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SAS launches 45 new routes in 2013

This means that SAS will offer direct flights to exciting new destinations from all of the main airports and a number of regional airports in the Nordic countries. In addition to these new routes, SAS will also increase the frequency of current flights on a number of domestic and European routes.

"Many of our customers choose SAS when traveling on business and leisure. They appreciate our time-saving services, and our award-winning punctuality.
Therefore, we are proud to offer our customers 45 new routes to choose from in 2013. This means that we will continue to be the airline that has the largest selection of flights in the Nordic region", says Joakim Landholm, Executive Vice President Commercial.
 
The introduction of these 45 new routes is completely in line with the SAS goal to meet our customers' complete travel needs.
 
These new routes will start being sold successively beginning Monday, November 26.
 
New routes from Sweden:
From Stockholm to Innsbruck, Pula, Palermo, Cagliari, Thessaloniki, Tel Aviv, Pristina and Alanya From Gothenburg to Nice, Pristina and Östersund
 
New routes from Norway:
From Oslo to Salzburg, Berlin, Budapest, Santorini, Cagliari, Palermo, Pristina, Valencia, Malta, Lisbon, Athens, Tenerife and Pula From Bergen to Dubrovnik and Antalya From Trondheim to Split From Stavanger to Antalya
 
New routes from Denmark:
From Copenhagen to San Francisco, Budapest, Prague, Newcastle, Cagliari, Palermo, Alanya, Thessaloniki, Pula and Biarritz

New routes from Finland:
From Helsinki to Paris, Rome, Prague, Geneva and Östersund From Turku to Kittilä From Tampere to Kittilä In combination with the 45 new routes SAS also increase frequencies on many of its existing domestic and European routes in 2013.

Our plan for the future

This plan has now been approved by all parties and enables us to build further upon our strong attributes to deliver the best possible product and service.

We will continue to do everything to ensure the best possible service for our customers, and we will build further upon our already strong attributes:

• PUNCTUALITY: SAS has world-class punctuality, which will remain a strong focal point.
• SERVICE: We have 27 million customers annually with all-time-high customer satisfaction, which we will continue to increase.
• FREQUENCY AND DESTINATIONS: SAS will continue to have the most departures, the best transfer possibilities and fly to more world destinations than any other airline in Scandinavia.

In the coming days we will add 37 new routes to our network and in total, we will start 45 new routes during the summer.

Thank you for your trust and support.

Best regards
SAS and SAS Cargo

Blue1 becomes production company for SAS

SAS will take over responsibility for commercial operations in Finland
 
Effective 01NOV12, Blue1 (KF) will be SAS (SK) and KF-flight numbers will be replaced by SK-flight numbers.
 
Blue1 will be converted to a production company for SAS and continues to operate current routes to, from and in Finland. As from November 1st , SAS will be taking over responsibility for commercial operations in Finland. This is taking place in line with SAS’s 4Excellence strategy and strengthens SAS’s position on the Finnish market.
 
From the above date SAS will be responsible for functions, such as sales and marketing, network and revenue management, while Blue1 will be a production unit and operating carrier for SAS. SAS will be responsible for the Ground Handling performed by the current Handling Companies. More practical information will be distributed separately to the Ground Handling Companies affected.
 
Routes operated by Golden Air (DC) on behalf of Blue1 will continue to be operated by Golden Air on behalf of SAS.
One of the most visible changes is that the online services at www.blue1.fi is transferred to www.sas.fi and the future market communication will be under the SAS´s brand.
 
 
Change of flight numbers - how will this affect the passenger?
As of November1st Blue1 flight numbers (e.g. KF123) will be replaced with SAS flight number (e.g. SK456). The passenger can check in as normal but the boarding pass will have the new SK-number instead. No changes of reference number or timetable. Responsible booking agent must inform passenger about the change of flight number.

SAS launches new route to San Francisco

Scandinavian Airlines is continuing to expand its network with a new six weekly route between Copenhagen and San Francisco, commencing April 8, 2013.
North America is an important and growing market for SAS. A large number of International and Nordic companies have expressed a strong desire for a direct service between the US West Coast and the Nordic countries, and SAS is pleased to offer this new route with six direct flights per week with an Airbus 340. Departures will be year-round between Copenhagen and San Francisco, with smooth connections to the Nordics and Northern American destinations.

San Francisco

• SAS is the only airline to offer a direct service between Northern Europe and San Francisco
• SAS will depart from Copenhagen daily, except Tuesdays, at 12:25 PM, arriving San Francisco at 2:24 PM same day. Departure from San Francisco to Copenhagen also daily, except Tuesdays, at 5:35 PM arriving the next day in Copenhagen at 1:15 PM.
  

