2.5 million passengers traveled with SAS during July
2.5 million passengers traveled with SAS in July, a 5 percent increase compared
with the same month last year. SAS' capacity increased by 4 percent and RPK
increased by 6 percent, compared with July 2023. The flown load factor for July
was 87 percent.
"We are pleased to see a continued increase in passenger volumes and a
regularity rate of 99.3 percent in July. The load factor exceeded 87 percent,
which marks one of SAS' best months historically in terms of load factor. This
month, we also announced broad partnership agreements with our future SkyTeam
partner, Air France-KLM. This partnership will improve our connectivity and
offer additional benefits to our loyal customers from September 1," says Anko
van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
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SAS total traffic Jul24 Change[1] Nov23- Jul24 Change [1]
(scheduled and
charter)
ASK (Mill.) 5,066 4.0% 32,874 9.0%
RPK (Mill.) 4,429 6.0% 25,588 11.8%
Load factor 87.4% 1.7 pp 77.8% 1.9 pp
No. of passengers 2,535 5.0% 17,989 6.5%
(000)
[1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical Jul24 Nov23
development, vs. -Jul24
schedule Jul23 vs.
Nov22
-Jul23
RPK ASK RPK ASK
Intercontinental 6.8% 5.0% 13.2% 9.7%
Europe/Intra 13.3% 9.9% 17.9% 14.8%
-Scandinavia
Domestic -8.6% -11.1% -3.9% -6.6%
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Preliminary yield and PASK Jul24 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK 1.00 -3.3% -1.3%
PASK, SEK 0.87 -0.7% 1.3%
Jul24
Punctuality (departure 15 75.4%
min)
Regularity 99.3%
Change in total CO2 9.7%
emissions
Change in CO2 emissions -2.2%
per available seat
kilometer
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
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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