Tallinn, 2011-06-03 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for May 2011 and the third quarter of the 2010/2011 financial year
In May 2011 AS Tallink Grupp transported 702 513 passengers which is more than a 1% increase compared to May 2010. The number of passenger vehicles increased over 7% to 86 060 and trucks and trailers increased by nearly 19% to 26 916 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for May 2011 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:
| May 2011 | May 2010 | change |
III quarter 2010/2011 |
III quarter 2009/2010 |
change | ||
| Passengers | 702 513 | 694 673 | 1.1% | 2 098 356 | 2 156 448 | -2.7% | |
| Finland-Sweden | 200 692 | 222 980 | -10.0% | 711 923 | 772 333 | -7.8% | |
| Estonia-Finland | 358 617 | 341 849 | 4.9% | 996 243 | 981 960 | 1.5% | |
| Estonia-Sweden | 77 171 | 72 652 | 6.2% | 214 315 | 240 743 | -11.0% | |
| Latvia-Sweden | 59 096 | 54 595 | 8.2% | 164 615 | 158 632 | 3.8% | |
| Finland-Germany | 6 937 | 2 597 | 167.1% | 11 260 | 2 780 | 305.0% | |
| Cargo Units | 26 916 | 22 677 | 18.7% | 76 366 | 68 991 | 10.7% | |
| Finland-Sweden | 8 736 | 7 530 | 16.0% | 26 109 | 23 589 | 10.7% | |
| Estonia-Finland | 10 520 | 9 184 | 14.5% | 29 834 | 30 359 | -1.7% | |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 697 | 2 943 | 25.6% | 11 314 | 9 114 | 24.1% | |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 872 | 1 369 | 36.7% | 5 206 | 4 094 | 27.2% | |
| Finland-Germany | 2 091 | 1 651 | 26.7% | 3 903 | 1 835 | 112.7% | |
| Passenger Vehicles | 86 060 | 80 078 | 7.5% | 237 564 | 217 673 | 9.1% | |
| Finland-Sweden | 10 932 | 12 924 | -15.4% | 31 101 | 34 129 | -8.9% | |
| Estonia-Finland | 59 647 | 53 765 | 10.9% | 165 710 | 147 825 | 12.1% | |
| Estonia-Sweden | 6 033 | 5 567 | 8.4% | 16 275 | 15 223 | 6.9% | |
| Latvia-Sweden | 7 215 | 6 864 | 5.1% | 20 928 | 19 482 | 7.4% | |
| Finland-Germany | 2 233 | 958 | 133.1% | 3 550 | 1 014 | 250.1% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in May 2011:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In the beginning of May 2011 the cruise ferry M/S Galaxy did not operate for about a week due to the scheduled maintenance, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
