In December, most passenger traffic figures clearly improved year-on-year and month-on-month; seasonally strong cargo performance
In December, Finnair carried 832,900 passengers, which was 38.2% more than in
The COVID-19 impact, including the strict travel restrictions imposed by some countries, still affected passenger traffic figures, and it was particularly visible in the Asian figures. The Russian airspace closed at the end of February due to the counter sanctions related to the war in
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The overall capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), increased in December by 13.4% year-on-year and by 15.1% month-on-month. Finnair operated, on average, 263 daily flights (cargo-only included), which was 14.3% more than in
The ASK increase in Asian traffic was 17.9% year-on-year. The North Atlantic capacity decreased by 35.4% as the operations between
RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 119.2% year-on-year but declined in North Atlantic traffic by 17.7%. In European traffic, RPKs increased by 51.7% and in domestic traffic by 23.5%.
In December, the PLF improved particularly in Asian traffic (72.4%) and North Atlantic traffic (71.3%) year-on-year. The PLF was 74.0% in European traffic and 68.4% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers increased in Asian traffic by 129.3% year-on-year. In North Atlantic traffic, the number of passengers decreased by 19.8%. In European traffic, passenger numbers increased by 37.2% and in domestic traffic by 28.8%.
As a result of the Russian airspace closure, many cargo figures declined year-on-year in December. However, most cargo figures improved month-on-month. Available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 7.1% year-on-year (increased by 17.7% month-on-month) but revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres decreased by 8.7% (increased by 7.4% month-on-month). Cargo-related available tonne kilometres decreased by 19.2% year-on-year (increased by 17.8% month-on-month) and revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 34.8% (increased by 7.5% month-on-month). These figures also include the cargo-only flights and in December, only a few such flights were operated. Strong demand for cargo capacity continued in December, even though the total cargo tonnes decreased by 24.2% year-on-year as
In December, 67.8% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (56.3%). On-time performance was mainly impacted by severe weather conditions.
Traffic statistics for
Finnair Traffic Performance | ||||
Month | % Change | YTD | % Change | |
Total traffic | ||||
Passengers 1,000 | 832.9 | 38.2 | 9,095.8 | 218.9 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 2,877.5 | 13.4 | 31,298.4 | 158.8 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2,092.4 | 51.4 | 21,156.8 | 308.6 |
Passenger load factor % | 72.7 | 18.3p | 67.6 | 24.8p |
Cargo tonnes total | 10,798.3 | -24.2 | 122,719.0 | 16.9 |
Available tonne kilometres mill | 411.5 | -5.6 | 4,564.8 | 76.1 |
Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 253.5 | 12.4 | 2,678.2 | 117.3 |
Passengers 1,000 | 104.0 | 129.3 | 746.6 | 498.5 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 1,067.7 | 17.9 | 8,953.1 | 100.6 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 773.4 | 119.2 | 5,586.0 | 484.1 |
Passenger load factor % | 72.4 | 33.5p | 62.4 | 41.0p |
Passengers 1,000 | 499.8 | 37.2 | 6,355.2 | 230.3 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 1,266.5 | 37.3 | 14,330.1 | 208.5 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 936.9 | 51.7 | 10,730.2 | 251.4 |
Passenger load factor % | 74.0 | 7.0p | 74.9 | 9.1p |
North | ||||
Passengers 1,000 North Atlantic | 32.3 | -19.8 | 524.7 | 455.8 |
Available seat kilometres mill North Atlantic | 352.8 | -35.4 | 6,743.3 | 195.4 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill North Atlantic | 251.7 | -17.7 | 3,946.2 | 460.9 |
Passenger load factor % North Atlantic | 71.3 | 15.4p | 58.5 | 27.7p |
Domestic | ||||
Passengers 1,000 Domestic | 196.9 | 28.8 | 1,469.4 | 107.2 |
Available seat kilometres mill Domestic | 190.5 | 16.4 | 1,271.8 | 80.6 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill Domestic | 130.4 | 23.5 | 894.4 | 92.5 |
Passenger load factor % Domestic | 68.4 | 4.0p | 70.3 | 4.3p |
Cargo traffic | ||||
3,361.2 | 167.9 | 25,213.2 | 441.6 | |
North | 1,442.6 | -42.1 | 30,642.3 | 127.4 |
5,934.0 | -9.2 | 57,440.9 | 37.6 | |
Domestic tonnes | 34.4 | 5.3 | 360.4 | 3.2 |
Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 10,772.2 | 4.4 | 113,656.8 | 88.7 |
Cargo flights tonnes** | 26.1 | -99.3 | 9,062.2 | -79.8 |
Cargo Traffic tonnes total | 10,798.3 | -24.2 | 122,719.0 | 16.9 |
Available tonne kilometres* mill | 115.6 | -19.2 | 1,281.8 | 30.6 |
Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 66.7 | -34.8 | 788.4 | 2.2 |
Available sched. cargo tonne kms* mill | 115.3 | 7.1 | 1,192.4 | 108.6 |
Revenue sched. cargo tonne kms mill | 66.5 | -8.7 | 720.2 | 67.0 |
Cargo load factor* % | 57.7 | -13.8p | 61.5 | -17.1p |
- North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 53.1 | -12.1p | 56.6 | -14.0p |
- | 62.3 | -12.4p | 71.7 | -11.3p |
Scheduled traffic cargo load factor* % | 57.7 | -10.0p | 60.4 | -15.0p |
* Based on average operational cargo capacity
** Including purchased traffic
- Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the previous year (p = points, N/A = not available).
- Available seat kilometres. ASK: Total number of seats available multiplied by kilometres flown.
- Revenue passenger kilometres. RPK: Number of revenue passengers carried multiplied by kilometresflown.
- Passenger load factor: Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available seat kilometres.
- Available tonnekilometres. ATK: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail multiplied by kilometres flown.
- Revenue tonnekilometres. 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.
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