Finnair reports June traffic performance

In June, Finnair’s overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 10.5% and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 9.7 year‐on‐year. Capacity grew especially in long haul traffic, the proportion of which grew from 52 to 56% year-on-year. Despite the strong growth, the passenger load factor was close to last year’s level at 84.1% compared to 84.7%. The capacity in Finnair’s largest traffic area, Asia, grew by 14.4% in June, boosted in particular by the newly launched Fukuoka and Guangzhou routes, while traffic grew by 10.4%. Capacity in American traffic increased by as much as 44.4% due