2.5 million passengers traveled with SAS during June

13.07.2024 - 07:29 / traveldailynews.com / Theodore Koumelis

SAS reported a 3% increase in passengers in June, inaugurated a new Atlanta route, and launched a debit card partnership with Lunar.

2.5 million passengers traveled with SAS in June, a 3 percent increase compared with the same month last year. SAS’ capacity increased by 8 percent and RPK increased by 8 percent, compared with June 2023. The flown load factor for June was 81 percent.

“We are pleased to enter the summer season with increasing passenger volumes and a strong regularity of 99.1 percent. In June, we also inaugurated a new route to Atlanta and launched a new partnership with the digital challenger bank Lunar, which means we are launching Scandinavia’s first debit card that can be used to earn EuroBonus points,” says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO of SAS.

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

Definitions:
RPK – Revenue passenger kilometers
ASK – Available seat kilometers
Load factor – RPK/ASK
Yield – Passenger revenues/RPK (scheduled)
PASK – Passenger revenues/ASK (scheduled)
Change in CO₂ emissions per available seat kilometers – SAS passenger related carbon emissions divided with total available seat kilometers (incl non-revenue and EuroBonus tickets), rolling 12 months vs rolling 12 months previous year

From fiscal year 2020 the airline 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.

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