15 March, 2024
SAS and the Norwegian armed forces signs new agreement for strategic evacuation
14 February, 2024
Destination Unknown proves to be popular for SAS
12 February, 2024
SAS gets Equinor contract for another three years
31 January, 2024
Airbus, Avinor, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall pave the way for hydrogen aviation in Sweden and Norway
27 January, 2024
Another new Airbus jet for SAS
ACG specializes in commercial aircraft leasing and aviation finance. In addition to aircraft leasing services, we provide aircraft asset management solutions tailored to meet our customers’ fleet management needs.
09 January, 2024
1.6 million passengers traveled with SAS during December
03 January, 2024
SAS is getting ready for the summer season and will fly to over 130 destinations in more than 40 countries.
SAS is getting ready for a busy summer season with over 130 destinations in more than 40 countries.
The Scandinavian Airline SAS, currently under reconstruction and review has released details of its forthcoming summer schedule.
From Copenhagen there will be direct flights to Ibiza, Salzburg, Genoa, Tromsø and the Dalaman/Turquoise coast in Turkey. From Bergen SAS will start flights to London and from Oslo to Geneva, Milan and Tivat at the coast of Montenegro.
Erik Westman, Chief Revenue Officer at SAS said: “In addition to seamless connectivity to major cities and capitals, our summer traffic program offers new holiday destinations like Ibiza, Genoa, and Tivat. For those seeking familiar favorites, we've boosted capacity to destinations such as Malaga, Florence, Palma, and Alicante. Our passengers can discover a multitude of inspiring options with SAS as they plan their upcoming summer adventures. We look forward to a busy summer and to welcoming our passengers on board”,
South European favourites
SAS is adding flights to long-time favorites in Spain and Italy from all three Scandinavian capitals. From Stockholm and Copenhagen there will be up to 20 weekly flights to Malaga and from Oslo up to 17 flights to Alicante. Milan will enjoy four daily services from Copenhagen, there will be daily flights to Florence from Copenhagen and up to 25 weekly flights to Nice.
Oslo will have 14 weekly departures to Split, and it will be possible to fly with SAS from Stockholm twice a day to Milan and Paris during peak summer. Oslo and Copenhagen also have year-round operations to another Scandinavian favorite, Gran Canaria.
North Europe
From Copenhagen there will be five daily frequencies to Düsseldorf, four daily flights to Brussels and Gdansk and three daily flights to Warsaw and Vilnius. SAS will fly from Stockholm to Tallin up to six times per day and to Vilnius three times a day. Additionally, Stockholm will increase to two daily flights to Berlin, up to six daily flights to Helsinki, and increased frequencies to both Turku and Vaasa.
Domestic and Nordics
SAS has continuous focus on domestic routes and is increasing the numbers of departures between Stockholm and Visby, Kiruna, Skellefteå, and Östersund. Furthermore, there will be up to seven daily flights from Copenhagen to Bergen during peak summer, while Oslo will feature up to two daily flights to Aalborg and four weekly flights to Billund, and increased frequencies to Northern Norway.
14 December, 2023
Aviation Capital Group confirms delivery of one Airbus A320neo to SAS
06 December, 2023
ACG deliver the 6th of 10 Airbus jets to SAS
28 November, 2023
Aviation Capital Group delivers an Airbus A320neo to SAS
11 October, 2023
SAS names Mads Brandstrup as new Senior Vice President Communications and Public Affairs
05 October, 2023
Air France-KLM to team up with SAS through equity and commercial cooperation
Air France-KLM to team up with SAS AB through equity and commercial cooperation
Air France-KLM to take up to a maximum 19.9% non-controlling stake in the share capital of the reorganized SAS AB, subject to approvals and conditions.
Air France-KLM ambitions to enhance the Group’s footprint in Scandinavian markets through a commercial cooperation between its airlines and SAS AB.
SAS reaches major milestone in SAS FORWARD – announces the winning consortium, including details of the transaction structure
30 September, 2023
The last Boeing 737 flight for SAS set for 19th November.
05 September, 2023
SAS names Ginger Hughes as new Chief Transformation Officer and Paul Verhagen as new Chief Commercial Officer.
SAS appoints Ginger Hughes as Chief Transformation Officer. Hughes brings a lot of experience from her advisory role at Seabury, where she has guided SAS through the Chapter 11 process for over a year.
Hughes assumed her role on September 1st 2023.
Verhagen assumed his role on August 14th, 2023.
03 September, 2023
Aviation Capital Group delivers a new Airbus A320neo to SAS
Aviation Capital Group LLC has announced the delivery of one new Airbus A320neo aircraft on long-term lease to Scandinavian Airlines (“SAS”). Featuring CFM International LEAP-1A engines, this is the fourth of ten aircraft scheduled to deliver to the airline as part of a multiple-aircraft sale-leaseback transaction between ACG and SAS.
08 August, 2023
2.4 million passengers travelled with SAS in July
“The summer season continued with another busy month for SAS. 2.4 million passengers travelled with SAS in July, the highest passenger figure since before the pandemic. We are pleased to see the positive trend for passenger demand, with continued booking strength throughout the month of July”, says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.
SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter) | Jul23 | Change1 | Nov22- Jul23 | Change1 | |
ASK (Mill.) | 4,872 | 84.1% | 30,148 | 27.3% | |
RPK (Mill.) | 4,177 | 92.1% | 22,892 | 42.4% | |
Load factor | 85.7% | 3.5 pp | 75.9% | 8.1 pp | |
No. of passengers (000) | 2,415 | 82.3% | 16,894 | 39.5% |
1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points
Geographical development, schedule | Jul23 vs. Jul22 | Nov22-Jul23 vs. Nov21-Jul22 | ||
RPK | ASK | RPK | ASK | |
Intercontinental | 145.9% | 161.2% | 67.6% | 41.1% |
Europe/Intrascandinavia | 73.5% | 69.3% | 35.9% | 24.9% |
Domestic | 118.6% | 88.2% | 26.9% | 16.3% |
Preliminary yield and PASK | Jul23 | Nominal change1 | FX adjusted change |
Yield, SEK | 1.03 | -1.6% | -5.5% |
PASK, SEK | 0.87 | 0.1% | -3.8% |
Jul23 | |||
Punctuality (arrival 15 min) | 62.6% | ||
Regularity | 97.5% | ||
Change in total CO2 emissions | 35.6% | ||
Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometre | 1.9% | ||
Carbon offsetting of passenger-related emissions | 34.6% |
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.