Despite airspace challenges, Finnair’s overall traffic rose by 7.5% in August 2024

The ASKs in Asian traffic were up by 11.2% year-on-year due to increased capacity to Japan, including added frequencies to Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. In North Atlantic traffic, ASKs increased by 2.6% due to added frequencies to Dallas. In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 11.8% as majority of the increase in narrow-body capacity was allocated to Europe. The Middle Eastern capacity declined by 5.1% mainly due to temporarily ceased operations to Israel. The ASKs in domestic traffic increased by 16.9% due to the additional narrow-body capacity.

RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 11.8% year-on-year. They increased by 6.0% in North Atlantic traffic, by 7.9% in European traffic and by 10.3% in domestic traffic whereas they decreased by 12.3% in Middle Eastern traffic.

In August, the PLF was 85.4% in Asian traffic, 84.5% in North Atlantic traffic, 74.0% in European traffic, 72.2% in Middle Eastern traffic and 62.6% in domestic traffic.

Passenger numbers increased by 11.5% in Asian traffic, by 5.1% in North Atlantic traffic, by 11.0% in European traffic and by 10.0% in domestic traffic. They decreased by 14.0% in Middle Eastern traffic.

In August, 76.7% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (81.3%). The on-time performance decline was due to airspace and air traffic control capacity restrictions across Europe.

Finnair Traffic Performance August 2024

Month
% Change
YTD
% Change

Total traffic

Passengers 1,000
1,062.4
 9.5
7,740.1
 3.9

Available seat kilometres mill
3,442.9
 9.3
25,673.7
 6.4

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
2,705.3
 7.5
19,386.4
 3.7

Passenger load factor %
 78.6
– 1.3p
 75.5
– 2.0p

Cargo tonnes total
12,117.6
 11.5
96,632.7
 11.5

Available tonne kilometres mill
 497.0
 10.2
3,739.6
 8.0

Revenue tonne kilometres mill
 315.0
 8.5
2,310.1
 5.3

Available seat kilometres incl. wet lease out mill
3,652.7
10.9
27,365.5
7.3

Asia

Passengers 1,000
 127.8
 11.5
 894.6
 3.2

Available seat kilometres mill
1,141.1
 11.2
9,104.7
 8.2

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
 974.2
 11.8
6,891.1
 5.6

Passenger load factor %
 85.4
 0.5p
 75.7
– 1.9p

Europe

Passengers 1,000
 745.2
 11.0
5,148.6
 6.5

Available seat kilometres mill
1,568.7
 11.8
10,778.5
 9.8

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
1,161.0
 7.9
8,191.7
 4.2

Passenger load factor %
 74.0
– 2.6p
 76.0
– 4.1p

North Atlantic

Passengers 1,000
 45.3
 5.1
 286.3
 1.9

Available seat kilometres mill
 406.3
 2.6
2,859.8
– 2.0

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
 343.2
 6.0
2,216.9
 3.9

Passenger load factor %
 84.5
 2.7p
 77.5
 4.5p

Middle East

Passengers 1,000
 37.1
– 14.0
 309.9
– 7.7

Available seat kilometres mill
 233.3
– 5.1
1,919.9
– 6.2

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
 168.4
– 12.3
1,405.5
– 5.8

Passenger load factor %
 72.2
– 5.9p
 73.2
 0.3p

Domestic

Passengers 1,000
 107.0
 10.0
1,100.7
– 2.8

Available seat kilometres mill
 93.5
 16.9
1,010.8
 7.7

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
 58.5
 10.3
 681.3
 0.2

Passenger load factor %
 62.6
– 3.7p
 67.4
– 5.0p

* 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 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.