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SAS Earnings Release 2019

May 8, 2019

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Scandinavian Airlines 195 87 Stockholm Telephone: +46 8-797 0000 Fax: +46 8-797 1515 www.sasgroup.net

Weak April traffic figures due to pilot strike

Over 2 800 flights were canceled and nearly 270 000 customers were affected during the first five days of the pilot strike, resulting in weak traffic figures in April.

SAS scheduled traffic Apr19 Change1 Nov18-Apr19 Change1
ASK (Mill.) 3 662 -14.9% 21 893 -2.9%
RPK (Mill.) 2 725 -12.8% 15 116 -3.1%
Passenger load factor 74.4% +1.7 p.p. 69.0% -0.1 p.p.
No. of passengers (000) 2 156 -14.5% 12 619 -2.2%
Geographical development, schedule Apr19 vs. Apr18 Nov18-Apr19 vs.
Nov17-Apr18
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental -14.3% -17.4% -2.5% -4.5%
Europe/Intrascandinavia -10.7% -12.0% -4.7% -3.3%
Domestic -15.5% -18.0% -0.4% 1.2%
SAS charter traffic Apr19 Change1 Nov18-Apr19 Change1
ASK (Mill.) 141 60.0% 1 026 24.1%
RPK (Mill.) 121 51.8% 932 20.5%
Load factor 86.1% -4.6 p.p. 90.9% -2.7 p.p.
No. of passengers (000) 38 40.0% 301 15.7%
SAS total traffic Apr19 Change1 Nov18-Apr19 Change1
ASK (Mill.) 3 802 -13.4% 22 919 -2.0%
RPK (Mill.) 2 846 -11.2% 16 048 -2.0%
Load factor 74.8% +1.8 p.p. 70.0% -0.0 p.p.
No. of passengers (000) 2 194 -13.9% 12 920 1.8%

1 Change compared to same period last year.

p.p. = percentage points

Scandinavian Airlines

195 87 Stockholm Telephone: +46 8-797 0000 Fax: +46 8-797 1515 www.sasgroup.net

Preliminary yield and PASK Apr
2019
Nominal
change
FX adjusted
change
Yield, SEK 0.98 +8.3% +6.1%
PASK, SEK 0.73 +10.9% +8.6%
Apr 2019
Punctuality (arrival 15 min) 86.3%
Regularity 88.4%

Definitions:

RPK – Revenue passenger kilometers ASK – Available passenger kilometers Load factor – RPK/ASK Yield – Passenger revenues/RPK (scheduled) PASK – Passenger revenues/ASK (scheduled)