1.9 million passengers traveled with SAS during March
The number of passengers traveling with SAS amounted to 1.9 million in March, an
increase by 33 percent compared to the same period last year. SAS' passenger
demand continued its positive trend with RPK increasing by 38 percent while
capacity increased by 25 percent, compared to the same period last year. The
flown load factor for March was 76 percent, an improvement by 7 percentage
points compared to March last year.
"Passenger demand continues its positive trend. In March, 1.9 million passengers
traveled with us, up 33 percent compared to the same month last year. Our flown
load factor continues to improve and reached 76 percent in March. During the
month, we added ten additional routes and more frequencies for the upcoming
summer and autumn. We are preparing for a busy summer season with in total 30
new routes added to the summer traffic program," says Anko van der Werff,
President & CEO of SAS.
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SAS total traffic Mar23 Change[1] Nov22- Mar23 Change[1]
(scheduled and
charter)
ASK (Mill.) 3,118 25.4% 14,054 22.1%
RPK (Mill.) 2,360 38.0% 9,975 46.8%
Load factor 75.7% 6.9 pp 71.0% 11.9 pp
No. of passengers 1,910 32.7% 8,032 46.9%
(000)
[1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical Mar23 Nov22
development, vs. -Mar23
schedule Mar22 vs.
Nov21
-Mar22
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental 82.7% 35.0% 88.1% 36.1%
Europe/Intrascandi 28.7% 27.6% 34.5% 18.3%
navia
Domestic 20.2% 15.9% 30.2% 14.1%
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Preliminary yield and PASK Mar23 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK 1.08 0.3% 1.0%
PASK, SEK 0.81 11.1% 11.9%
Mar23
Punctuality (arrival 15 69.6%
min)
Regularity 97.9%
Change in total CO2 55.8%
emissions
Change in CO2 emissions 3.4%
per available seat
kilometer,
Carbon offsetting of 43.8%
passenger related emissions
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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