe tonnes 2 224,9 9,2 11 732,9 5,1
North Atlantic tonnes 663,6 -6,1 3 958,7 3,7
Asia tonnes 7 064,0 -3,7 38 919,5 0,4
Domestic tonnes 138,0 0,2 898,1 -3,0
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 0,1 -73,0 75,3 -61,9
Cargo flights, tonnes** 2 787,4 -5,9 18 104,0 27,7
Cargo tonnes total 12 877,9 -2,3 73 688,5 6,7
Available tonne kilometres* mill 111,3 -11,4 661,4 -3,3
Revenue tonne kilometres mill 78,6 -0,7 445,7 5,8
Cargo load factor* % 70,6 7,6 p 67,4 5,8 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % 64,3 5,9 p 59,0 3,9 p
- Asia cargo load factor* % 73,3 11,9 p 67,4 6,8 p
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 July are published on Friday, 8 August 2014.
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