Finnair carried 1.06 million passengers in August 2024, up 9.5% compared to the same month last year. Capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), was up 9.3% in the month. The airline said it was driven by additional narrowbody capacity gained after wet leases to British Airways ended in March 2024. The airline wet leased two A330s to Qantas through mid-2025. Adding these wet lease outs, capacity increased 10.9%. Finnair said its capacity growth in Asian traffic was strong, up 11.2% over August last year. This followed increased frequencies to Japanese locations such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. Middle East capacity was down 5.1%, largely as a result of temporary suspension of operations to Israel. Traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), increased by 7.5%. Asian and European RPKs were up 11.8% and 7.9%, respectively. It was down 12.3% in the Middle East. The airline's load factor declined 1.3 percentage point to 78.6%. Total cargo tonnes for Finnair increased by 11.5% in August, driven by growth in all regions, excluding Middle Eastern and domestic traffic; down 11.1% and 22.2%, respectively. Revenue cargo tonne kilometres increased by 11.9%.
Finnair reports August traffic
