FINANCIAL REPORT 2007 www.f innair.com/group FINANCIAL REPORT - PDF document

FINANCIAL REPORT 2007 www.f innair.com/group

FINANCIAL REPORT CONTENTS Finnair Group Key Figures ............................................. 2 Board of Directors’ Report ............................................ 4 Shares and Shareholders ....................................16 Financial Indicators 2005–2007 ........................ 20 Calculation of Key Indicators .............................21 Financial Statements, 1 January–31 December 2007 ..... 23 Consolidated Income Statement ....................... 24 Consolidated Balance Sheet .............................. 25 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement ................... 26 Shareholders’ Equity ......................................... 28 Notes to the Financial Statements ..................... 29 Board of Directors’ Proposal on the Dividend .... 79 Auditors’ Report .............................................. 80 Corporate Governance................................................ 81 Risk Management ....................................................... 85 Stock Exchange Releases in 2007 ................................. 88 The Brokerage Firms analysing Finnair Equity ............... 90 Information for Shareholders ...................................... 91 Contact Information ................................................... 92

2 FINNAIR GROUP KEY FIGURES F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t FINNAIR GROUP KEY FIGURES 2007 2006 2005 Turnover EUR mill. 2,181 1,990 1,871 Operating profit (adjusted), EBIT 1) EUR mill. 97 11 70 Operating profit (adjusted) 1) % of turnover % 4.4 0.6 3.7 Operating profit, EBIT EUR mill. 142 -11 82 Result before taxes EUR mill. 139 -15 88 Unit revenues on flight operations c/RTK 72.6 74.0 73.7 Unit costs on flight operations c/ATK 43.5 46.0 45.3 Earnings per share EUR 1.04 -0.14 0.66 Equity per share EUR 7.70 6.14 6.91 Gross investment EUR mill. 326 252 58 Interest-bearing net debt EUR mill. -222 43 -155 Equity ratio % 47.0 37.2 42.2 Gearing % -22.5 7.1 -25.1 Adjusted gearing % 35.1 112.8 66.8 Return on capital employed (ROCE) % 14.2 -0.1 11.1 Average number of employees 9,480 9,598 9,447 1) Excluding capital gains, non recurring items and changes in fair value of derivatives.

3 F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t FINNAIR GROUP FLEET 7 January 2008 Seats Number Owned Leased Average age Airbus A319 105–123 11 7 4 6.2 Airbus A320 111–159 12 6 6 5.4 Airbus A321 136–196 6 4 2 6.9 Airbus A340 269–295 3 3 0 4.8 Boeing MD-11 282 7 2 5 13.5 Boeing B757 227 7 0 7 8.6 Embraer 170 76 10 6 4 1.7 Embraer 190 100 6 4 2 0.6 Total 62 32 30 5.9 The ATR 72 aircraft were flown by Aero Airlines. Aero discontinued its operations on 6 January 2008, and the ATR 72 aircraft were sold at the same time. The Group’s six owned Boeing MD-80 aircraft were used by FlyNordic on 31 December 2007. Finnair sold FlyNordic in July 2007. The average age of Finnair scheduled traffic European traffic fleet is 4.4 years. FINNAIR TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE 2003–2007 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Flight hours 228,487 211,813 202,070 196,795 172,884 Flight kilometres 1,000 147,094 133,890 125,410 121,027 113,892 Available seat kilometres mill. 26,878 23,846 23,038 21,907 18,644 Revenue passenger kilometres mill. 20,304 17,923 16,735 15,604 12,971 Passenger load factor % 75.5 75.2 72.6 71.2 69.6 Available tonne kilometres mill. 4,074 3,602 3,400 3,162 2,636 Revenue tonne kilometres mill. 2,365 2,100 1,940 1,791 1,470 Overall load factor % 58.0 58.3 57 56.6 55.8 Passengers 1,000 8,653 8,792 8,517 8,149 6,849 Cargo and mail 1,000 kg 98,684 93,807 90,242 86,245 73,416

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR 4 THE FINANCIAL YEAR, 1 JAN – 31 DEC 2007 F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t MARKET AND traffic. Finnair’s objective is to continue arranged in November-December. GENERAL REVIEW growth to Asian destinations and its Unit revenues for Finnair’s air traffic 2007 was a year of profitable growth in the vision is to become the airline of choice fell due to a change of traffic structure. Finnair Group. Finnair traffic grew clearly for long-haul travel in the northern hemi- Unit revenues were also burdened by new more strongly than the European average sphere. route openings that took place in the sum- and the company’s profitability improved Last year, Finnair carried more than mer and a capacity increase in Europe-Asia significantly. 1.1 million passengers in Asian traffic. Asian traffic, which led to flights being sold with Passenger kilometres of member air- traffic growth was more than 30 per cent more aggressive pricing. Towards the end lines of the Association of European air- from the previous year. Scheduled pas- of 2007, the fall in unit revenues levelled lines AEA grew on average by five per cent senger traffic overall grew by nearly 20 per off as expected. in 2007. The biggest growth in passenger cent, and including leisure flights Finnair’s Despite record fuel prices, unit costs numbers occurred in European internal traffic performance grew by 13 per cent. for air traffic have continued to fall in line traffic as well as on medium-haul flights Capacity was increased by acquiring with targets and more strongly than unit to destinations outside Europe. two long-haul Airbus A340 aircraft in June. revenues, which has improved the profit- The focus of growth in long-haul traf- The long-haul traffic fleet moderni sation ability of air traffic. Key factors in the decline fic was traffic between Europe and South is proceeding on schedule. This year, two of unit costs were more efficient fleet uti- America. In Asian traffic, European air- new Airbus wide-bodied aircraft will join lisation and an improvement in staff pro- lines’ capacity was at the 2006 level. Pas- Finnair’s fleet, marking the beginning of ductivity. senger numbers rose by 0.5 million, of the Boeing MD-11 aircraft replacement In terms of functions supporting air which around half was an increase brought investments. Five new 100-seat Embraer traffic, significant cost savings have been by growth in Finnair’s Asian traffic. 190 jet aircraft were acquired for Euro- achieved, for example, in Finnair Techni- In Europe-Asia traffic Finnair is among pean traffic. cal Services, where operational productiv- the ten most significant operators. Fin- To finance the fleet investment pro- ity has been improved through a compet- nair’s market share is fourth biggest gramme, a 248 million euro share issue itiveness project. Costs of ground handling among European airlines in Europe-Asia directed at existing shareholders was activity rose from 2006, particularly due Revenue Number of Passenger tonne kilometers passengers local factor International Domestic Mill. tnkm Mill. passengers % 2,500 9,000 80 8,000 70 2,000 7 ,000 60 6,000 50 1,500 5,000 40 4,000 1,000 30 3,000 20 2,000 500 10 1,000 0 0 0 03 04 05 06 07 03 04 05 06 07 03 04 05 06 07