SAS Traffic figures – October 2023
2.2 million passengers traveled with SAS during October
2.2 million passengers traveled with SAS in October, a 14 percent increase compared with the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased 15 percent and RPK increased 17 percent, compared with the same month last year. The flown load factor for October was 76 percent.
“Healthy demand for travel continued in October, with 2.2 million passengers traveling with SAS. But the even bigger and more important news is that we have reached a key milestone in our SAS FORWARD plan by entering into an investment agreement with the winning bidder consortium of SAS’ exit financing solicitation process. The investment shows that our new investors believe in SAS and our potential to remain at the forefront of the airline industry for years to come,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Oct23 | Change1 | Nov22- Oct23 | Change 1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 4,047 | 14.6% | 42,566 | 23.8% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 3,087 | 17.1% | 32,553 | 33.9% |
| Load factor | 76.3% | 1.6 pp | 76.5% | 5.7 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 2,205 | 14.3% | 23,681 | 32.5% |
1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
| Geographical development, schedule | Oct23 vs. Oct22 | Nov22-Oct23 vs. Nov21-Oct22 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 27.2% | 16.2% | 48.1% | 33.6% |
| Europe/Intra-Scandinavia | 20.1% | 23.3% | 32.6% | 24.9% |
| Domestic | 11.1% | 5.1% | 22.9% | 13.0% |
| Preliminary yield and PASK | Oct23 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 1.07 | -1.5% | -2.8% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.81 | 1.6% | 0.2% |
| Oct23 | |||
| Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 78.4% | ||
| Regularity | 98.5% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions | 24.0% | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer | 1.7% | ||
| Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions | 39.0% |
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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