SAS Monthly Traffic and Capacity Data - June2000

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June in brief Passenger traffic (RPK) was up 5,3% in June. Overall capacity (ASK) was down 0,5% and passenger load factor increased by 4,1 p.u. The strong traffic development noted in May continued in June. Significantly improved passenger load factors was noted on all route areas. Due to differences in number of holidays, May and June should be viewed as a whole. Business Class was up 10% and Economy Class was up 7% in May-June 2000 vs. May-June 1999. Noted is that trading conditions on most route areas has improved during the last few months. * Total passenger traffic (RPK) increased by 5,3% in June 2000 vs. 1999. * The number of passengers increased by 2,9%. * Business Class traffic was up 0,4% and Economy Class was up 7,4%. * The passenger load factor increased from 70,6% to 74,7%. TOTAL SYSTEM JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ASK (Mill.) 2 840 2 854 -0,5% 16 744 16 528 +1,3% RPK (Mill.) 2 122 2 015 +5,3% 11 000 10 283 +7,0% Passenger load factor 74,7% 70,6% +4,1 p u 65,7% 62,2% +3,5 p u C-class share (RPK) 29,2% 30,6% -1,4 p u 30,5% 31,1% -0,5 p u Total no. of 2,141 2,082 +2,9% 11,550 10,867 +6,3% passengers (Mill.) p u = percentage units PASSENGER TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY PER JUN 00 vs. JUN 99 JAN-JUN 00 vs. ROUTE AREA (CHANGE): JAN-JUN 99 Traffi Capacity Traffi Capacity c (ASK) c (ASK) (RPK) (RPK) Intercontinental +8,0% +1,0% +7,5% -0,7% Europe +5,0% +2,0% +6,2% +2,5% Intra-Scandinavian -1,6% -7,5% +1,6% -3,7% 1) Denmark (domestic) -3,6% -16,0% -4,9% -10,8% Norway (domestic) -0,6% -10,7% +3,9% -4,8% Sweden (domestic) +10,8% +7,6% +16,7% +16,2% 1) Incl. Greenland 1. Passenger Traffic and Capacity per route area - June 2000 Passenger load factor on Intercontinental routes improved by a strong 5,7 p.u in June 2000 vs. 1999. Passenger load factors to/from North America was above 90% in June, with the strongest development in Business Class. Most Asian routes also developed well, particularly to/ from Japan and China. European traffic developed very well, with improved passenger load factors on most routes. Noted is that traffic in Business Class increased by 3,0% in spite of the effect from the June holidays. Intrascandinavian routes showed increased passenger load factors. On traffic between Norway and Denmark passenger load factors was close to 73%. Danish domestic showed increased passenger load factors on both the Greenland route and the Danish mainland. Norwegian total market was down in June. SAS traffic decreased by 0,6% improving passenger load factor to 65,6 %. Swedish domestic continued to develop well in June. Total traffic was up 11% and capacity was up 8%, affected by introduction of the new generation Boeing 737. The number of frequencies on Swedish domestic was down 9%. Financial calendar: August 8 Traffic and Capacity data for July 2000 August 11 Release of Second Quarter 2000 For further information, please contact SAS Investor Relations: Johan Törngren + 46 (0)8 797 1707 Sture Stølen + 46 (0)8 797 1451 Per Hermansen + 45 32 32 34 11 Fax no: + 46 (0)8 85 58 76 e-mail: investor.relations@sas.se Press representatives, please contact SAS Corporate Communications +46 (0)8 797 28 33 APPENDIX - Traffic, capacity, passenger load factors and number of passengers per route area. INTERCONTINENTAL ROUTES JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ASK (Mill.) 856 848 +1,0% 5 013 5 049 -0,7% RPK (Mill.) 757 700 +8,0% 3 910 3 637 +7,5% Passenger load factor 88,3% 82,6% +5,7 p u 78,0% 72,0% +5,9 p u Total no. of passengers 110,8 103,7 +6,9% 575,9 539,6 +6,7% (000) EUROPEAN ROUTES JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ASK (Mill.) 1 064 1 043 +2,0% 6 177 6 028 +2,5% RPK (Mill.) 748 712 +5,0% 3 742 3 523 +6,2% Passenger load factor 70,3% 68,3% +2,0 p u 60,6% 58,4% +2,1 p u Total no. of passengers 742,6 702,8 +5,7% 3 717,1 3 510,2 +5,9% (000) INTRA-SCANDINAVIAN JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ROUTES ASK (Mill.) 265 286 -7,5% 1 545 1 604 -3,7% RPK (Mill.) 180 183 -1,6% 918 903 +1,6% Passenger load factor 67,9% 63,8% +4,1 p u 59,4% 56,3% +3,1 p u Total no. of passengers 422,0 424,8 -0,7% 2 195,3 2 129,2 +3,1% (000) DANISH DOMESTIC ROUTES JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ASK (Mill.) 48 57 -16,0% 267 300 -10,8% RPK (Mill.) 37 39 -3,6% 178 187 -4,9% Passenger load factor 77,9% 67,9% +10,0 p u 66,6% 62,5% +4,1 p u Total no. of passengers 85,2 95,4 -10,6% 491,3 539,0 -8,9% (000) NORWEGIAN DOMESTIC JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ROUTES ASK (Mill.) 293 328 -10,7% 1 722 1 808 -4,8% RPK (Mill.) 192 194 -0,6% 964 928 +3,9% Passenger load factor 65,7% 59,0% +6,7 p u 56,0% 51,3% +4,6 p u Total no. of passengers 356,5 362,1 -1,5% 1 904,7 1 814,8 +5,0% (000) SWEDISH DOMESTIC ROUTES JUN00 JUN99 CHANGE JAN-JUN00 JAN-JUN99 CHANGE ASK (Mill.) 314 292 +7,6% 2 020 1 739 +16,2% RPK (Mill.) 208 187 +10,8% 1 289 1 104 +16,7% Passenger load factor 66,1% 64,2% +1,9 p u 63,8% 63,5% +0,3 p u Total no. of passengers 424,3 393,1 +7,9% 2 665,9 2 333,7 +14,2% (000) ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/07/20000707BIT00130/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/07/20000707BIT00130/bit0002.pdf

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