SAS trafikktall juni 2016

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SAS traffic figures – June 2016
July 7, 2016 11:00 / Capital market, Traffic figures / English
• Scheduled traffic (RPK) increased 7.9% and the capacity (ASK) was up 6%.
• The scheduled load factor improved by 1.5 p.u. versus last year to 81.5%.
• SAS carried 2.6 million scheduled passengers in June. Adjusted for the industrial action in Sweden, the number of passengers would have increased by about 0.1 million vs. last year.
• The preliminary currency adjusted yield and PASK were down 6% and 5% respectively in June 2016. The nominal yield and PASK were down 9% and 8% in June 2016.

Market development
Demand for long haul traffic, European leisure routes and domestic routes continues to grow. At the same time, the overall Scandinavian market capacity has increased about 6-7% year to date.

The intensified competition and lower jet fuel prices have put pressure on the yield that has declined more than anticipated in 2016. In June, traffic volumes were affected by industrial actions by SAS’s pilots in Sweden during five days. Booking levels have stabilized after the industrial action was called off.

SAS is increasing its intercontinental capacity by about 25% during fiscal year 2015/2016 through new routes and frequencies. Overall, this has resulted in a longer average stage length with subsequent effect on the yield/PASK and will contribute to an expected scheduled capacity growth of 10% during 2015/2016. Number of flights is at the same time expected to increase by about 1%.

SAS scheduled traffic development in June
SAS increased its scheduled capacity in June by 6.0% and the traffic was up by 7.9%. The overall load factor improved by 1.5 p.u. to 81.5% during the month. The stronger load factor was primarily driven by the performance on intercontinental routes and routes within Scandinavia.

SAS intercontinental traffic increased 33.8% and the capacity was up 31.7% resulting in a higher passenger load factor than last year. A record of more than 170,000 passengers travelled on SAS intercontinental routes during the month. The growth was driven by new routes to Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Boston as well as more frequencies on existing routes compared to last year. Capacity on the domestic routes was down 5.8% driven by the industrial action in Sweden and the traffic sequentially fell by 2.6%. Norwegian and Danish domestic routes grew in June with higher load factors than last year.

Hele rapporten: http://mb.cision.com/Main/290/2041311/537660.pdf

Pressemelding:

Rekordmånga resenärer på SAS långdistanslinjer i juni
July 7, 2016 11:02 / SAS News / Swedish
Under juni reste totalt 2,7 miljoner passagerare med SAS.

SAS reguljära trafik ökade med 8% i juni. Tillväxten fortsatte att vara störst på de interkontinentala linjerna till/från Asien och USA där över 170 000 resenärer flög med SAS, en ökning på drygt 30% jämfört med föregående år. Till följd av SAS kraftiga expansion på de interkontinentala linjerna ökade kapaciteten med 6%. SAS reguljära kabinfaktor ökade med 1,5 procentenheter och uppgick under månaden till 81,5%.

– Det är glädjande att vi har rekordmånga resenärer på de interkontinentala linjerna och att vår satsning på USA och Asien fortsätter utvecklas positivt. Samtliga långdistansflygplan har nu blivit uppgraderade med SAS nya och mycket uppskattade kabininteriörer som vi hoppas att många kunder ska ha glädje av framöver, säger Rickard Gustafson, VD och koncernchef i SAS.

Den preliminära valutajusterade yielden^ och PASK* var 6% respektive 5% lägre i juni 2016 än föregående år.

^ Yielden definieras som passagerarintäkter dividerat med betalda passagerarkilometer, RPK, exklusive charter. * PASK definieras som passagerarintäkter dividerat med erbjudna stolskilometer, ASK, exklusive charter.