2.3 million passengers traveled with SAS during September
2.3 million passengers traveled with SAS in September, a 17 percent increase
compared with the same month last year. SAS' capacity increased 18 percent and
RPK increased 18 percent, compared with the same month last year. The flown load
factor for September was 78 percent.
"We are pleased to see a continued strong demand for travel. 2.3 million
passengers traveled with SAS in September, up 17 percent from the same month
last year. September also came with other good news for SAS, as we won a Red Dot
Award for our redesigned app and earned a five-star rating in the 2023 global
APEX customer ranking. Both achievements are a result of our hard work to
continue building Scandinavia's leading airline" says Anko van der Werff,
President & CEO of SAS
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SAS total traffic Sep23 Change[1] Nov22- Sep23 Change [1]
(scheduled and
charter)
ASK (Mill.) 4,108 17.6% 38,518 24.9%
RPK (Mill.) 3,214 18.1% 29,466 35.9%
Load factor 78.2% 0.3 pp 76.5% 6.2 pp
No. of passengers 2,324 17.4% 21,476 34.7%
(000)
[1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical Sep23 Nov22
development, vs. -Sep23
schedule Sep22 vs.
Nov21
-Sep22
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental 15.1% 17.4% 50.8% 35.7%
Europe/Intra 26.5% 27.2% 34.1% 25.0%
-Scandinavia
Domestic 12.0% 4.6% 24.1% 13.9%
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Preliminary yield and PASK Sep23 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK 1.10 -1.2% -2.9%
PASK, SEK 0.84 -0.9% -2.6%
Sep23
Punctuality (arrival 15 76.8%
min)
Regularity 99.0%
Change in total CO2 26.8%
emissions
Change in CO2 emissions 1.7%
per available seat
kilometer
Carbon offsetting of 43.7%
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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Stockholm, flies to destinations in Europe, USA and Asia. Spurred by a
Scandinavian heritage and sustainability values, SAS aims to be the driving
force in sustainable aviation and in the transition toward net zero emissions.
We are continuously reducing our carbon emissions through using more sustainable
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innovation together with partners - thereby contributing towards the industry
target of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. In addition to flight operations, SAS
offers ground handling services, technical maintenance and air cargo services.
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