SAS Traffic figures – July 2024
2.5 million passengers traveled with SAS during July
2.5 million passengers traveled with SAS in July, a 5 percent increase compared with the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by 4 percent and RPK increased by 6 percent, compared with July 2023. The flown load factor for July was 87 percent.
“We are pleased to see a continued increase in passenger volumes and a regularity rate of 99.3 percent in July. The load factor exceeded 87 percent, which marks one of SAS’ best months historically in terms of load factor. This month, we also announced broad partnership agreements with our future SkyTeam partner, Air France-KLM. This partnership will improve our connectivity and offer additional benefits to our loyal customers from September 1,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
| SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Jul24 | Change1 | Nov23- Jul24 | Change 1 |
| ASK (Mill.) | 5,066 | 4.0% | 32,874 | 9.0% |
| RPK (Mill.) | 4,429 | 6.0% | 25,588 | 11.8% |
| Load factor | 87.4% | 1.7 pp | 77.8% | 1.9 pp |
| No. of passengers (000) | 2,535 | 5.0% | 17,989 | 6.5% |
1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
| Geographical development, schedule | Jul24 vs. Jul23 | Nov23-Jul24 vs. Nov22-Jul23 | ||
| RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
| Intercontinental | 6.8% | 5.0% | 13.2% | 9.7% |
| Europe/Intra-Scandinavia | 13.3% | 9.9% | 17.9% | 14.8% |
| Domestic | -8.6% | -11.1% | -3.9% | -6.6% |
| Preliminary yield and PASK | Jul24 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
| Yield, SEK | 1.00 | -3.3% | -1.3% |
| PASK, SEK | 0.87 | -0.7% | 1.3% |
| Jul24 | |||
| Punctuality (departure 15 min) | 75.4% | ||
| Regularity | 99.3% | ||
| Change in total CO2 emissions | 9.7% | ||
| Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer | -2.2% |
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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