SAS April Traffic Falls 18.4 Percent

Scandinavian airline SAS said on Friday its passenger traffic fell 18.4 percent in April from the same period a year earlier.

The airline said its passenger load factor rose 2 percentage points year-on-year to 72.5 percent.

SAS, half-owned by Sweden, Norway and Denmark, said its yield in March -- the most recent month for which data is available -- rose 9.2 percent.