OREANDA-NEWS. June 13, 2013. From January to May Estonian Air carried altogether 220 961 passengers, out of which 218 045 on regular flights. In May Estonian Air carried 52 755 passengers, out of which 52 284 on regular flights.

According to Rauno Parras, the CCO of Estonian Air, this year passenger volumes have declined approximately by the same figure as the amount of attracted transit passengers in 2012. “We use 2011 – the year before expansion as a reference to compare the results.”

In 2011, Estonian Air operated 19 destinations from Tallinn and 4 from Vilnius. In 2013, 10 year-round and 2 seasonal destinations are operated from Tallinn. In May 2011, Estonian Air carried 70 781 passengers, out of which 10 080 on charter flights. In total, 61 513 passengers flew from Tallinn and 9268 from Vilnius.

In the first five months of 2012, Estonian Air carried 323 265 passengers, out of which 98 464 in May.

"The number of seats we offered in May 2013 is 45.5% lower compared to 2012 and 23% lower compared to 2011," explained Rauno Parras. "Thus we are doing considerably better in filling our aircraft. In May 2013, the load factor was above 70%, “added Parras. 

In the first five months Estonian Air operated 4734 flights, out of which 934 flights in May. The regularity of Estonian Air flights was 99.5%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The 15-minute punctuality was 89.3%, an increase of 6.1 percentage points compared to the same period last year. In May the regularity and punctuality were 99.8% (99.0% in 2012) and 95.6% (84.9% in 2012) respectively.

Estonian Air, Estonia’s national carrier, 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, Estonian Air flies between Tallinn and Paris, and from May to September to Nice.