Scandinavian Airlines-SAS issued this report:
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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