In September 2020 AS Tallink Grupp transported 243 215 passengers, which is a 66.1% decrease compared to September 2019. The number of cargo units decreased by 0.5% to 32 672 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 25.2% to 62 138 units in the same comparison.
In the third quarter of the 2020 financial year (July – September) AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 314 301 passengers, which is a 55.8% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units decreased by 1.9% to 91 578 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 22.0% to 275 735 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for September 2020 and the third quarter of the financial year were the following:
| September | September | Change | Q3 2020 | Q3 2019 | Change | ||||||
| Passengers | 243 215 | 718 354 | -66.1% | 1 314 301 | 2 974 790 | -55.8% | |||||
| Finland - Sweden | 61 702 | 206 890 | -70.2% | 344 004 | 881 948 | -61.0% | |||||
| Estonia - Finland | 165 739 | 377 153 | -56.1% | 931 507 | 1 533 573 | -39.3% | |||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 6 798 | 72 761 | -90.7% | 13 040 | 302 147 | -95.7% | |||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 8 976 | 61 550 | -85.4% | 25 750 | 257 122 | -90.0% | |||||
| Cargo Units | 32 672 | 32 843 | -0.5% | 91 578 | 93 329 | -1.9% | |||||
| Finland - Sweden | 6 026 | 7 256 | -17.0% | 16 745 | 18 679 | -10.4% | |||||
| Estonia - Finland | 22 802 | 20 202 | 12.9% | 64 387 | 59 958 | 7.4% | |||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 641 | 3 902 | -6.7% | 9 809 | 10 527 | -6.8% | |||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 203 | 1 483 | -86.3% | 637 | 4 165 | -84.7% | |||||
| Passenger Vehicles | 62 138 | 83 089 | -25.2% | 275 735 | 353 725 | -22.0% | |||||
| Finland - Sweden | 8 314 | 11 088 | -25.0% | 38 092 | 68 249 | -44.2% | |||||
| Estonia - Finland | 52 191 | 62 691 | -16.7% | 233 640 | 243 276 | -4.0% | |||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 409 | 4 486 | -90.9% | 966 | 22 564 | -95.7% | |||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 1 224 | 4 824 | -74.6% | 3 037 | 19 636 | -84.5% | |||||
The following operational factors influenced the development in the third quarter of the 2020 financial year:
ESTONIA – FINLAND
In addition to regular operations, in the third quarter, the cruise ferry Victoria I operated on the Tallinn-Helsinki route. The cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated 8 special cruises from Tallinn to Aland and 15 special cruises from Tallinn to Turku. The cruise ferry Victoria I operated one special cruise from Helsinki to Saaremaa and one special cruise from Tallinn to Aland. The Estonia-Finland routes’ statistics in the table above include volumes from both ordinary and rerouted operations.
ESTONIA – SWEDEN
Daily operations of the Tallinn-Stockholm route have been suspended since 15 March due to travel restrictions. In the third quarter, the cruise ferry Isabelle and the cargo vessel Sailor operated on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route in addition to the cargo vessel Regal Star. The cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated two special return trips on the Tallinn-Stockholm route. The cruise ferry Victoria I operated one special cruise from Tallinn to Riga. The Estonia-Sweden routes’ statistics in the table above include volumes from both ordinary and rerouted operations.