SAS Group's January traffic figures

[sail4fun]

SAS Group's January traffic figures

· SAS Group's traffic increased by 4.8% in the first month of the year and seat capacity was up by 6.9% vs 2007.
· SAS Group carried 2.3 million passengers in January, up 4.3% vs 2007.
· Total load factor was down 1.3 p.u. to 63.1%.

Group market trends and yield development
SAS Group carried 2.3 million passengers in January that was up 4.3% vs 2007. The growth was strongest in airBaltic and Norway. The capacity was increased by 6.9%, which resulted in a lower load factor of 1.3 p.u. The Q400 has been replaced by leased aircraft with larger seat capacity, which had a negative impact on the load factor in Denmark and Sweden.
Yield for Scandinavian Airlines in December was down 4%. The yield is positively affected by active yield management and positive effects from the new commercial initiatives. The larger leased aircraft have had a negative impact on the yield. For January 2008 the change is expected to be in line with, or more positive than, the change for December 2007.

The market is characterized by good demand and passenger growth, but the Q400 replacement leases are affecting the Group's load factor negatively. It is becoming more challenging to compensate the record high jet fuel price, but the SAS Group's continued strategy is to compensate this by yield management, hedging and cost initiatives. There are still uncertainties regarding the strength of future growth as well as the competitive situation.

For further information Please contact VP, Head of SAS Group Investor Relations Sture Stølen
+ 46 8 797 1451 sture.stolen@sas.se
Homepage: www.sasgroup.net

http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/wayma...fn=wkr0003.pdf

[Redcap]

....for øvrig første månedsrapport uten Spanair....og dermed mistet SAS gruppen 10 millioner pax i året.

[LN-AFG]

SAS Internet bookings ligger rundt 39% men Norwegian melder at 9 av 10 booker online altså 90%.

Er det dårlig booking funksjon på sidene til SAS som gjør at det går trått med å få opp andelen folk som booker online hos SAS?

[storg]

SAS vil aldri selge like mye på nett som NAS. De har for mange forretningsreisende til det. Men de ville sikkert tjent på å få opp andelen over 50%.

[LN-AFG]

Er fullt klar over at det biz-nissene som trekker dette ned, men SAS hadde spart store summer på å få flere til å bestille på nettet. Med en side som er bedre tilrettelagt for bestilling tror jeg SAS kunne sett andelen nett bestillinger øke.

Vil tro uten å sjekke dette at andre store full service selskaper har vesentlig høyere andel bestillinger på nett enn det SAS kan vise til.

[sail4fun]

Originally Posted by Redcap

....for øvrig første månedsrapport uten Spanair....og dermed mistet SAS gruppen 10 millioner pax i året.

Men JK "bidro" vel med -300 i 2007 så det kan vel bli greit å focusere litt i NordEuropa ?