In August, Finnair carried 1,100,600 passengers, which was 3.2% more than in August 2024.
Passenger numbers grew significantly in North Atlantic and Asian traffic and slightly also in European traffic but declined in Middle Eastern and Domestic traffic.
Overall capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), increased by 6.6%.
Capacity grew significantly in North Atlantic and Asian traffic, driven by added frequencies to Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles in the U.S., Osaka and Nagoya in Japan as well as Shanghai in China.
Capacity increased slightly also in European traffic. In Middle Eastern traffic, ASKs decreased due to the end of cooperation with Qatar Airways on flights between Stockholm, Copenhagen and Doha on 15 January 2025.
Also in Domestic traffic, capacity decreased slightly. Including wet lease outs, overall capacity increased by 4.4%.
Finnair’s traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), increased by 7.0%. RPKs saw growth in North Atlantic, Asian and European traffic, while declining in Middle Eastern and Domestic traffic.
Passenger load factor (PLF) increased by 0.3% points to 78.9%.
PLF improved in Middle Eastern, Asian and European traffic but declined in North Atlantic and Domestic traffic.
Total cargo tonnes declined by 0.4%. Revenue cargo tonne kilometres increased by 2.7%.
In August, 79.8% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule compared to 76.7% in the comparison period.
Traffic statistics for September 2025 will be published on Tuesday 7 October 2025.
