Passenger numbers looked brighter for SAS in February as travel restrictions around the world were eased in the wake of the corona pandemic subsiding. 

A total of 946,000 passengers traveled with SAS in February, which was an increase of 320 percent compared to the same month last year. SAS's capacity increased by approximately 190 percent at the same time.

Comparing the figures with January, the total number of passengers increased by almost 25 percent while capacity decreased by almost 12 percent. The cabin factor (the ratio between the number of paying passengers and the maximum number of passengers allowed on the aircraft) for February was 58 percent. This was an improvement of 30 percentage points compared to February last year.

Source: DI.SE

”"Again we saw "We expect demand to be positively affected when travel restrictions around the world ease. We must be quick-footed and flexible when demand changes due to unexpected events such as the pandemic or the uncertain geopolitical situation," says SAS CEO Anko van der Werff.