SAS Traffic figures – February 2024
1.7 million passengers traveled with SAS during February
1.7 million passengers traveled with SAS in February, an 8 percent increase compared with the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by 17 percent and RPK increased by 21 percent, compared with February 2023. The flown load factor for February was 73 percent.
“We continue to see a growing number of passengers choosing to travel with SAS. In February, 1.7 million passengers traveled with us, up 8 percent from last year. We are also pleased to see very stable operational performance, especially for a winter month, with regularity at 99.2 percent. We look forward to continue strengthening our position in Scandinavia as we approach the summer season,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Feb24 | Change1 | Nov23- Feb24 | Change 1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 3,022 | 16.9% | 12,146 | 11.1% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 2,216 | 21.1% | 8,769 | 15.2% |
| Load factor | 73.3% | 2.5 pp | 72.2% | 2.6 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 1,676 | 7.8% | 6,530 | 6.7% |
1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
| Geographical development, schedule | Feb24 vs. Feb23 | Nov23-Feb24 vs. Nov22-Feb23 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 34.6% | 23.3% | 20.8% | 15.8% |
| Europe/Intra-Scandinavia | 23.0% | 19.8% | 18.4% | 13.9% |
| Domestic | -1.2% | -0.7% | -0.5% | -4.3% |
| Preliminary yield and PASK | Feb24 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 1.00 | -6.7% | -5.1% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.73 | -3.0% | -1.3% |
| Feb24 | |||
| Punctuality (departure 15 min) | 82.0% | ||
| Regularity | 99.2% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions | 20.6% | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer | -0.4% |
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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