Finnair increased overall capacity in July by 9.1% year-on-year

In July, Finnair carried 1,155,100 passengers. This was 8.7% more than in July 2023.

The overall capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), increased in July by 9.1% year-on-year as additional narrow-body capacity was deployed by Finnair after the wet lease outs to British Airways ended in March 2024. If wet lease outs are included, capacity increased by 11.1% due to the co-operation with Qantas. Finnair’s traffic, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs), increased by 7.3%. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) declined by 1.3% points to 83.5%. 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.

The ASKs in Asian traffic were up by 8.7% year-on-year due to added capacity to Japan. In North Atlantic traffic, ASKs increased by 9.4% due to added frequencies to Dallas. In European traffic, the ASKs were up by 11.2% as majority of the increase in narrow-body capacity was allocated to Europe. The Middle Eastern capacity declined by 4.0% mainly due to temporarily ceased operations to Israel. The ASKs in domestic traffic increased by 14.8% due to the additional narrow-body capacity.

RPKs increased in Asian traffic by 8.9% year-on-year. They increased by 11.2% in North Atlantic traffic, by 7.0% in European traffic and by 5.0% in domestic traffic whereas they decreased by 4.5% in Middle Eastern traffic.

In July, the PLF was 85.2% in Asian traffic, 88.5% in North Atlantic traffic, 82.8% in European traffic, 77.2% in Middle Eastern traffic and 63.6% in domestic traffic.

Passenger numbers increased by 8.0% in Asian traffic, by 10.7% in European traffic and by 9.9% in North Atlantic traffic. They decreased by 6.0% in Middle Eastern traffic and by 1.4% in domestic traffic.

In July, 75.2% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule (81.3%). The on-time performance decline was due to airspace and air traffic control capacity restrictions across Europe.

* 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.