Finnair November traffic increases 8.1% year-on-year

Finnish national carrier Finnair carried 811,900 passengers in November 2023, 8.1% more than the same period last year, although 11.8% down on October 2023 due to expected seasonality. Overall capacity increased in November 2023 by 14.4% year-on-year, with traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) also increasing by 13.6% year-on-year. However, although Finnair notes that although the pandemic’s impact has largely faded, ‘the negative impact of the Russian airspace closure especially on Asian traffic figures was, however, still visible’. However, the available seat kilometres increase in Asian traffic was still up 20.5% year-on-year, helped by the additional capacity to Japan and