1.6 million passengers traveled with SAS during December

1.6 million passengers travelled with SAS in December, a 6 percent increase compared with the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by almost 12 percent and RPK increased by 14 percent, compared to December 2022. The flown load factor for December was 73 percent.

“1.6 million passengers travelled with SAS in December, which represents a passenger volume increase of 6 percent compared to last year. In December, Skellefteå City Airport became the first individual airport in Sweden to join SAS’s Corporate Sustainability program, and we hope this partnership will inspire other companies to join and be part of the journey to transform aviation for generations to come. SAS is also expanding its flight offerings and increasing capacity in the summer traffic program. This summer, SAS will fly to over 130 destinations in more than 40 countries, with added frequencies to popular destinations in Europe, North America and Asia and nine new destinations in Europe,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS

SAS total traffic (scheduled and charter)	Dec23	Change1	Nov23- Dec23	Change 1
ASK (Mill.)	3,027	11.5%	6,292	11.4%
RPK (Mill.)	2,219	14.1%	4,570	15.4%
Load factor	73.3%	1.6 pp	72.6%	2.5 pp
No. of passengers (000)	1,564	6.4%	3,404	8.5%

1 Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points

Geographical development, schedule	Dec23           vs.          Dec22		Nov23-Dec23   vs.   Nov22-Dec22
	RPK	ASK	RPK	ASK
Intercontinental	13.8%	14.9%	17.8%	13.8%
Europe/Intra-Scandinavia	21.5%	17.2%	21.0%	16.6%
Domestic	-2.0%	-9.5%	1.0%	-4.8%

Preliminary yield and PASK	Dec23	Nominal change1	FX adjusted change
Yield, SEK	1.02	-0.1%	0.9%
PASK, SEK	0.74	2.3%	3.4%
			Dec23
Punctuality (arrival 15 min)			63.1%
Regularity			98.5%
Change in total CO2 emissions			23.5%
Change in CO2 emissions per available seat kilometer			1.7%
Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions			40.5%