Strong Growth for Finnair’s Asian Traffic in July 2011

In July 2011, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 14.6% as the overall capacity grew 14.7% compared with July 2010.

Asian traffic capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew close to 30% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres increased by 26%. Overall, Finnair scheduled traffic grew by 23.9% mainly as a result of the Singapore route launch.

“Business travel demand continued to develop favourably in July, particularly in Asian traffic. Seasonally the traffic is strong during the third quarter. In July, our passenger load factors were very close to last year’s levels despite the substantial capacity growth. Travel demand from Europe to Japan continued to improve as well,” said Finnair CFO Erno Hildén.

Cargo capacity grew by 10.2%, but the traffic by revenue tonne kilometers fell by 1.4% compared with July 2010.

The arrival punctuality of Finnair flights in July was 79% (85.7%). In scheduled traffic 80.2% (87.3) of all flights arrived on schedule. Punctuality figures were mainly affected by air traffic control restrictions in Finland and in Europe.

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