Finnair Traffic Performance in November 2025
Finnair Plc Investor News 5 December 2025 at 9:00 a.m. EET
Overall volumes steady - North Atlantic traffic strengthened
In November, Finnair carried 893,200 passengers, which was 0.6% fewer than in November 2024. Passenger numbers grew clearly in North Atlantic traffic and slightly also in Asian and European traffic but declined significantly in Middle Eastern traffic and slightly also in Domestic traffic.
Overall capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), decreased by 0.9%. Capacity grew significantly in North Atlantic traffic and clearly in Asian traffic, driven primarily by added frequencies to Dallas as well as Phuket and Hong Kong. Capacity increased slightly also in European and Domestic 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. Including wet lease outs, overall capacity decreased by 0.8%.
Finnair's traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), declined by 0.7%. RPKs saw growth in North Atlantic, Asian and European traffic, while declining in Middle Eastern and Domestic traffic.
Passenger load factor (PLF) increased by 0.2% points to 74.1%. PLF improved in Middle Eastern and European traffic but declined in Domestic, Asian and North Atlantic traffic.
Total cargo tonnes declined by 6.6%. Revenue cargo tonne kilometres declined by 4.0%.
In November, 85.7% of all Finnair flights arrived on schedule compared to 71.5% in the comparison period when on-time performance was negatively affected by heavy snowfalls at the Helsinki airport.
Traffic statistics for December 2025 will be published on Thursday 8 January 2026.
| Finnair Traffic Performance November 2025 |
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| Month | Change %* | YTD | Change %* |
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| Passengers 1,000 | 893.2 | - 0.6 | 10 901.4 | 1.6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 2 992.5 | - 0.9 | 36 015.6 | 2.2 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 2 216.0 | - 0.7 | 27 716.3 | 4.0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 74.1 | 0.2p | 77.0 | 1.3p |
| Cargo tonnes total | 12 345.2 | - 6.6 | 126 543.3 | - 6.9 |
| Available tonne kilometres mill | 441.9 | 0.7 | 5 243.3 | 2.5 |
| Revenue tonne kilometres mill | 273.2 | - 1.6 | 3 252.4 | 2.1 |
| Available seat kilometres incl. wet lease out mill | 3 209.3 | -0.8 | 37 907.2 | 0.9 |
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| Asia |
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| Passengers 1,000 | 118.5 | 4.0 | 1 397.9 | 11.6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 147.7 | 6.1 | 13 268.2 | 7.0 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 904.7 | 4.4 | 10 709.3 | 12.2 |
| Passenger load factor % | 78.8 | - 1.3p | 80.7 | 3.7p |
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| Europe |
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| Passengers 1,000 | 562.0 | 3.3 | 7 336.6 | 3.1 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 1 248.6 | 1.3 | 15 609.5 | 3.5 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 911.7 | 4.1 | 11 833.6 | 4.0 |
| Passenger load factor % | 73.0 | 1.9p | 75.8 | 0.4p |
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| North Atlantic |
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| Passengers 1,000 | 24.2 | 7.3 | 429.4 | 14.7 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 275.3 | 10.9 | 4 561.4 | 24.3 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 187.6 | 9.6 | 3 322.8 | 16.1 |
| Passenger load factor % | 68.2 | - 0.8p | 72.8 | - 5.1p |
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| Middle East |
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| Passengers 1,000 | 25.6 | - 45.0 | 213.5 | - 49.6 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 152.2 | - 47.4 | 1 157.3 | - 56.8 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 114.2 | - 46.0 | 948.4 | - 50.6 |
| Passenger load factor % | 75.0 | 2.0p | 82.0 | 10.2p |
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| Domestic |
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| Passengers 1,000 | 162.8 | - 4.8 | 1 523.9 | - 2.3 |
| Available seat kilometres mill | 168.7 | 1.1 | 1 419.0 | 1.9 |
| Revenue passenger kilometres mill | 97.8 | - 7.0 | 902.2 | - 3.8 |
| Passenger load factor % | 57.9 | - 5.0p | 63.6 | - 3.8p |
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| Cargo traffic |
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| - Europe tonnes | 2 572.7 | - 0.8 | 26 777.7 | - 0.8 |
| - North Atlantic tonnes | 1 191.9 | - 7.3 | 15 481.1 | 8.8 |
| - Middle East tonnes | 1 423.6 | - 45.2 | 10 964.8 | - 49.7 |
| - Asia tonnes | 7 135.0 | 6.5 | 73 022.3 | 0.9 |
| - Domestic tonnes | 22.0 | - 1.0 | 240.8 | 0.8 |
| - Cargo flights, tonnes** | 0 | - 100.0 | 56.6 | - 75.2 |
| Cargo traffic tonnes total | 12 345.2 | - 6.6 | 126 543.3 | - 6.9 |
| Revenue cargo tonne kilometres mill | 75.1 | - 4.0 | 773.4 | - 3.7 |
* The number of passengers and cargo tonnes for January-November 2024 were corrected in December 2024, with a total impact of 59,100 additional passengers and 828.7 additional cargo tonnes for the period.
** Including purchased traffic
- Change %: Change compared to the corresponding period in the previous year (p = points)
- Available seat kilometres (ASK): Total number of seats available × great circle distance in kilometres
- Revenue passenger kilometres (RPK): Number of revenue passengers × great circle distance in kilometres
- Passenger load factor (PLF): Share of revenue passenger kilometres of available seat kilometres
- Available tonne kilometres: Number of tonnes of capacity for carriage of passengers, cargo and mail × great circle distance in kilometres
- Revenue tonne kilometres: Total revenue load consisting of passengers, cargo and mail × great circle distance in kilometres
The reported distance-based traffic figures do not consider longer routings caused by airspace closures but are based on the great-circle distance in accordance with the industry practice.