The SAS Group Traffic figures August 2011

 SAS Group’s August 2011 traffic figures

• SAS Group’s traffic (RPK) increased by 0.8% during August and capacity (ASK) increased 2.4% vs same period.

• The passenger load factor decreased by 1.2 p.u. in August to 77%.

• SAS Group carried 2.2 million passengers in August, up 1.2%.

Group market trends, RASK and yield development

During July 2011, currency adjusted RASK was unchanged versus previous year and yield was down 1.8%, both slightly below guidance. For August 2011, (change vs last year) currency adjusted RASK and yield are expected to be broadly in line with or slightly better than July.

The market growth continues to be good, but, remains unpredictable due to added capacity in certain markets, risk in the global economy and risk of continued high jet fuel prices.

Scandinavian Airlines is continuously improving its customer offering, that is also reflected in a clearly improved customer satisfaction that is the highest in eleven years.