Close to 2 million passengers traveled withSAS in October In October, 1.93 million passengers traveled withSAS , an increase of approximately 38% compared to the same month last year.SAS ' capacity increased by approximately 41% compared with the same period last year. In comparison with last month, the total number of passengers decreased by 3% and capacity was increased by 1%. The flown load factor for October was 75%, an improvement of 13 percentage points compared to October last year. "We are pleased that we had almost 2 million passengers flying with us in October, a healthy number despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. We continue to make progress in our chapter 11-process in theU.S. We recently announced that we have reached agreements with additional lessors to amend existing aircraft and equipment lease agreements, which will result in cost -savings, and which represents another step towards reaching our targets in theSAS FORWARD plan", says Anko van der Werff, President & CEO ofSAS . [][] SAS scheduled traffic Oct22 Change[1] Nov21- Oct22 Change[1] ASK (Mill.) 3,237 36.6% 31,688 91.1% RPK (Mill.) 2,365 65.9% 22,058 184.7% Passenger load factor 73.1% +12.9 pp 69.6% +22.9 pp No. of passengers (000) 1,834 36.0% 17,029 130.7% Geographical Oct22 vs. Oct21 Nov21- Oct22 vs. Nov20-Oct21 development, schedule RPK ASK RPK ASK Intercontinental 520.2% 97.1% 577.8% 120.5% Europe/Intrascandi 20.0% 16.2% 155.9% 113.5% navia Domestic 17.3% 20.7% 64.8% 28.1% [][] SAS charter traffic Oct22 Change[1] Nov21- Oct22 Change[1] ASK (Mill.) 295 110.3% 2,683 302.2% RPK (Mill.) 272 124.5% 2,259 344.7% Load factor 92.2% +5.8 pp 84.2% +8.1 pp No. of passengers (000) 94 107.6% 839 309.6% [][]SAS total traffic Oct22 Change[1] Nov21- Oct22 Change[1] (scheduled and charter) ASK (Mill.) 3,531 40.7% 34,371 99.2% RPK (Mill.) 2,637 70.5% 24,317 194.5% Load factor 74.7% +13.0 pp 70.7% +22.9 pp No. of passengers 1,929 38.4% 17,868 135.6% (000) [1] Change compared to same period last year, pp = percentage points []\\ Preliminary yield and PASK Oct22 Nominal change[1] FX adjusted change Yield, SEK 1.09 -1.4% -6.1% PASK, SEK 0.80 19.7% 14.0% Oct22 Punctuality (arrival 15 77.4% min) Regularity 98.3% Change in total CO2 101.2 % emissions Change in CO2 emissions 1.8% per available seat kilometer Carbon offsetting of 39.2% passenger related emissions 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 Carbon offsetting of passenger related emissions - Share ofSAS passenger related carbon emissions compensated bySAS (EuroBonus members, youth tickets andSAS ' staff travel) during the month From fiscal year 2020 we 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. For further information, please contact: SAS press office, +46 8 797 29 44SAS , Scandinavia's leading airline, with main hubs inCopenhagen ,Oslo andStockholm , is flying to destinations inEurope, USA andAsia . Spurred by a Scandinavian heritage and sustainable values,SAS aims to be the global leader in sustainable aviation. We will reduce total carbon emissions by 25 percent by 2025, by using more sustainable aviation fuel and our modern fleet with fuel -efficient aircraft. In addition to flight operations,SAS offers ground handling services, technical maintenance and air cargo services.SAS is a founder member of the Star AllianceT, and together with its partner airlines offers a wide network worldwide. Learn more at https://www.sasgroup.net This is information thatSAS AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency ofErno Hildén , at11:00 a.m. CET onNovember 8, 2022 .
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