2.2 million passengers traveled with SAS in May, an increase by 19 percent
compared to the same period last year. SAS' capacity increased 17 percent and
RPK increased by 26 percent, compared to the same period last year. The flown
load factor for May was 77 percent, an improvement by almost 6 percentage points
compared to May last year.
"We are pleased to see that the demand for travel continues to increase. 2.2
million passengers traveled with SAS in May, up 19 percent compared to the same
month last year. We have ramped up to meet the increased demand for the summer
season, and we look forward to welcoming our passengers on board. Over the past
couple of months, Air Traffic Control capacity issues in Copenhagen have caused
considerable problems for airlines, airports and, not the least, our passengers.
We expect all parties to take their responsibilities and make sure our
passengers can travel where they want and when they want this summer. We will
seek compensation for the irregularity costs caused by the situation", says Anko
van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
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SAS total traffic May23 Change[1] Nov22- May23 Change[1]
(scheduled and
charter)
ASK (Mill.) 3,777 16.9% 21,272 20.8%
RPK (Mill.) 2,913 26.3% 15,495 39.0%
Load factor 77.1% 5.7 pp 72.8% 9.5 pp
No. of passengers 2,172 19.0% 12,093 36.8%
(000)
[1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical May23 Nov22
development, vs. -May23
schedule May22 vs.
Nov21
-May22
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental 48.5% 31.2% 70.3% 33.5%
Europe/Intrascandi 20.0% 12.3% 30.3% 18.0%
navia
Domestic 5.0% 2.9% 21.5% 11.1%
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Preliminary yield and PASK May23 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK 1.08 -1.9% -2.8%
PASK, SEK 0.83 6.4% 5.4%
May23
Punctuality (arrival 15 74.2%
min)
Regularity 98.5%
Change in total CO2 37.3%
emissions
Change in CO2 emissions 2.8%
per available seat
kilometer,
Carbon offsetting of 39.0%
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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