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Finnair Oyj Earnings Release 2012

Nov 9, 2012

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Traffic Performance October 2012

Traffic Performance October 2012

Finnair Plc. Stock Exchange Release 9 November 2012 at 09:00

In October, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by
8.0 per cent as the overall capacity grew 5.4 per cent year‐on‐year. Passenger
load factor improved by 1.8 percentage points year‐on‐year and was 75.5 per
cent.

Scheduled traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew significantly
in all scheduled traffic areas apart from North Atlantic traffic. Growth was
strongest in Asia and Europe. Asian traffic measured in Revenue Passenger
Kilometres grew by 9.9 per cent and traffic in Europe increased 8.4 per cent
year‐on‐year.

“Strong demand continued in our traffic also in October” says Finnair CFO Erno
Hildén. “Traffic growth measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres continued to
exceed the growth of overall capacity, contributing to the improvement in load
factors year-on-year.”

In October, leisure traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by
10.2 per cent, as capacity grew by 3.8 per cent year-on-year. The load factor
improved by 4.9 percentage points and was 84.3 per cent.

In cargo, traffic measured in revenue tonne kilometres decreased by 3.3 per
cent as the overall capacity decreased by 6.6 per cent. The load factor
improved by 2.5 percentage points and was 70.8 per cent.

In October, the arrival punctuality was good albeit a slight decline from last
year. In scheduled traffic, 90.3 per cent (91.9 per cent in October 2011) of
flights arrived on schedule, 89.6 per cent (90.8 per cent) in all traffic.

Finnair Traffic Performance October 2012

                                    October  %-Change  Jan-October  %-Change
                                       2012                   2012

Total Traffic
Passengers 1000 751,3 7,2 7 444,4 9,5
Available seat kilometres mill 2 647,7 5,4 25 446,3 3,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 999,8 8,0 19 870,5 9,4
Passenger load factor % 75,5 1,8 p 78,1 4,2 p
Cargo tonnes total 12 816,0 -3,8 124 900,3 3,1
Available tonne kilometres mill 395,7 1,3 3 907,0 2,5
Revenue tonne-kilometres mill 258,2 4,3 2 553,5 7,6
Overall load factor % 65,2 1,9 p 65,4 3,1 p
Scheduled Total
Passengers 1000 677,8 6,8 6 751,2 9,4
Available seat kilometres mill 2 347,9 5,6 22 517,3 3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 747,0 7,7 17 277,0 9,9
Passenger load factor % 74,4 1,4 p 76,7 4,6 p
Europe
Passengers 1000 402,2 8,4 3 932,1 12,0
Available seat kilometres mill 812,8 3,6 7 390,0 1,0
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 579,4 8,4 5 555,5 13,0
Passenger load factor % 71,3 3,2 p 75,2 8,0 p
North Atlantic
Passengers 1000 14,0 -9,1 169,0 0,7
Available seat kilometres mill 113,7 -6,5 1 313,8 -3,3
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 92,1 -9,1 1 115,3 0,7
Passenger load factor % 81,0 -2,4 p 84,9 3,4 p
Asia
Passengers 1000 136,2 9,1 1 323,5 8,4
Available seat kilometres mill 1 325,1 9,9 12 754,1 6,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 1 017,9 9,3 9 930,6 9,6
Passenger load factor % 76,8 -0,4 p 77,9 1,9 p
Domestic
Passengers 1000 125,4 1,8 1 326,7 4,0
Available seat kilometres mill 96,2 -13,5 1 059,4 -10,9
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 57,6 4,5 675,7 6,9
Passenger load factor % 59,8 10,3 p 63,8 10,7 p
Leisure Traffic
Passengers 1000 73,5 10,5 693,1 10,5
Available seat kilometres mill 299,9 3,8 2 929,0 5,6
Revenue passenger kilometres mill 252,8 10,2 2 593,4 6,4
Passenger load factor % 84,3 4,9 p 88,5 0,7 p
Cargo Traffic
Cargo scheduled traffic total 10 252,6 6,0 95 835,0 1,5
tonnes
Europe tonnes 1 860,1 -3,5 17 133,2 -7,7
North Atlantic tonnes 628,5 -5,0 6 363,7 -7,4
Asia tonnes 7 579,4 10,0 70 592,4 5,1
Domestic tonnes 184,6 -3,6 1 745,7 -7,2
Cargo leisure traffic tonnes 10,5 66,3 130,7 -40,9
Cargo flights tonnes 2 552,9 -30,0 28 934,6 9,2
Cargo tonnes total 12 816,0 -3,8 124 900,3 3,1
Available tonne kilometres* mill 111,6 -6,6 1 151,9 0,9
Revenue tonne kilometres mill 79,0 -3,3 773,5 3,7
Cargo load factor* % 70,8 2,5 p 67,1 1,8 p
- North-Atlantic cargo load 75,8 1,2 p 74,4 -3,1 p
factor* %
- Asia cargo load factor* % 80,6 0,0 p 78,6 0,2 p

* Operational calculatory capacity

-- Change %: Change compared to the figures of the respective periods in the
previous year
(p = percentage 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

Next release on traffic statistics will be released on 7 December 2012.

Finnair Plc.
Communications
9 November 2012

Further information:
www.finnairgroup.com | [email protected] | Tel. + 358 09 818 4054