July 2011 Traffic Performance

In July 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 14.6% as the overall capacity grew 14.7% compared with July 2010. Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew close to 30% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 26%. Overall, Finnair scheduled traffic grew by 23.9% mainly as a result of Singapore route launch.

“Business travel demand continued to develop favourably in July, particularly in Asian traffic. Seasonally the traffic is strong during the third quarter. In July, our passenger load factors were very close to last year’s levels despite the substantial capacity growth. Travel demand from Europe to Japan continued to improve as well,” says Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.

Cargo capacity grew by 10.2%, but the traffic by revenue tonne kilometers fell by 1.4 % compared with July 2010.

From the beginning of the summer season some of the previous leisure flights have been operated as scheduled services. The capacity change in Finnair’s leisure traffic results from these changes. Corresponding traffic change is visible in the European and North-American figures.

The arrival punctuality of Finnair flights in July was 79% (85.7%). In scheduled traffic 80.2 % (87.3) of all flights arrived on schedule. Punctuality figures were mainly affected by air traffic control restrictions in Finland and in Europe.