Finnair Traffic Performance in September 2016

In September, Finnair’s overall capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres grew by 8.5 per cent and traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres grew by 7.2 per cent year‐on‐year. The passenger load factor declined by 0.9 percentage points year-on-year to 80.7 per cent. The capacity in Finnair’s largest traffic area, Asia, grew by 12.4 per cent in September, boosted in particular by the Fukuoka and Guangzhou routes launched for the summer season and the additional capacity introduced by the A350s, and traffic grew by 9.4 per cent. Capacity in American traffic increased by 24.3 per cent, mainly due to increased Chicago