Trafikktall mai 2010: Positive tendenser

[FlightDeck]

SAS har offentliggjort trafikktall for mai 2010. Merk at yieldtallene gjelder for april.

The SAS Group Traffic figures May 2010

SAS Group's May 2010 traffic figures

· SAS Group's traffic (RPK) increased by 4% during May while seat capacity (ASK) was down 1.6% vs same period in 2009.
· SAS Group carried 2.3 million passengers in May, an increase by 2.4% vs. same period in 2009.
· The passenger load factor was record high for a May month and reached 75.6%, up 4.1 p.u. vs 2009.

Group market trends and yield development

The currency adjusted yield for Scandinavian Airlines in April 2010 was down by 6.6%. Due to the negative load factor in April following the closure of the traffic due to the ash cloud, RASK was down by 11.8%. The yield outlook for May indicate yield (change) better or in line with April. The market continues to be unpredictable but signs of recovery are seen in particular on Asian routes, some US routes and selected European routes, however the uncertainty still remains in particular on the yield development going forward.

The implementation of the Core SAS strategy including cost saving initiatives is on track.

SAS Group Product and network update

· SAS automated services is a significant service element in irregularity situations. SAS sent almost 300 000 SMS during the ash cloud period.
· To increase simplicity for passengers in accessing SAS popular Fast Track, SAS is introducing a new Self Service lane in Fast Track Security at Stockholm-Arlanda airport.

Scandinavian Airlines

· Total number of passengers was 2.0 million during May, up 2.4% vs last year.
· The traffic increased by 3% while capacity was down 3.1%
· The load factor increased by 4.5 p.u. to 76.5% also a record high load factor

The intercontinental traffic grew by 10.9% in May with record high load factor in May of 88.9%. Traffic increased 20% on Asia and by 6% on the USA market. Business Class to/from Asia increased by over 50%. On European routes, the capacity was down by 6.8% which resulted in a decrease in traffic by 2.8%, but with 3 p.u. improved load factor. Traffic on the intrascandinavian routes grew by 7.1% in May combined with improved load factors. Norwegian domestic traffic decreased during May by 2.4%, negatively affected by fierce competition. The Swedish domestic traffic increased 7.2%.

Widerøe and Blue1's traffic development

Widerøe carried 167,000 passengers in May, down 3.2% vs last year. The negative development was mainly a result of a 3 day closure of the company's routes to/from UK and 1 day when a large amount of the domestic network was cancelled as a consequence of the ash cloud.

Blue1's traffic increased by 25.1% during May, particularly driven by strong growth on European routes. The total load factor improved by 2.8 p.u. to 69.5% with strongest performance on Finnish domestic routes. The number of passengers increased by 10.4% to 146,000.

Se hele rapporten for alle nøkkeltall: http://feed.ne.cision.com/wpyfs/00/0...25/wkr0005.pdf

[FlightDeck]

Pressemelding fra SAS:

SAS flygplan rekordfyllda i maj

SAS koncernens trafiktal för maj 2010:

Den positiva trenden med förbättrad kabinfaktor och ökande trafik fortsatte i maj vilket ledde till den bästa maj månaden under 2000-talet, sett till kabinfaktorn som var 75,6%. 2,3 miljoner passagerare flög under månaden med SAS och bidrog till en trafikökning med 4,0%.

Främst är det den interkontinentala trafiken som driver den positiva utvecklingen, men även Europa visar god kabinfaktorutveckling. Det är framförallt affärsresenärerna som ökat sitt resande, vilket bland annat avspeglas i en ökning med över 50% i Business class till Asien. Tecken på återhämtning finns även på några av inrikesmarknaderna, men utvecklingen är fortsatt oberäknelig och osäkerhet kvarstår framförallt när det gäller yieldutvecklingen.

Prognosen för yieldutvecklingen, vilken är ett mått på det genomsnittliga biljettpriset, visar att den kommer vara under något mindre eller samma press under maj som under april. Utfallet i april var 6,6% lägre yield än samma period föregående år. April var dock en extraordinär månad med stora trafikstörningar orsakade av det stängda luftrummet på grund av askmolnet. I samband med detta arbetade SAS personal intensivt med att ta hand om och informera drabbade passagerare. Bland annat skickades nära 300 000 SMS med trafikinformation, och SAS Facebook kanal var bemannad dygnet runt.

- Det glädjer mig att se trafiktalens utveckling, och framförallt kabinfaktorn som visar att marknadsförutsättningarna successivt förbättras. Vår hantering av trafikstörningarna i samband med askmolnet visar också på skillnaden i service och information mellan olika flygbolag, säger Mats Jansson, SAS VD och koncernchef.

[Tommy777]

Det er jo positivt at man har en såpass god økning og at man har bedre kontroll på kapasitet. I tillegg er det jo hyggelig å se at intercont gjør det bedre, særlig business trafikken. Merkelig det derre at etter en økonomisk vanskelig periode kommer en bedre periode (who would have thought :rolleyes. Synd at man har kvittet seg med to fly slik at intercont nå bare er en lekebutikk. Man taper fortsatt i Norge, Norwegian stjeler fortsatt mye og sammenlignet med DY er jo tallene her ett sorgens kapittel, men isolert sett virker det som at man har fått butikken under kontroll og kan se fremover.

La oss håpe at det er ett mer aggresivt SAS man vil se i tiden fremover