Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flew 1.9 million passengers in April 2023 for what it said was "an increase by 22% compared to the same period last year".
Other metrics saw a similar rise, with revenue passenger kilometres up 28%, taking SAS to a flown load factor of 76% , a rise of five percentage points.
“We continue to ramp up for a busy summer season and have inaugurated two new direct intercontinental routes: From Aalborg to New York and from Gothenburg to New York,” said Anko van der Werff, SAS president.
We have also announced a new direct route between Copenhagen and Bangkok, which will start this autumn. Thailand and the Scandinavian countries have a long history of friendship and cooperation, and we are very proud to bring back the direct route which our customers clearly asked for," added van der Werff, who is also chief executive.