SAS Group's June 2011 traffic figures
• SAS Group's traffic (RPK) increased by 4.6% during June and capacity (ASK) increased 3.4% vs same period.
• The passenger load factor increased by 0.9 p.u. to a record 80.6% for a June month.
• SAS Group carried 2.6 million passengers in June, up 4.9%.
Group market trends, RASK and yield development
During May 2011, currency adjusted RASK was up 3.8% and yield was up 1.7% reflecting certain effects from fuel surcharges. The development is in line with guidance. For June 2011, RASK (change vs last year) is expected to be similar to May. The underlying yield is expected to be slightly negative when excluding certain one off items.
Despite a more stable RASK and yield development in the last months, the market remains unpredictable, due to overcapacity in certain markets and high jet fuel prices. Scandinavian Airlines is continuously improving its customer offering, that is also reflected in our customer satisfaction index. The implementation of the cost saving program is on track.
SAS Group product and news update
• As the first airline in the world, SAS has received IATA’s ”Fast Travel Award” at Copenhagen airport offering a complete chain of self service product such as customers kiosk check-in, rebooking and document control, automated boarding and delayed baggage reports. SAS will continue to develop its product with new services such as NFC (Near Field Communication) to achieve automated passenger identification for our Eurobonus customers.
• In June SAS confirmed an order of 30 Airbus A320neo and options for further 11 aircraft.
Scandinavian Airlines’ traffic development
• Number of passengers increased by 2.8% to 2.1 million.
• Traffic increased 4.3% and capacity was up 2.7%.
• The load factor was up 1.3 p.u. to 81.7%.
The intercontinental traffic was up by 5.9% in June and capacity increased by 11.1%. The traffic on Asian routes continued to be negatively affected to/from Japan due to the devastating earthquake in March. Traffic on North Atlantic routes maintained strong and grew by 15.1%. On European routes, traffic was up 2.8%, slightly more than the capacity growth of 1%. Intrascandinavian traffic increased by 2.9% and capacity increased by 1%. Norwegian domestic traffic increased by 7.8% despite reduced capacity by 6% due to effects from holidays. Swedish domestic traffic was in line with last year.
Widerøe and Blue1’s traffic development
Widerøe carried 230,000 passengers in June, up 19%. The growth was strongest on Norwegian domestic routes. The total capacity increased with 14.4% compared to last year and the passenger load factor increased with 2.9 p.u. to 65.6%.
Blue1’s traffic increased by 2.4% during June and number of passengers was up by 15.8%. The passenger growth was strongest on Finnish domestic routes. The total load factor decreased 3.6 p.u. to 73.9%, mainly due to lower load factors on some European destinations. In order to strengthen the long term position in Finland and improve the profitability in Blue 1, the SAS Group has decided to harmonize the fleet and refocus on routes within Nordics
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