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SAS — Earnings Release 2023
Sep 7, 2023
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SAS Traffic figures - August 2023
SAS Traffic figures - August 2023
2.3 million passengers traveled with SAS during August
2.3 million passengers traveled with SAS in August, a 22 percent increase
compared with the same month last year. SAS' capacity increased 16 percent and
RPK increased 17 percent, compared with the same month last year. The flown load
factor for August was 79 percent.
"SAS concludes a busy summer season with 7.1 million passengers during June,
July and August combined. The number of passengers in August increased 22
percent compared with the same month last year. We worked hard to ramp up for
the summer season and we are pleased to see the strong demand and high passenger
numbers. We continue to see healthy demand for travel, and we will increase
capacity for the winter season too," says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of
SAS.
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SAS total traffic Aug23 Change[1] Nov22- Aug23 Change [1]
(scheduled and
charter)
ASK (Mill.) 4,262 16.4% 34,410 25.8%
RPK (Mill.) 3,360 16.6% 26,252 38.5%
Load factor 78.8% 0.1 pp 76,3% 7.0 pp
No. of passengers 2,258 22.0% 19,153 37.2%
(000)
[1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical Aug23 Nov22
development, vs. -Aug23
schedule Aug22 vs.
Nov21
-Aug22
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental 7.9% 19.9% 56.8% 38.2%
Europe/Intra 29.6% 24.0% 35.0% 24.8%
-Scandinavia
Domestic 16.4% 5.3% 25.7% 15.1%
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Preliminary yield and PASK Aug23 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK 1.06 6.7% 2.6%
PASK, SEK 0.82 6.3% 2.2%
Aug23
Punctuality (arrival 15 75%
min)
Regularity 99.1%
Change in total CO\2 32%
\emissions
Change in CO\2 \emissions 1.7%
per available seat
kilometer
Carbon offsetting of 33.8%
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 CO\2 \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 CO\2\ emissions in total and per
Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) to align with our overall goal to reduce our
total CO\2\ emissions by 25% by 2025, compared to 2005.
For further information, please contact:
SAS press office, +46 8 797 29 44
SAS, Scandinavia's leading airline, with main hubs in Copenhagen, Oslo and
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
aviation fuel, investing in new fuel-efficient aircraft and technology
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.
SAS is a founding member of the Star AllianceT, and together with its partner
airlines offers a wide network worldwide. Learn more at https://www.sasgroup.net
This is information that SAS AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU
Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through
the agency of Erno Hildén, at 11:00 a.m. CEST on September 7, 2023.