SAS Traffic figures - August 2022

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Close to 2 million passengers traveled with SAS in August

In August 1.9 million passengers traveled with SAS, an increase of approximately 70% compared to the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by approximately 64% compared with the same period last year. In comparison with last month, the total number of passengers increased with 40% and capacity was increased by 38%, as operations picked-up again following the 15-day pilot strike. The flown load factor for August was 79%, an improvement of 18 percentage points compared to August last year.

 

“We are pleased to see operations picking up again in August, where we again had almost 2 million customers travelling with us. The total number of passengers was negatively affected by the pilot-strike as it led to lower sales during that period. We continue executing our restructuring plan, SAS FORWARD that will lead to SAS being a financially stable airline, providing the service our customers are expecting”, says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.

 

 

SAS scheduled traffic

Aug22

Change1

Nov21- Aug22

Change1

ASK (Mill.)

3,235

56.4%

25,321

109.6%

RPK (Mill.)

2,524

103.7%

17,292

232.9%

Passenger load factor

78.0%

+18.1 pp

68.3%

+25.3 pp

No. of passengers (000)

1,710

64.8%

13,341

170.7%

 

Geographical development, schedule

Aug22           vs.          Aug21

Nov21- Aug22   vs.   Nov20-Aug21

 

RPK

ASK

RPK

ASK

Intercontinental

325.6%

118.9%

605.8%

127.2%

Europe/Intrascandinavia

64.0%

45.0%

228.8%

158.7%

Domestic

25.4%

16.4%

79.5%

29.8%

 

SAS charter traffic

Aug22

Change1

Nov21- Aug22

Change1

ASK (Mill.)

426

154.1%

2 026

429.5%

RPK (Mill.)

358

194.2%

1 668

498.4%

Load factor

83.9%

+11.4 pp

82.3%

+9.5 pp

No. of passengers (000)

140

185.1%

619

446.0%

 

SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter)

Aug22

Change1

Nov21- Aug22

Change1

ASK (Mill.)

3,661

63.8%

27,348

119.4%

RPK (Mill.)

2,882

111.8%

18,959

246.4%

Load factor

78.7%

+17.9 pp

69.3%

+25.4 pp

No. of passengers (000)

1,850

70.2%

13,960

176.8%

1 Change compared to same period last year, p p = percentage points

Preliminary yield and PASK

Aug22

Nominal change1

FX adjusted change

Yield, SEK

0.99

3.9%

-0.7%

PASK, SEK

0.77

35.3%

29.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aug22

Punctuality (arrival 15 min)

 

 

75.2%

Regularity

 

 

98.6%

Change in total CO2 emissions

 

 

114.8 %

Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer,

 

 

1.1%

Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions

 

 

34.9%

 

Definitions:

RPK – Revenue passenger kilometers

ASK – Available seat kilometers
Load factor – RPK/ASK
Yield – Passenger revenues/RPK (scheduled)

PASK – Passenger revenues/ASK (scheduled)

Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometers – SAS passenger related carbon emissions divided with total available seat kilometers (incl non-revenue and EuroBonus tickets), rolling 12 months vs rolling 12 months previous year

Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions – Share of SAS passenger related carbon emissions compensated by SAS (EuroBonus members, youth tickets and SAS' staff travel) during the month

 

From fiscal year 2020 we report change in CO2 emissions in total and per Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) to align with our overall goal to reduce our total CO2 emissions by 25% by 2025, compared to 2005.

 

 

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SAS press office, +46 8 797 29 44

 

SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline, with main hubs in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, is flying to destinations in Europe, USA and Asia. Spurred by a Scandinavian heritage and sustainable values, SAS aims to be the global leader in sustainable aviation. We will reduce total carbon emissions by 25 percent by 2025, by using more sustainable aviation fuel and our modern fleet with fuel-efficient aircraft. In addition to flight operations, SAS offers ground handling services, technical maintenance and air cargo services. SAS is a founder member of the Star Alliance™, and together with its partner airlines offers a wide network worldwide. Learn more at https://www.sasgroup.net

 

 

This is information that SAS AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication by Louise Bergström at 11:00 a.m. CEST on September 7, 2022.