Finnair carried 912,300 passengers in January, up 3.8% compared with the same month last year, as demand increased across most of its network.
The airline said passenger numbers grew strongly on North Atlantic routes, with clear growth also seen in Asian and European services. Domestic traffic rose slightly, while passenger numbers on Middle Eastern routes declined.
Capacity and traffic increase
Overall capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), rose by 3.8%. Finnair said last year’s figures had been affected by industrial action, which limited flying.
In January 2026, capacity increased sharply on North Atlantic routes and clearly on Asian and domestic services, with smaller growth in Europe. The rise was driven by additional flights to destinations including Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Hong Kong and Seoul, as well as increased services to Lapland.
Capacity in the Middle East fell following the end of Finnair’s cooperation with Qatar Airways on routes between Stockholm, Copenhagen and Doha in February last year. Including aircraft wet leases, total capacity was up 3.6%.
Traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), increased by 4.6%, with growth across all regions except the Middle East.
Planes fuller and unit revenue up
Finnair’s passenger load factor, which shows how full aircraft are, improved by 0.6 percentage points to 74.1%. Load factors rose on European routes but fell slightly elsewhere.
For the first time, Finnair included unit revenue, known as revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK), in its traffic update. RASK increased by 0.9% in January, supported by the higher load factor.
