In the first seven months of the year 326,064 passengers including 322,154 on regular flights flew Estonia's flagship carrier Estonian Air.
Estonian Air carries 326,000 passengers in Jan-July
8th August 2013, 18:02
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In July the airline carried 50,806 passengers, including 50,267 on regular flights.
«Comparing to 2012, the year of the enlargement of operations, we are planning to carry less passengers by one third,» commented Jan Palmer, the CEO of Estonian Air. «The turn-around of the company has been successful during the first half of the year, which is also recognized by our passengers.»
In the first seven months of the 2012 the company carried 515,719 passengers out of which 92,134 in July.
In the first seven months Estonian Air operated 6,487 flights out of which 863 flights in July, which is 42.5 percent and 52 percent less than last year, respectively. The amount of passengers decreased 37 percent within the first seven months and 45 percent in July compared to the same period last year which is a result of the reduction of the number of flights and flight destinations.
During the seven-month period the actual amount of passengers was slightly behind the forecast of the restructuring plan -- during the spring period the number was somewhat modest but caught up in June and July. At the same time the average yield per passenger was above the estimate which results in being in line with the planned revenue. «All in all it looks like we have chosen to continue operations on the right routes from Tallinn where the demand is high enough for a sustainable and profitable airline operation,» Palmer added.
In the first seven months the regularity of Estonian Air flights was 99.5 percent, an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The 15-minute punctuality was 90.1 percent, an increase of 7 percentage points compared to the same period last year. In July the regularity and punctuality were 99.1 percent and 94.2 percent, respectively.
Estonian Air is the biggest operator at Tallinn Airport. The airline flies to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Oslo, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Vilnius and Trondheim. In addition, from June to August the company flies between Tallinn and Paris, and from May to September to Nice.