In September, Finnair carried 1,015,600 passengers, which was 10.2% more than in September 2023.
The ASKs in Asian traffic were up by 13.1% year-on-year due to added frequencies to Tokyo and Osaka as well as the Nagoya route operated during the summer season 2024. In North Atlantic traffic, ASKs decreased by 11.9% due to cut frequencies to Chicago. In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 12.2% as the majority of the increase in narrow-body capacity was allocated to routes in northern Europe. The Middle Eastern capacity declined by 6.0% mainly due to temporarily ceased operations to Israel. The ASKs in domestic traffic increased by 35.6% due to the additional capacity allocated to northern routes slightly earlier than in the comparison period.
RPKs increased by 11.7% in Asian traffic year-on-year. They decreased by 2.5% in North Atlantic traffic. RPKs were up by 7.7% in European traffic and by 28.9% in domestic traffic whereas they decreased by 17.1% in Middle Eastern traffic.
In September, the PLF was 79.6% in Asian traffic, 83.5% in North Atlantic traffic, 74.8% in European traffic, 62.4% in Middle Eastern traffic and 72.3% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers increased by 10.8% in Asian traffic, by 10.2% in European traffic and by 24.1% in domestic traffic. They decreased by 5.1% in North Atlantic traffic and by 18.7% in Middle Eastern traffic.
The total cargo tonnes increased by 9.2% year-on-year in September due to growth in European and Asian cargo traffic. Revenue cargo tonne-kilometres increased by 7.7%.
In September, 79.7% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (82.8%).
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| Finnair Traffic Performance September 2024 | ||||
| Month | % Change | YTD | % Change | |
| Total traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 1,015.6 | 10.2 | 8,755.8 | 4.6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 3,243.9 | 9.0 | 28,917.6 | 6.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2,474.0 | 6.7 | 21,860.5 | 4.0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 76.3 | - 1.6p | 75.6 | - 1.9p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12,456.4 | 9.2 | 109,089.1 | 11.2 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 465.4 | 8.5 | 4,205.1 | 8.0 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 295.0 | 6.9 | 2,605.0 | 5.5 |
| Available seat kilometres incl. wet lease out mill | 3,460.8 | 11.2 | 30,826.3 | 7.7 |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 115.1 | 10.8 | 1,009.7 | 4.0 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1,106.8 | 13.1 | 10,211.5 | 8.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 880.5 | 11.7 | 7,771.6 | 6.2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 79.6 | - 0.9p | 76.1 | - 1.8p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 704.2 | 10.2 | 5,852.8 | 6.9 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1,521.8 | 12.2 | 12,300.3 | 10.1 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1,139.0 | 7.7 | 9,330.7 | 4.6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 74.8 | - 3.1p | 75.9 | - 4.0p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 31.0 | - 5.1 | 317.2 | 1.2 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 286.4 | - 11.9 | 3,146.1 | - 3.0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 239.0 | - 2.5 | 2,455.9 | 3.3 |
| Passenger load factor % | 83.5 | 8,1p | 78.1 | 4.8p |
| Middle East | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 31.0 | - 18.7 | 340.9 | - 8.8 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 225.7 | - 6.0 | 2,145.5 | - 6.2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 140.7 | - 17.1 | 1,546.2 | - 6.9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 62.4 | - 8.3p | 72.1 | - 0.6p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 134.3 | 24.1 | 1,235.0 | - 0.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 103.4 | 35.6 | 1,114.2 | 9.8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 74.8 | 28.9 | 756.0 | 2.5 |
| Passenger load factor % | 72.3 | - 3.8p | 67.9 | - 4.8p |
| Cargo traffic | ||||
| - Europe tonnes | 2,519.9 | 24.1 | 21,603.7 | 27.8 |
| - North Atlantic tonnes | 1,110.9 | - 5.4 | 11,486.0 | 0.4 |
| - Middle East tonnes | 2,041.7 | - 0.3 | 17,258.1 | 4.8 |
| - Asia tonnes | 6,705.0 | 9.7 | 58,350.5 | 10.5 |
| - Domestic tonnes | 22.5 | - 15.6 | 191.4 | - 26.3 |
| - Cargo flights tonnes* | 56.4 | 312.3 | 199.4 | 16.2 |
| Cargo traffic tonnes total | 12,456.4 | 9.2 | 109,089.1 | 11.2 |
| Revenue cargo tonne kilometres mill | 73.7 | 7.7 | 649.9 | 10.1 |
* Including purchased traffic
