SAS Group Interim Report January-September 2006
Favorable cabin factor and stronger yield result in improved earnings for third quarter• Operating revenue for the nine-month period amounted to MSEK 50,418 (45,600), an increase of 10.6%. For the third quarter, operating revenue amounted to MSEK 18,035 (16,567), an increase of 8.9%.• Number of passengers rose by 7.2% to 29 million during the nine-month period and by 4.4% to 10.1 million during the third quarter, while the cabin factor increased by 1.1 percentage points to 76.3%.• Nonrecurring items totaling MSEK 442 (180) were charged to results, of which MSEK 82 (102) pertains to the