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SAS — Earnings Release 2014
May 8, 2014
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Scandinavian Airlines 195 87 Stockholm Telephone: +46 8-797 0000 Fax: +46 8-797 1515
SAS traffic figures April 2014
- • SAS carried 2.4 million scheduled passengers in April, up 9.2%.
- The scheduled traffic (RPK) increased by 13.7%.
- The scheduled capacity (ASK) was up by 1.2%.
- The scheduled load factor decreased by 8.6 p.u. to 78.6%.
- • The yield and PASK were down 5.2% and 9.7% respectively in March and currency adjusted down 5.3% and 9.8%.
Market trends, PASK and yield development
The capacity within the Scandinavian market has grown by more than 5% during the past six months, partly due to more airlines shifting capacity to the Scandinavian market. For SAS, this means that yield and PASK had weaker development than expected during the second quarter. In March, SAS' currency-adjusted yield and PASK fell by 5.3% and 9.8% respectively. In April, the load factor improved significantly but the yield remained low and PASK was thus weak. In addition, other revenues have had a negative development.
A large number of activities were initiated during the quarter to strengthen the revenue. Already during April, this generated a concrete result in the form of more passengers and an improved load factor.
SAS scheduled traffic development
SAS increased its scheduled capacity by 1.2% in April 2014 versus last year. The capacity was seasonally adjusted in April 2014 as a result of the Easter holiday.
The growth in April 2014 was strongest on the European/Instrascandinavian routes with an increase of 24% and with the strongest performance on routes to/from Sweden. Traffic on Intercontinental routes increased 9.9% with increasing load factors on both SAS' Asian and USA routes. On domestic routes, traffic was down 5.2% as a result of capacity adjustments due to the Easter holiday.
SAS scheduled capacity increase for the financial year 2013/14 is expected to be up approximately 3- 4%.
Product and news update
- SAS is simplifying its baggage concept and introduces price cuts for additional baggage.
- SAS is increasing frequencies to San Francisco, Chicago and New York.
| SAS total traffic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (schedule and charter) | Apr 14 | Change | Nov-Apr 14 | Change |
| ASK (Mill.) | 3 728 | 2,7% | 19 737 | 3,4% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 2 957 | 15,1% | 13 953 | 2,9% |
| Passenger load factor | 79,3% | +8,5 p u | 70,7% | -0,3 p u |
| No. of passengers (Mill.) | 2,477 | 9,7% | 12,240 | 2,6% |
| SAS scheduled traffic | Apr 14 | Change | Nov-Apr 14 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASK (Mill.) | 3 535 | 1,2% | 18 326 | 3,8% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 2 778 | 13,7% | 12 649 | 3,7% |
| Passenger load factor | 78,6% | +8,6 p u | 69,0% | -0,1 p u |
| No. of passengers (Mill.) | 2,425 | 9,2% | 11,851 | 2,7% |
| Geographical | Apr 14 vs Apr 13 | Nov-Apr 14 vs. Nov-Apr 13 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| development, schedule | RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK |
| Intercontinental | 9,9% | 3,3% | 3,3% | 4,3% |
| Europe/Intrascandinavia Domestic |
24,0% -5,2% |
3,7% -8,4% |
5,3% 0,5% |
3,6% 3,9% |
| SAS charter traffic | Apr 14 | Change | Nov-Apr 14 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASK (Mill.) | 193 | 40,6% | 1 411 | -2,3% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 179 | 43,0% | 1 304 | -3,5% |
| Passenger load factor | 92,6% | +1,5 p u | 92,4% | -1,2 p u |
| No. of passengers (Mill.) | 0,052 | 39,6% | 0,389 | -1,1% |
| Yield, PASK and punctuality | Mar 2014 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Yield (change is currency adjusted), SEK |
0.97 | -5.3% |
| PASK (change is currency adjusted), | ||
| SEK | 0.68 | -9.8% |
| Apr 2014 | ||
| Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 92.2% | |
| Regularity | 99.3% |
SAS' definitions:
RPK – Revenue passenger kilometers
ASK – Available passenger kilometers
Load factor – RPK/ASK
Yield – Passenger revenues/RPK (scheduled) PASK – Passenger revenues/ASK (scheduled)
RASK – Total traffic revenues/total ASK (scheduled+charter)