SAS remains the world's most punctual airline

Scandinavian Airlines was the world's most punctual major airline for a second month in a row, as its punctuality improved to 92.38% for the month of May. In April, SAS had the world's highest punctuality of all major airlines with 90.78%, being the only major airline worldwide to achieve a punctuality higher than 90%. For the past three years, SAS has also been named Europe's most punctual airline.
"This is the first time we have been the world's most punctual airline two months in a row, which we are extremely proud of. We believe we more focused on offering a wider range of time-saving travel solutions than any other airline, as we know this is highly valued by the millions of customers travelling with us every month," says Rickard Gustafson, CEO, Scandinavian Airlines.
 
In April, 20,559 flights out of 22,404 arrived on time. SAS Group subsidiaries
Blue1 and Widerøe were also amongst the world's best performers with 93.69% and 93.62%, respectively. Blue1 and Widerøe are featured in the Regional airlines category, whilst SAS is in the Major airlines category.
 
All data is provided by the independent source Flightstats. Flightstats track the performance of over 150,000 flights per day, archive the data for analysis and publication, and provide real time flight status to millions of travelers worldwide each day. For more information about Flightstats, please visit www.flightstats.com. SAS is included in the category Major airlines.

SAS was the world's most punctual airline in April

Scandinavian Airlines was once again the world's most punctual airline, this time for the month of April. SAS was the only major airline worldwide to achieve a punctuality higher than 90% last month, with the airline scoring 90.78%. For the past three years, SAS has also been named Europe's most punctual airline.
 
"We are extremely proud to have a world-class punctuality, which we know is highly valued by the tens of thousands of customers we take care of every day.
Our staff work very hard to ensure our operation is as smooth as possible, and combined with products such as Fast Track, the SAS Smart Pass and our easy-to -use check in facilities from home or your mobile, it provides an unbeatable overall experience for our customers," says Rickard Gustafson, CEO, Scandinavian Airlines.
 
In April, 17,782 flights out of 19,701 arrived on time. SAS Group subsidiaries Widerøe and Blue1 were also amongst Europe's best performers with 91.95% and 90.17%, respectively. Widerøe is featured in the Regional airlines category, whilst SAS is in the Major airlines category.
 
All data is provided by the independent source Flightstats. Flightstats track the performance of over 150,000 flights per day, archive the data for analysis and publication, and provide real time flight status to millions of travelers worldwide each day. For more information about Flightstats, please visit www.flightstats.com. SAS is included in the category Major airlines.

New Route

On June 4, SAS will begin flying direct from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv. The route
is one of 28 that SAS is opening in 2012 and is in line with SAS's strategy of
strengthening its product offering to both business and leisure passengers.
 
"We are seeing increasing demand for routes to and from the Middle East. So we
are very pleased to now offer our customers the option of flying direct to Tel
Aviv all year round at competitive prices. Tel Aviv, which is on the
Mediterranean coast, is Israel's financial and commercial hub and is growing
fast," says Per Møller Jensen, Vice President Brand,
Marketing and EuroBonus.

Initially, there will be a departure from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv every Monday.
SAS will then be expanding capacity from July with an additional departure on
Thursday and from October 28 we are able to offer three departures a week. 

Freight situation in connection to Spanair’s bankruptcy

All freight booked from Scandinavia on a JK flight has been and will be rebooked to a SK flight.
Since SAS do not operate all Spanair’s destinations the freight already in transit will be rebooked to MAD and our local handling agent will secure onwards transfer to final destination.

For further information on the situation please follow the information on our website.

SAS is Europe's most punctual airline for third year in a row

Scandinavian Airlines has officially been named Europe's most punctual airline,
for the third year in a row, by the independent source Flightstats. SAS was also
the world's third most punctual airline after Japanese airlines ANA and JAL. For
2011, 88.22% of all SAS flights arrived on time.
 
"We are very pleased to once again be named Europe's most punctual airline and
remain Europe's most reliable airline for the third year in a row. All our
employees, both on the ground and in the air, do their utmost every day to
ensure that every flight meet our customers' expectations and offer them the
most value for time and money. To also be the world's third most punctual major
airline really confirms that we are a world-class airline," says Rickard
Gustafson, CEO, Scandinavian Airlines.
 
Out of SAS' 239,320 flights in 2011, 208,972 arrived on time. The arrival
statistics for 2011 is also an improvement of 2010's punctuality of 86.47%. In
2009, SAS' punctuality record was 89.83% and in 2008 it was 83.92%
 
All data is provided by the independent source Flightstats. Flightstats track
the performance of over 150,000 flights per day, archive the data for analysis
and publication, and provide real time flight status to millions of travelers
worldwide each day. For more information about Flightstats, please visit
www.flightstats.com. SAS is included in the category major airlines.