The airline blames the exceptionally strict travel restrictions imposed by the authorities in Finland, as well as those imposed by other nations. However, Finnair operated 75 daily flights including cargo-only services on average which was just 21.5% compared to December 2019. Passenger load factor was just 30.1%, down over 47 percentage points.
Domestic traffic capacity reduce by 73.8%, Asian traffic was 89.5% down, European traffic saw a reduction of 91.3% whilst the North Atlantic traffic decreased by 100.0%. Passenger numbers decreased in Asian traffic by 98.3%, in North Atlantic traffic by 100.0%, in European traffic by 93.3% and in domestic traffic by 82.2%.
In December, 89.3% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (81.4%).
Traffic statistics for January 2021 will be published on Friday 5 February 2021.
| Finnair Traffic Performance December 2020 | ||||
| Month | % Change | YTD | % Change | |
| Total traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 92.5 | -92.0 | 3,485.6 | -76.2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 387.9 | -90.1 | 12,937.5 | -72.6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 116.9 | -96.1 | 8,150.0 | -78.8 |
| Passenger load factor % | 30.1 | -47.1p | 63.0 | -18.7p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 6,809.4 | -50.7 | 71,732.8 | -58.6 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 136.5 | -76.4 | 2,436.5 | -64.8 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 59.6 | -83.2 | 1,213.6 | -73.3 |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Asia | 3.5 | -98.3 | 501.3 | -80.4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Asia | 208.4 | -89.5 | 6,155.9 | -73.6 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Asia | 25.9 | -98.3 | 3,837.7 | -80.1 |
| Passenger load factor % Asia | 12.4 | -65.3p | 62.3 | -20.6p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Europe | 45.2 | -93.3 | 2,033.2 | -78.1 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Europe | 121.2 | -91.3 | 5,061.1 | -71.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Europe | 60.6 | -94.3 | 3,140.5 | -78.3 |
| Passenger load factor % Europe | 50.0 | -27.3p | 62.1 | -18.8p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 North Atlantic | 0.0 | -100.0 | 82.3 | -82.0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill North Atlantic | 0.0 | -100.0 | 848.9 | -79.1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill North Atlantic | 0.0 | -100.0 | 647.1 | -81.4 |
| Passenger load factor % North Atlantic | N/A | N/A | 76.2 | -9.1p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Domestic | 43.8 | -82.2 | 868.8 | -63.4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Domestic | 58.2 | -73.8 | 871.5 | -54.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Domestic | 30.4 | -79.4 | 524.7 | -58.4 |
| Passenger load factor % Domestic | 52.2 | -14.2p | 60.2 | -5.4p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Europe tonnes | 243.0 | -92.4 | 9,067.6 | -74.2 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 0.0 | -100.0 | 2,542.2 | -81.3 |
| Asia tonnes | 2,095.5 | -78.3 | 33,746.9 | -72.8 |
| Domestic tonnes | 31.2 | -15.0 | 340.3 | -40.5 |
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 2,369.7 | -82.8 | 45,697.0 | -73.6 |
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 4,439.7 | 100.0 | 26,035.8 | 100.0 |
| Cargo Traffic tonnes total | 6,809.4 | -50.7 | 71,732.8 | -58.6 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 58.2 | -61.6 | 718.8 | -61.6 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 49.3 | -42.4 | 485.4 | -55.6 |
| Available sched. cargo tonne kms*, mill | 19.6 | -87.1 | 489.2 | -73.9 |
| Revenue sched. cargo tonne kms, mill | 16.3 | -81.0 | 293.2 | -73.2 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 84.7 | 28.2p | 67.5 | 9.1p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | N/A | N/A | 66.3 | 10.2p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 87.0 | 26.4p | 65.1 | 1.8p |
| Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, % | 83.2 | 26.7p | 59.9 | 1.6p |
* 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).
- 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.
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