SAS Traffic figures – April 2023
1.9 million passengers traveled with SAS during April
1.9 million passengers traveled with SAS in April, an increase by 22 percent compared to the same period last year. RPK increased by 28 percent compared to the same period last year, and SAS’ passenger demand continued its positive trend. The flown load factor for April was 76 percent, an improvement by 5 percentage points compared to April last year.
“SAS continues to see positive demand evolution. In April, 1.9 million passengers traveled with SAS, up 22 percent compared to the same month last year. We continue to ramp up for a busy summer season and have inaugurated two new direct intercontinental routes: From Aalborg to New York and from Gothenburg to New York. We have also announced a new direct route between Copenhagen and Bangkok, which will start this autumn. Thailand and the Scandinavian countries have a long history of friendship and cooperation, and we are very proud to bring back the direct route which our customers clearly asked for ,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Apr23 | Change1 | Nov22- Apr23 | Change1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 3,441 | 20.0% | 17,495 | 21.7% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 2,607 | 27.5% | 12,582 | 42.3% |
| Load factor | 75.8% | 4.5 pp | 71.9% | 10.4 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 1,889 | 22.2% | 9,921 | 41.5% |
1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
| Geographical development, schedule | Apr23 vs. Apr22 | Nov22-Apr23 vs. Nov21-Apr22 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 43.6% | 26.1% | 76.6% | 34.0% |
| Europe/Intrascandinavia | 28.0% | 22.7% | 33.0% | 19.3% |
| Domestic | 5.9% | 6.8% | 25.3% | 12.8% |
| Preliminary yield and PASK | Apr23 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 1.00 | -2.9% | -4.2% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.76 | 3.4% | 2.1% |
| Apr23 | |||
| Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 71.3% | ||
| Regularity | 98.5% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions | 46.7% | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer, | 3.4% | ||
| Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions | 41.0% |
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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