Scandinavian Airlines SAS SWOT Analysis, Competitors & USP

SAS Group

International

Airlines

Service and Simplicity

One of the Largest airline of Scandinavia

Business Travelers

Upper middle class

World's most punctual airline

Below are the Strengths in the SWOT Analysis of Scandinavian Airlines SAS:

1. Market leader in the domestic market
2. SAS is Europe’s must punctual airline and provides reliable and flexible air travel

3. Has accommodated the fall in passenger demand by increasing capacity and intercontinental travel
4. It has strong links and networks through: the Star Alliance; bilateral relationships with other airlines, like Lufthansa; strong complementary and governmental linkup with airports like CPH.
5. Operates to over 90 destinations with a fleet size of over 180

Here are the weaknesses in the Scandinavian Airlines SAS SWOT Analysis:

1.  Less presence on social media sites and missing marketing advantages

2. Its operations are more focused towards domestic market thus increasing demand for leisure destinations is being not fully capitalized
3. There is no consistent growth in international market share

Following are the Opportunities in Scandinavian Airlines SAS SWOT Analysis:

1. Find ways to utilize the SAS football sponsorship in the SAS Legaen. Currently SAS is only present by naming the league.

2. There are many ways to foster links and networks with other constituents within, and outside, the airline industry, whereby SAS sustainable competitive advantage can be improved

3. To lower the operating costs it might be necessary to follow Norwegian’s example of just employing one type of aircraft
4. To lower the dependency on business travelers it might be strategically important to attract other customer segments

The threats in the SWOT Analysis of Scandinavian Airlines SAS are as mentioned:

1. Frequent bad press release may affect customers perception about the brand
2. The Danish market is small and hence growth is slow, also increasing presence of foreign players in the domestic market may threaten SAS's market share

Below are the top 3 competitors of Scandinavian Airlines SAS:

1. Norwegian Airlines
2.Air France
3. Ryan air