Finnair traffic performance in May 2024: Overall capacity ASK, increased in May by 6.0% year-on-year

The ASKs in Asian traffic were up by 2.0% year-on-year. The North Atlantic capacity decreased by 4.8%. In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 13.6% as majority of the increase in narrow-body capacity was allocated to Europe. The Middle Eastern capacity declined by 4.7% mainly due to cancelled flights to Israel. The ASKs in domestic traffic increased by 15.9% due to the additional narrow-body capacity.

RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 1.6% year-on-year. They increased by 7.7% in North Atlantic traffic and by 2.3% in European traffic. They decreased by 5.4% in Middle Eastern traffic and by 5.7% in domestic traffic.

In May, the PLF was 70.2% in Asian traffic, 79.1% in North Atlantic traffic, 72.3% in European traffic, 60.8% in Middle Eastern traffic and 61.0% in domestic traffic.

Passenger numbers increased by 0.8% in Asian traffic, by 4.4% in European traffic and by 5.8% in North Atlantic traffic. They decreased by 7.4% in Middle Eastern traffic and by 6.1% in domestic traffic.

In May, 77.2% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (86.5%). The on-time performance decline was due to the closure of one of the runways at Helsinki Airport for renovation work.

Finnair Traffic Performance May 2024

Month
% Change
YTD
% Change

Total traffic

Passengers 1,000
983.5
2.4
4,432,1
0.2

Available seat kilometres mill
3,365.8
6.0
15,343,1
4.6

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
2,399,5
2.0
11,050.4
0.9

Passenger load factor %
71.3
– 2.7p
72.0
– 2.6p

Cargo tonnes total
13,017.6
12.7
58,983.3
11.6

Available tonne kilometres mill
490,3
6.5
2,251.4
6.7

Revenue tonne kilometres mill
290,0
3.8
1,340.7
3.1

Available seat kilometres incl. wet lease out mill
3 582,6
8.0
16,383.8
4.9

Asia

Passengers 1,000
102.4
0.8
524.5
– 0.2

Available seat kilometres mill
1,108.0
2.0
5,712.6
7.9

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
777.7
1.6
4,081.4
3.2

Passenger load factor %
70.2
– 0.3p
71.4
– 3.3p

Europe

Passengers 1,000
702.7
4.4
2,765.3
2.7

Available seat kilometres mill
1,549.9
13.6
6,049.9
8.4

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
1,121,0
2.3
4,428.2
1.1

Passenger load factor %
72.3
– 7.9p
73.2
– 5.3p

North Atlantic

Passengers 1,000
39.8
5.8
144.4
– 5.1

Available seat kilometres mill
383.9
– 4.8
1,595.6
– 9.5

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
303.7
7.7
1,134.9
– 2.4

Passenger load factor %
79.1
9.1p
71.1
5.1p

Middle East

Passengers 1,000
31.3
– 7.4
196.2
– 6.5

Available seat kilometres mill
233.1
– 4.7
1,227.8
– 6.6

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
141.7
– 5.4
889.7
– 4.4

Passenger load factor %
60.8
– 0.5p
72.5
1.7p

Domestic

Passengers 1,000
107.3
– 6.1
801.7
– 4.7

Available seat kilometres mill
90.7
15.9
757.2
5.6

Revenue passenger kilometres mill
55.4
– 5.7
516.2
– 1.4

Passenger load factor %
61.0
– 13.9p
68.2
– 4.9p

Cargo traffic

– Europe tonnes
2,978.4
33.0
11,460.8
38.2

– North Atlantic tonnes
1,610.3
14.0
5,904.1
– 10.9

– Middle East tonnes
1,837.5
16.3
9,585.3
6.6

– Asia tonnes
6,547.0
5.0
31,782.9
11.1

– Domestic tonnes
22.9
– 32.9
107.2
– 32.3

– Cargo flights tonnes*
21.5
– 58.1
142.9
– 9.5

Cargo traffic tonnes total
13,017.6
12.7
58,983.3
11.6

Revenue cargo tonne kilometres mill
75.4
9.1
352.7
9.6

* 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.