Once again over a million passengers as capacity increased year-on-year, strong cargo performance
In August, Finnair carried 1,062,400 passengers, which is 9.5% more than in August 2023.
The overall capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), increased in August by 9.3% year-on-year as additional narrow-body capacity was deployed by Finnair after the wet lease outs to British Airways ended in March 2024. In addition, the capacity growth in Asian traffic was strong. If wet lease outs are included, capacity increased by 10.9% due to the co-operation with Qantas. Finnair's traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs), increased by 7.5%. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) declined by 1.3% points to 78.6%. The distance-based reported traffic figures do not take into account longer routings caused by the airspace closure as they are based on Great-Circle distance in accordance with the industry practice.
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 |
Cargo traffic | ||||
- Europe tonnes | 2,332.8 | 22.1 | 19,083.8 | 28.3 |
- North Atlantic tonnes | 1,418.9 | 15.9 | 10,375.2 | 1.0 |
- Middle East tonnes | 1,750.0 | - 11.1 | 15,216.4 | 5.5 |
- Asia tonnes | 6,595.6 | 15.0 | 51,645.5 | 10.6 |
- Domestic tonnes | 20.3 | - 22.2 | 168.9 | - 27.5 |
- Cargo flights tonnes* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 142.9 | - 9.5 |
Cargo traffic tonnes total | 12,117.6 | 11.5 | 96,632.7 | 11.5 |
Revenue cargo tonne kilometres mill | 72.9 | 11.9 | 576.2 | 10.4 |
* 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: The number of revenue passengers carried is multiplied by the 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.