SAS to increase flights to USA and Asia

11. Jul 2015

by Jack Woodhouse

To meet increased demand for flights to USA and Asia, SAS is increasing the number of departures on its Stockholm - Chicago and Copenhagen - Shanghai routes, both to seven a week. The increase is part of SAS’ plans to expand its long-haul network.

Earlier this year, SAS announced additional departures from Oslo and Stockholm to New York and from Copenhagen to San Francisco. SAS is now adding three weekly departures – two extra flights to Shanghai and one more to Chicago. This means a daily service is now available on both routes. The services will coincide with the opening of the winter traffic program in late October and means that in winter 2015/16, SAS will offer 108 weekly departures between Scandinavia and the USA and 50 weekly departures between Scandinavia and Asia.

Rickard Gustafson,

SAS President and CEO, said, “The Scandinavian market is demanding flexible travels with good schedules and frequent departures. These new departures together with our upgraded long haul fleet and extensive network mean we have an incredibly strong service offer to both the USA and Asia that we intend to further strengthen in the near future. We look forward to offering our customers new travel opportunities and giving them a warm welcome aboard both our new aircraft and aircraft with our new cabins.” The new departures from Copenhagen to Shanghai will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. The new departures from Shanghai to Copenhagen will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The new departure from Stockholm to Chicago and return will be on Sundays.