1.7 million passengers traveled with SAS during February
1.7 million passengers traveled with SAS in February, an 8 percent increase
compared with the same month last year. SAS' capacity increased by 17 percent
and RPK increased by 21 percent, compared with February 2023. The flown load
factor for February was 73 percent.
"We continue to see a growing number of passengers choosing to travel with SAS.
In February, 1.7 million passengers traveled with us, up 8 percent from last
year. We are also pleased to see very stable operational performance, especially
for a winter month, with regularity at 99.2 percent. We look forward to continue
strengthening our position in Scandinavia as we approach the summer season,"
says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
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SAS total traffic Feb24 Change[1] Nov23- Feb24 Change [1]
(scheduled and
charter)
ASK (Mill.) 3,022 16.9% 12,146 11.1%
RPK (Mill.) 2,216 21.1% 8,769 15.2%
Load factor 73.3% 2.5 pp 72.2% 2.6 pp
No. of passengers 1,676 7.8% 6,530 6.7%
(000)
[1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical Feb24 Nov23
development, vs. -Feb24
schedule Feb23 vs.
Nov22
-Feb23
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental 34.6% 23.3% 20.8% 15.8%
Europe/Intra 23.0% 19.8% 18.4% 13.9%
-Scandinavia
Domestic -1.2% -0.7% -0.5% -4.3%
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Preliminary yield and PASK Feb24 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK 1.00 -6.7% -5.1%
PASK, SEK 0.73 -3.0% -1.3%
Feb24
Punctuality (departure 15 82.0%
min)
Regularity 99.2%
Change in total CO2 20.6%
emissions
Change in CO2 emissions -0.4%
per available seat
kilometer
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
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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