Finnair reports slight January passenger traffic increase

Finnair’s January 2024 passenger traffic has increased 0.4% over January 2023 to 819,800 passengers for the month. Passenger numbers were up YoY in January by 3.4% in Europe and 0.6% in Asia. North Atlantic passenger figures were down 4% while Middle East were also down 2.7%. Overall capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK) increased by 1.3%. Capacity in Asia saw a 13.1% YoY increase, which was largely due to the additional capacity to Japan and South Korea. North Atlantic capacity was down by 5.8% and Europe was up 5.9%. With the Israel-Gaza conflict and the ensuing flight cancellations to