During March, the national airline of Finland, Finnair carried 498,600 passengers which is less than half of the number if carried in the same month last year and solely down to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 crisis.
The airlines overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) also decreased dramatically in March by 39.4%. Finnair's traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPKs) decreased by 55.2%. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) decreased year-on-year by 20.3% points to 58.0%. However, these figures are better than some aviation analysts had feared as the global air travel industry has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus, related route and frequency cancellations as well as travel restrictions and air space closures.
Regionally, Finnair's ASK decline was worse in the Asian market, down 43.9% whereas the North Atlantic capacity decreased by 12.4%. In European traffic, the ASKs were down by 38.1%. The ASKs in domestic traffic decreased by 37.6%.
Load factors were 59.0% in Asian traffic, 65.4% in North Atlantic traffic, 56.2% in European traffic and 50.6% in domestic traffic.
Passenger numbers decreased in Asian traffic by 59.6%, in North Atlantic traffic by 32.9%, in European traffic by 57.2% and in domestic traffic by 54.3%.
Traffic statistics for April 2020 will be published on Thursday 7 May 2020.
Finnair Traffic Performance March 2020
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| Month | % Change | YTD | % Change | |
| Total traffic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 | 498.6 | -56.4 | 2,655.5 | -15.6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2,264.2 | -39.4 | 9,670.8 | -9.4 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 1,312.4 | -55.2 | 7,025.3 | -15.9 |
| Passenger load factor % | 58.0 | -20.3p | 72.6 | -5.7p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 7,344.2 | -47.2 | 30,092.2 | -19.8 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 336.0 | -38.6 | 1,421.8 | -9.6 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 164.2 | -53.1 | 817.5 | -17.1 |
| Asia | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Asia | 80.3 | -59.6 | 465.5 | -21.5 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Asia | 1,069.3 | -43.9 | 4,673.8 | -14.2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Asia | 630.5 | -58.5 | 3,568.4 | -20.7 |
| Passenger load factor % Asia | 59.0 | -20.7p | 76.3 | -6.2p |
| Europe | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Europe | 279.6 | -57.2 | 1,515.6 | -14.4 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Europe | 845.0 | -38.1 | 3,569.3 | -6.7 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Europe | 475.2 | -55.6 | 2,457.1 | -14.1 |
| Passenger load factor % Europe | 56.2 | -22.1p | 68.8 | -5.9p |
| North Atlantic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 North Atlantic | 16.4 | -32.9 | 82.2 | 7.7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill North Atlantic | 200.4 | -12.4 | 847.0 | 16.3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill North Atlantic | 131.1 | -28.6 | 647.0 | 10.1 |
| Passenger load factor % North Atlantic | 65.4 | -14.8p | 76.4 | -4.3p |
| Domestic | ||||
| Passengers 1,000 Domestic | 122.3 | -54.3 | 592.2 | -16.3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill Domestic | 149.5 | -37.6 | 580.7 | -12.9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill Domestic | 75.6 | -51.7 | 352.8 | -13.9 |
| Passenger load factor % Domestic | 50.6 | -14.7p | 60.8 | -0.7p |
| Cargo Traffic | ||||
| Europe tonnes | 1,686.2 | -37.6 | 6,779.8 | -7.2 |
| North Atlantic tonnes | 572.5 | -21.0 | 2,513.2 | 21.2 |
| Asia tonnes | 5,049.8 | -51.6 | 20,685.2 | -26.1 |
| Domestic tonnes | 35.7 | -28.2 | 114.1 | -26.0 |
| Cargo scheduled traffic total tonnes | 7,344.2 | -47.2 | 30,092.2 | -19.8 |
| Cargo flights, tonnes** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cargo Traffic tonnes total | 7,344.2 | -47.2 | 30,092.2 | -19.8 |
| Available tonne kilometres* mill | 89.1 | -38.4 | 362.3 | -10.8 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 46.8 | -47.0 | 189.1 | -20.6 |
| Available sched. cargo tonne kms*, mill | 89.1 | -38.4 | 362.3 | -10.8 |
| Revenue sched. cargo tonne kms, mill | 46.8 | -47.0 | 189.1 | -20.6 |
| Cargo load factor* % | 52.5 | -8.6p | 52.2 | -6.4p |
| - North-Atlantic cargo load factor* % | 67.7 | 5.2p | 66.1 | 5.9p |
| - Asia cargo load factor* % | 57.4 | -10.4p | 55.8 | -8.9p |
| Scheduled traffic Cargo load factor*, % | 52.5 | -8.6p | 52.2 | -6.4p |
* Operational calculatory 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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