In October, 1.93 million passengers traveled with SAS, an increase of approximately 38% compared to the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by approximately 41% compared with the same period last year. In comparison with last month, the total number of passengers decreased by 3%, and capacity increased by 1%. The flown load factor for October was 75%, an improvement of 13 percentage points compared to October last year.
“We are pleased that we had almost 2 million passengers flying with us in October, a healthy number despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. We continue to make progress in our chapter 11-process in the U.S. We recently announced that we have reached agreements with additional lessors to amend existing aircraft and equipment lease agreements, which will result in cost-savings, and which represents another step towards reaching our targets in the SAS FORWARD plan”, says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
| SAS scheduled traffic | Oct22 | Change1 | Nov21- Oct22 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 3,237 | 36.6% | 31,688 | 91.1% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 2,365 | 65.9% | 22,058 | 184.7% |
| Passenger load factor | 73.1% | +12.9 pp | 69.6% | +22.9 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 1,834 | 36.0% | 17,029 | 130.7% |
| Geographical development, schedule | Oct22 vs. Oct21 | Nov21- Oct22 vs. Nov20-Oct21 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 520.2% | 97.1% | 577.8% | 120.5% |
| Europe/Intrascandinavia | 20.0% | 16.2% | 155.9% | 113.5% |
| Domestic | 17.3% | 20.7% | 64.8% | 28.1% |
| SAS charter traffic | Oct22 | Change1 | Nov21- Oct22 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 295 | 110.3% | 2,683 | 302.2% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 272 | 124.5% | 2,259 | 344.7% |
| Load factor | 92.2% | +5.8 pp | 84.2% | +8.1 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 94 | 107.6% | 839 | 309.6% |
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Oct22 | Change1 | Nov21- Oct22 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 3,531 | 40.7% | 34,371 | 99.2% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 2,637 | 70.5% | 24,317 | 194.5% |
| Load factor | 74.7% | +13.0 pp | 70.7% | +22.9 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 1,929 | 38.4% | 17,868 | 135.6% |
1Â Change compared to the same period last year, pp = percentage points
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| Preliminary yield and PASK | Oct22 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 1.09 | -1.4% | -6.1% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.80 | 19.7% | 14.0% |
| Oct22 | |||
| Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 77.4% | ||
| Regularity | 98.3% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions | 101.2 % | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer | 1.8% | ||
| Carbon offsetting of passenger-related emissions | 39.2% |
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 by total available seat kilometers (incl non-revenue and EuroBonus tickets), rolling 12 months vs rolling 12 months the 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
