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Business Review for the period January - September 2021 GRADUAL RECOVERY January - September 2021 ( compared to January - September 2020 ) • Sales amounted to EUR 169.0 M ( EUR 154.2 M ) . • • Other operating revenue was EUR 44.6 M ( EUR 16.7 M ) . Operating income totalled EUR 30.5 M ( EUR -35.2 M ) . Net financial items were EUR -3.4 M ( EUR -3.1 M ) . • Income before taxes amounted to EUR 27.1 M ( EUR -38.3 M ) . • Income after taxes totalled EUR 22.7 M ( EUR -30.8 M ) . VIKING LINE • The outlook for the financial year 2021 is unchanged compared to the Half - Year Report as of June 30 , 2021 , which means positive operating income for the full - year 2021 . Third quarter 2021 ( compared to third quarter 2020 ) • Sales amounted to EUR 97.5 M ( EUR 56.6 M ) . Operating income totalled EUR 26.0 M ( EUR -7.8 M ) . The third quarter brought increased demand for our services in traffic between Åland , Finland and Sweden . The focus for traffic between Finland and Estonia has been to give customers as good a service as possible combined with cost control . Since the end of the first quarter of 2020 , the company's opportunities to carry out its regular operations have been limited by the still ongoing COVID - 19 pandemic . Comments from President and CEO Jan Hanses " Results for the Group's third quarter exceeded expectations . Operations have continued to be dominated by passenger volumes that are well below pre - pandemic levels and so we have continued to focus on operating costs . Efficiency has improved both in terms of sales revenue and costs . Third quarter results can therefore be considered encouraging under the circumstances . Since the Group's operating income during the first three quarters is positive even excluding one - off items , I can note that we will soon be able to see the end of the effects of the pandemic . " The Group's operations during the first three quarters of 2021 continued to be dominated by the effects of the COVID - 19 pandemic . Since the start of the financial year , service has been maintained on the routes between Åland and Sweden as well as between Turku , Åland and Stockholm and on the Helsinki - Tallinn route . In June , cruise traffic started up with Gabriella and Viking Cinderella , and the number of vessels in service rose to six . In July , Gabriella returned to regular service on the Helsinki - Mariehamn - Stockholm route . Service was maintained to some extent thanks to the aid received for the company's public service obligations under its