In January, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 8.6 per cent and the overall capacity grew 4.0 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 3.3 percentage points and was 77.9 per cent.
Traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew year-on-year in all scheduled traffic areas apart from domestic traffic. Strongest traffic growth was seen in Asia and in Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 9.9 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 11.4 per cent year‐on‐year.
In January, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 7.1 per cent, and capacity was flat year-on-year. The load factor improved by 6.6 percentage points and was 96.2 per cent.
In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 17.1 per cent and the overall capacity by 15.0 per cent year-on-year. The load factor fell by 1.4 percentage points and was 56.4 per cent.
In January, the arrival punctuality improved year-on-year. In Scheduled traffic, 82 per cent of flights arrived on schedule (69.7) and 80.7 per cent (70.5 per cent in January 2011) of all traffic.