Birka340 From Denmark, joined Aug 2003, 166 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2818 times:
Scandinaivan Airlines, SAS, will start service from Copenhagen to Shanghai from the summerschedule 2004.
Three weekly flights with an Airbus 340-300 for 261 seats.
Through rearrangements of the current longhaul fleet, this new
route will be possible.
Final decision will be made when all permissions approved.
KQ777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 125 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2764 times:
Finally SK starts a new intercontinental route! Now what about the SFO plans? Anytime soon?
Wang767 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 56 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2757 times:
I am so glad to see more and more airlines fly into PVG. Happy!!!
Gardermoen From Australia, joined Jul 1999, 1518 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2756 times:
Well I hope this actually eventuates. Would be nice to see SAS grow its intercontinental network, esp in the Far East as Finnair seems to have a stronger presence there.
Hopefuly HKG and DEL will be back on line as well. As well as the SFO service actually taking off
I remember SK first discussed Shanghai back in 1999 as a possibility.
Behramjee From Canada, joined Aug 2003, 4439 posts, RR: 43 Reply 5, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 2716 times:
I dont see SAS returning to DEL by next year, they can instead easily codeshare with LH B 744 flights on the Indian routes by feeding them pax from OSLO-STOCK and CPH!!! As for HKG too I dont see it happening. If SAS wants to restart Indian flights then it first must have better access of its own to the US West Coast (LAX-SFO) and YYZ.
Yeah FINNAIR has a huge reputable presence in Asia and is highly dependant on it for yield pax.
SAS767 From Denmark, joined Dec 1999, 394 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2645 times:
Hi Birka340,
Where from do you have this information?
Down here at Copenhagen we haven't heard anything about this, but I hope it's true - a route to Shanghai would be nice and give SAS the opportunity to compete with Finnair in this market.
GOT From Sweden, joined Dec 2000, 1912 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2498 times:
My impression is that this route has been on planned for for many years, but nothing happened after 9/11. Good to see that things start to move again, and I can just wish them luck. Just hope that this is not another free floating rumor on the internet...
GOT
Just like birdwatching - without having to be so damned quiet!
Copaair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 2333 times:
I honestly think that SFO ops are not that far off. The traffic is finally starting to pick up, and I think that SAS will go to SFO. Other possible airlines you could see there in the near future are GF, Orient Thai, AZ, AI, PIA, EI and maybe China Eastern or Southern. VN is coming too.
FBU 4EVER! From Norway, joined Jan 2001, 998 posts, RR: 7 Reply 11, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2080 times:
According to SAS,the Shanghai route will be possible due to cutbacks elsewhere in the Intercontinental route network.Most likely there will be cutbacks in the CPH-BKK frequencies as this route (also acc. to SAS) is currently operating at a loss,most pax being of the "leisure" variety and not business class.
No dates or news of any other possible destinations.
Windshear From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 2309 posts, RR: 11 Reply 14, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1869 times:
It sure is Scandinavian!
I think the plan, pre 9-11, was to start with Shanghai, then LAX, then HKG, then SFO and then a direct route from CPH-SIN...
Well I hope that the LAX route will be next, as all travel from Scandinavia to the west coast and the Pacific is done with other airlines with a transit at FRA or LHR...So this route could save us Danes the trouble of at least one transit per trip...!
The future looks interesting!
Boaz...
"If you believe breaking is possible, believe in fixing also"-Rebbe Nachman
Airbus Lover From Malaysia, joined Apr 2000, 3248 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1751 times:
Got of an SAS flight last night and what should I say... CPH-SEA-FRA vv with them and its just... "It's Scandinavian!"
Very impressed. My first time in Economy on long haul and SK simply didn't "scare" me with the Economy seating as compared to business. Will definitely fly with them again anytime. VERY friendly flight crew.
KQ777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 125 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1730 times:
Does the A330-300 have sufficient range to fly nonstop between Scandinavia and the US west coast? And didn't SK used to fly to Singapore with their 767-300s?
Jaws707 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 708 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1698 times:
A couple of months ago there was a rumour about SAS starting a 3x weekly or so route from CPH-JNB, any word on if that route is still on the drawing board. Also did SAS ever start flights to Iraq? If so does anyone know how those are doing?
Copaair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1658 times:
in August 2001, SAS announced SFO service, but then 9/11 came, and the plans were shelved. I think that SFO could be the next long haul destination from SAS
Heisan67 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 1578 times:
It was the route CPH - Basra in Iraq which was expected to be prolonged to JNB. So far it seems like SAS isn't that eager to start Copenhagen-Basra service due to the safety in Iraq. We just have to wait and see I guess.
Navigator From Sweden, joined Jul 2001, 1032 posts, RR: 16 Reply 20, posted (9 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1544 times:
Starting LAX again instead of SFO would be more logical I think. SAS had a strong presence at LAX and even flew 747:s for a while. With the IT-business in decline, I don´t think SFO is that lucrative for SAS anymore...
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