During the summer season the customer demand has increased, and more than one million passengers flew with SAS in August. This is about the same level as in July, but an increase of almost 52% compared to the same month last year. Capacity was marginally lower than last month, but 65% higher than the same month last year. The total load factor for August ended at 61%, which is in line with July.
“Imposed travel restrictions remain and everybody at SAS are doing everything possible to make traveling easier for the customers. We continue to open new routes when travel restrictions and demand allow. However, there are still major uncertainties regarding the development of the pandemic, affecting the whole airline industry negatively. Flexibility during the ramp up phase to be able to respond quickly to changes in demand remains key,” says Anko van der Werff, President and CEO at SAS.
| SAS scheduled traffic | Aug21 | Change1 | Nov20- Aug21 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 2,068 | 58.7% | 12,080 | -39.2% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 1,239 | 103.7% | 5,195 | –58.0% |
| Passenger load factor | 59.9% | 13.3 pp | 43.0% | -19.1 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 1,038 | 48.4% | 4,929 | -55.7% |
| Geographical development, schedule | Aug21 vs. Aug20 | Nov20- Aug21 vs. Nov19-Aug20 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 429.9% | 154.5% | -80.7% | -43.4% |
| Europe/Intrascandinavia | 128.9% | 72.4% | -52.6% | -46.1% |
| Domestic | 16.7% | -0.8% | -36.7% | -20.5% |
| SAS charter traffic | Aug21 | Change1 | Nov20- Aug21 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 168 | 211.4% | 383 | -58.5% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 122 | 183.3% | 279 | -65.0% |
| Load factor | 72.5% | -7.2 pp | 72.8% | -13.7 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 49 | 172.2% | 113 | -57,4% |
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Aug21 | Change1 | Nov20- Aug21 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 2,236 | 64.7% | 12,462 | -40.1% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 1,361 | 108.9% | 5,473 | -58.4% |
| Load factor | 60.9% | 12.9 pp | 43.9% | -19.3 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 1,087 | 51.5% | 5,043 | -55.7% |
1 Change compared to same period last year. pp = percentage points
| Preliminary yield and PASK | Aug21 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 0.96 | -17.0% | -17.5% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.57 | 6.5% | 5.9% |
| Aug21 | |||
| Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 87.4% | ||
| Regularity | 98.8% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions, rolling 12 months | -56,7% | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer | -13,1% | ||
| Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions | 54% |
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), rolling 12 months
Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions – Share of SAS passenger related carbon emissions compensated by SAS (EuroBonus members, youth tickets and SAS’ staff travel)
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.