In July, Finnair’s overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 9.2 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 8.6 per cent yearâ€onâ€year. Despite the strong growth, the passenger load factor was close to last year’s level at 88.7 per cent (89.1 per cent).
The capacity in Finnair’s largest traffic area, Asia, grew by 13.0 per cent in July, boosted in particular by the newly launched Fukuoka and Guangzhou routes, and traffic grew by 10.7 per cent. Capacity in American traffic increased by 24.8 per cent mainly due to increased Chicago frequencies, and traffic measured in RPK by 19.4 per cent.
The capacity in European traffic grew by 4.0 per cent, and traffic measured in RPK increased by 5.5 per cent yearâ€onâ€year. At the same time, the capacity in domestic traffic contracted by 16.4 per cent mainly reflecting cancellations on the Rovaniemi route due to the renovation of the runway as well as adjustments of frequencies on other domestic routes, and traffic decreased by 12.5 per cent yearâ€onâ€year.
In July, the cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in Available Tonne Kilometres grew by 7.2 per cent, and Revenue Tonne Kilometres increased by 13.8 per cent year on year. In addition, Finnair’s total freight capacity includes two weekly freighter flights between Helsinki and Brussels and two weekly freighter flights shared with IAG between Helsinki and London, both operated by DHL.
In July, 85.6 per cent of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (89.3).
Traffic statistics for August 2016 will be published on Thursday, 8 September 2016.
Finnair Traffic Performance July 2016
July 2016 | %-Change | Year-to date 2016 | %-Change | |
Total Traffic | ||||
Passengers  1000 | 1 033,7 | 5,5 | 6 387,1 | 8,5 |
Available  seat kilometres mill | 3 099,4 | 9,2 | 19 732,6 | 7,4 |
Revenue  passenger kilometres mill | 2 748,1 | 8,6 | 15 739,9 | 6,8 |
Passenger  load factor % | 88,7 | -0,4 p | 79,8 | -0,5 p |
Cargo  tonnes total | 12 925,6 | 15,9 | 83 925,3 | 14,9 |
Available  tonne kilometres mill | 455,7 | 10,9 | 2 906,7 | 8,5 |
Revenue  tonne-kilometres mill | 324,1 | 9,6 | 1 913,1 | 8,8 |
Overall  load factor % | 71,1 | -0,9 p | 65,8 | 0,2 p |
Europe | ||||
Passengers  1000 | 720,1 | 6,2 | 3 892,9 | 5,6 |
Available  seat kilometres mill | 1 296,6 | 4,0 | 7 708,8 | 3,4 |
Revenue  passenger kilometres mill | 1 160,1 | 5,5 | 6 102,5 | 3,8 |
Passenger  load factor % | 89,5 | 1,3 p | 79,2 | 0,3 p |
North Atlantic | ||||
Passengers  1000 | 33,5 | 13,1 | 176,5 | 21,3 |
Available  seat kilometres mill | 273,2 | 24,8 | 1 577,6 | 30,4 |
Revenue  passenger kilometres mill | 238,0 | 19,4 | 1 276,9 | 25,9 |
Passenger  load factor % | 87,1 | -4,0 p | 80,9 | -2,9 p |
Asia | ||||
Passengers  1000 | 172,7 | 10,4 | 1 025,4 | 5,4 |
Available  seat kilometres mill | 1 464,9 | 13,0 | 9 556,5 | 7,3 |
Revenue  passenger kilometres mill | 1 300,2 | 10,7 | 7 738,2 | 6,2 |
Passenger  load factor % | 88,8 | -1,8 p | 81,0 | -0,8 p |
Domestic | ||||
Passengers  1000 | 107,5 | -7,1 | 1 218,9 | 12,7 |
Available  seat kilometres mill | 64,7 | -16,4 | 889,7 | 11,5 |
Revenue  passenger kilometres mill | 49,9 | -12,5 | 622,3 | 11,8 |
Passenger  load factor % | 77,1 | 3,4 p | 69,9 | 0,2 p |
Cargo Traffic | ||||
Cargo  scheduled traffic total tonnes | 11 439,4 | 16,3 | 73 484,8 | 15,1 |
Europe  tonnes | 2 330,2 | 37,1 | 14 746,6 | 22,8 |
North  Atlantic tonnes | 848,9 | 18,6 | 5 270,9 | 17,1 |
Asia  tonnes | 8 148,4 | 11,6 | 52 450,4 | 13,0 |
Domestic  tonnes | 111,9 | -8,9 | 1 016,9 | 6,9 |
Cargo  flights, tonnes** | 1 486,3 | 13,3 | 10 417,9 | 13,4 |
Cargo  tonnes total | 12 925,6 | 15,9 | 83 925,3 | 14,9 |
Available  tonne kilometres* mill | 132,3 | 7,5 | 857,7 | 7,3 |
Revenue  tonne kilometres mill | 78,1 | 12,7 | 505,1 | 15,0 |
Available  sched.cargo tonne kms*, mill. | 124,0 | 7,2 | 801,7 | 7,5 |
Revenue sched.cargo  tonne kms, mill. | 70,7 | 13,8 | 452,3 | 14,7 |
Cargo load  factor* % | 59,0 | 2,7 p | 58,9 | 3,9 p |
-Â North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 33,8 | -1,9 p | 40,2 | -0,3 p |
– Asia cargo load factor* % | 64,0 | 4,7 p | 61,2 | 4,6 p |
Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, % | 57,0 | 3,3 p | 56,4 | 3,5 p |
* 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