1.6 million passengers traveled with SAS during December

1.6 million passengers traveled with SAS in December, a 6 percent increase compared with the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by almost 12 percent and RPK increased by 14 percent, compared to December 2022.

“1.6 million passengers traveled with SAS in December, which represents a passenger volume increase of 6 percent compared to last year. In December, Skellefteå City Airport became the first individual airport in Sweden to join SAS’s Corporate Sustainability program, and we hope this partnership will inspire other companies to join and be part of the journey to transform aviation for generations to come. SAS is also expanding its flight offerings and increasing capacity in the summer traffic program. This summer, SAS will fly to over 130 destinations in more than 40 countries, with added frequencies to popular destinations in Europe, North America and Asia and nine new destinations in Europe,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS

SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter)
Dec23
Change1
Nov23- Dec23
Change 1

ASK (Mill.)
3,027
11.5%
6,292
11.4%

RPK (Mill.)
2,219
14.1%
4,570
15.4%

Load factor
73.3%
1.6 pp
72.6%
2.5 pp

No. of passengers (000)
1,564
6.4%
3,404
8.5%

1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points

Geographical development, schedule
Dec23           vs.          Dec22
Nov23-Dec23   vs.   Nov22-Dec22

RPK
ASK
RPK
ASK

Intercontinental
13.8%
14.9%
17.8%
13.8%

Europe/Intra-Scandinavia
21.5%
17.2%
21.0%
16.6%

Domestic
-2.0%
-9.5%
1.0%
-4.8%

Preliminary yield and PASK
Dec23
Nominal change1
FX adjusted change

Yield, SEK
1.02
-0.1%
0.9%

PASK, SEK
0.74
2.3%
3.4%

Dec23

Punctuality (arrival 15 min)

63.1%

Regularity

98.5%

Change in total CO2 emissions

23.5%

Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer

1.7%

Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions

40.5%

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
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 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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