Increase in passenger traffic numbers year-on-year and month-on-month, on-time performance impacted by severe weather conditions
In December, Finnair carried 878,200 passengers, which was 5.4% more than in
December passenger traffic figures improved year-on-year as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts have mostly faded and as the Russian airspace was closed during the comparison period. The negative impact of the Russian airspace closure especially on Asian passenger traffic figures was, however, still visible in
The overall capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), increased in December by 7.8% year-on-year and by 8.5% month-on-month. Finnair's traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs), increased by 5.1% year-on-year and by 8.4% month-on-month. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) declined by 1.8% points year-on-year and by 0.1% points month-on-month to 70.9%.
The ASK increase in Asian traffic was 14.9% year-on-year explained e.g. by the additional capacity to
RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 8.0% year-on-year but decreased in North Atlantic traffic by 11.4%. They increased by 6.8% in European traffic, by 11.8% in Middle Eastern traffic and by 1.3% in domestic traffic.
In December, the PLF was 68.1% in Asian traffic, 69.6% in North Atlantic traffic, 73.9% in European traffic, 74.8% in Middle Eastern traffic and 68.7% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers increased in Asian traffic by 5.2% year-on-year but decreased in North Atlantic traffic by 10.8%. The number of passengers increased by 8.1% in European traffic, by 9.8% in Middle Eastern traffic and by 1.2% in domestic traffic.
Many cargo figures increased year-on-year in December due to
In December, 64.7% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (67.8%). 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 | 878.2 | 5.4 | 10,983.3 | 20.8 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 3,101.9 | 7.8 | 36,154.5 | 15.5 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2,200.1 | 5.1 | 27,626.4 | 30.6 |
Passenger load factor % | 70.9 | - 1.8p | 76.4 | 8.8p |
Cargo tonnes total | 12,584.2 | 16.5 | 135,370.1 | 10.3 |
Available tonne kilometres mill | 457.5 | 11.2 | 5,229.3 | 14.6 |
Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 273.9 | 8.0 | 3,286.2 | 22.7 |
Passengers 1,000 | 109.3 | 5.2 | 1,291.3 | 73.0 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 1,226.4 | 14.9 | 12,752.0 | 42.4 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 835.4 | 8.0 | 9,755.9 | 74.6 |
Passenger load factor % | 68.1 | - 4.3p | 76.5 | 14.1p |
Passengers 1,000 | 496.7 | 8.1 | 7,096.0 | 13.7 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 1,095.3 | 8.3 | 14,760.0 | 8.2 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 809.7 | 6.8 | 11,618.9 | 13.4 |
Passenger load factor % | 73.9 | - 1.0p | 78.7 | 3.6p |
North | ||||
Passengers 1,000 | 28.8 | - 10.8 | 397.5 | - 24.2 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 320.6 | - 9.1 | 4,162.9 | - 38.3 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 223.0 | - 11.4 | 3,019.7 | - 23.5 |
Passenger load factor % | 69.6 | - 1.8p | 72.5 | 14.0p |
Passengers 1,000 | 44.1 | 9.8 | 495.6 | 326.3 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 267.3 | 4.8 | 3,054.4 | 342.2 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 200.0 | 11.8 | 2,211.9 | 354.3 |
Passenger load factor % | 74.8 | 4.7p | 72.4 | 1.9p |
Domestic | ||||
Passengers 1,000 | 199.3 | 1.2 | 1,702.9 | 15.9 |
Available seat kilometres mill | 192.3 | 1.0 | 1,425.3 | 12.1 |
Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 132.1 | 1.3 | 1,019.8 | 14.0 |
Passenger load factor % | 68.7 | 0.2p | 71.5 | 1.2p |
Cargo traffic | ||||
- | 2,156.5 | 29.5 | 23,692.4 | 13.8 |
- North Atlantic tonnes | 1,327.2 | - 8.0 | 15,083.0 | - 50.8 |
- | 1,958.5 | 15.5 | 22,632.4 | 415.0 |
- | 7,119.5 | 20.0 | 73,390.8 | 27.8 |
- Domestic tonnes | 22.4 | - 35.0 | 335.9 | - 6.8 |
- Cargo flights tonnes* | 0.0 | - 100.0 | 235.7 | - 97.4 |
Cargo traffic tonnes total | 12,584.2 | 16.5 | 135,370.1 | 10.3 |
Available cargo tonne kilometres** mill | 132.2 | 14.4 | 1,442.8 | 12.6 |
Revenue cargo tonne kilometres mill | 77.2 | 15.8 | 815.6 | 3.5 |
Cargo load factor** % | 58.4 | 0.7p | 56.5 | - 5.0p |
* Including purchased traffic
** Based on average operational cargo capacity
- 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.
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