SAS Traffic figures - January 2022
Ramp-up was slowed down by Omicron in January
In January 760,000 passengers traveled with SAS, an increase of 170% compared to the same month last year. SAS’ capacity also increased by approximately 170% compared with the same period last year. In comparison with last month, the total number of passengers decreased with almost 25% and capacity was reduced by almost 10%. The flown load factor for January was 49%, an improvement of 19 percentage points compared to January last year.
“It will come as no surprise that Omicron had an impact on customer demand during the month, with additional travel restrictions being imposed on our core markets. The overall operational environment was also negatively affected due to increased sickness rates. Winter is in general a slower season and the industry still faces uncertainties regarding the development of the pandemic and SAS must continue to respond to changes in demand. However, our longer-term outlook is that we see the demand for travel increase as restrictions ease," says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
| SAS scheduled traffic | Jan21 | Change1 | Nov21- Jan22 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 2,063 | 157.6% | 6,745 | 145.4% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 982 | 309.8% | 3,712 | 361.5% |
| Passenger load factor | 47.6% | 17.7pp | 55.0% | 25.8 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 724 | 158.5% | 3,010 | 201.5% |
| Geographical development, schedule | Jan22 vs. Jan21 | Nov21- Jan22 vs. Nov20-Jan21 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 944.5% | 207.6% | 989.0% | 179.2% |
| Europe/Intrascandinavia | 361.6% | 262.4% | 497.2% | 292.5% |
| Domestic | 84.0% | 35.7% | 102.4% | 23.4% |
| SAS charter traffic | Jan22 | Change1 | Nov21- Jan22 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 151 | 2,088.6% | 327 | 1,492.0% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 103 | 3,723.5% | 241 | 2,975.5% |
| Load factor | 68.0% | 29.1 pp | 73.6% | 35.5 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 34 | 4,704.1% | 72 | 3,200.8% |
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Jan22 | Change1 | Nov21- Jan22 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 2,214 | 174.1% | 7,072 | 155.4% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 1,085 | 347.7% | 3,953 | 386.8% |
| Load factor | 49.0% | 19.0 pp | 55.9% | 26.6 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 758 | 169.9% | 3,082 | 208.0% |
1 Change compared to same period last year, p p = percentage points
| Preliminary yield and PASK | Jan22 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 0.85 | -29.1% | -27.4% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.40 | 12.8% | 15.5% |
| Jan22 | |||
| Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 75.2% | ||
| Regularity | 97.1% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions | 35.2% | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer, | -8.9% | ||
| Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions | 42.8% |
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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This is information that SAS AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication by Louise Bergström at 11:00 a.m. CET on 7 February 2022.