Finnair Asian traffic grew 32.6 percent in 2007

By IANS

Helsinki : Finnair’s total traffic measured in passenger kilometres grew 16.2 percent in 2007, with Asian traffic up by a staggering 32.6 percent, Finland’s national carrier said Tuesday.

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Finnair’s Asian flights carried more than 1.1 million passengers, of the 8.6 million passengers transported by the airline during the year.

The passenger load factor was at 75.5 percent, with nine percent of all Finnair long-haul passengers travelling in business class, the airline said.

Cargo traffic increased by 14.2 percent in terms of cargo tonnes carried, with the increase in Asian traffic being 44.4 percent.

The volume of European traffic increased by 0.9 percent and on North Atlantic routes by 4.3 percent, the airline said.