SAS Group's January 2012 traffic figures

SAS Group's January 2012 traffic figures

 

• SAS Group carried 1.9 million passengers in January, up 5.3%.

• The SAS Group applied careful capacity management in the seasonally weak month
of January and decreased capacity (ASK) by 1%.

• SAS Group's traffic (RPK) increased by 0.4%.

• The passenger load factor increased by 1 p.u. in January to 64.9.

Group market trends, RASK and yield development

Traffic growth continued to be good on short and medium haul routes during
January as the SAS Group carefully managed its capacity to improve the load
factor.

During December 2011, currency adjusted yield was down by 2.3% versus previous
year and RASK was down 6.3% due to lower load factor. For January 2012, (change
vs last year), the yield will be in line with December while RASK is expected to
improve.

The response to market campaigns is still good and forward booking levels are
above last year’s level, but premium bookings are weaker. Overall, the market
growth continues to be good, but remains unpredictable due to added capacity in
certain markets, risk in the global economy and continued high jet fuel prices.
This adds uncertainty to the yield and RASK outlook going forward. Following the
reduced capacity in January, the SAS Group plans to gradually increase the
capacity in line with the seasonally stronger demand during the first quarter
and in total increase the capacity by 5-6% during 2012.