In the first four months last year, Estonian Air carried 224 801 and year before last 168 583 passengers. In April last year, Estonian Air carried 85 644 and year before last 48 427 passengers.
According to Rauno Parras, the CCO of Estonian Air, it is feasible to compare this year passenger numbers with the pre-enlargement period in 2011. The first quarter and April results are in the line of the restructuring plan targets set in the in the beginning of the year,” said Parras.
In the first four months the regularity of Estonian Air flights was 99.5%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The 15-minute punctuality was 88%, an increase of 5.2 percentage points compared to the same period last year.
In April the regularity and punctuality were 99.9% (97.2% in 2012) and 89.7% (78% in 2012) respectively.
In the first four months Estonian Air operated 3800 flights, out of which 950 flights in April.
Estonian Air started with extensive downscaling in operational volumes in January aiming to focus on serving Estonian market with the core route network, where there is a solid fundamental demand. The Estonian Government approved the restructuring plan on 2 May 2013.
Estonian Air flies to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Oslo, Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev, Vilnius and Trondheim. In addition, from June to August, Estonian Air will fly between Tallinn and Paris, and from May to September to Nice.