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Corporate Responsibility Report 2008 35 at the end of the decade, Finnair's fleet will be one of the most modern in the business. the european fleet is already there, and a long-haul traffic fleet modernisation is currently under way. a modern fleet plus direct routes reduces environmental loading substantially. Less environmental loading with a modern fleet and direct routes For many reasons it is advantageous for an airline to invest in modern technology in terms of its fleet. New generations of aircraft are always more fuel efficient than their predecessors, so the benefits are both financial and ecological. The new aircraft's better departure reliability and lower maintenance needs are also financially significant. Statistics show that Finnair is one of the world's most punctual and reliable airlines. Lower fuel consumption also automatically means lower emissions. Due to its modern fleet, Finnair's fuel consumption overall will fall in 2009. he goal of the fleet modernisation is also to reduce further the number of aircraft types. This cuts crew training costs and the need to maintain maintenance preparedness for multiple types of aircraft. Aircraft can also be more flexibly exchanged from one flight to another in a fleet that contains fewer types of aircraft. Crew utilisation is efficient, as the same crews can fly both the long-haul and the European traffic Airbuses. be selected according to demand for each route and flight. "The ideal situation, which we are heading towards, is so-called Demand Driven Dispatch. This means that a suitably sized aircraft for each flight is selected as close as possible to the flight's departure time. Then the number of passengers and the amount of freight are precisely known, and an aircraft can be chosen for each situation in turn," says Finnair VP Sustainable Development Kati Ihamäki. The Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft are to a large extent the same. The twoengine Airbus A330 aircraft will fly on routes that have less cargo, and the four-engine Airbus A340 aircraft on routes where a lot of cargo is carried. ith present orders, the Finnair long-haul fleet will grow to a maximum of 15 Airbus wide-bodied aircraft. By the middle of the next decade, the backbone of the long-haul fleet A T fter the fleet modernisation is completed in early 2010, Finnair will have the aircraft of only two manufacturers in its scheduled traffic fleet. In European and domestic traffic, Airbus A320 aircraft and Embraer 170 and 190 aircraft will be used, while Airbus A330 and A340 wide-bodied aircraft will be used in long-haul traffic. The latter will replace the remaining Boeing MD-11 aircraft used by Finnair mainly during this year. In terms of emissions, it is essential to fly with aircraft whose passenger seats are full. The emissions per passenger of a half-full aircraft are double that of a full aircraft, so the flight's efficiency ratio falls. Finnair's fleet has been planned so that a suitably sized aircraft in terms of seat numbers can W Helsinki's location on the most direct route between Europe and asia is an undeniable competitive advantage for Finnair. a direct route plus a stopover in the right place save both time and fuel.
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