2012-11-23
SAS launches 45 new routes in 2013
SAS, Scandinavia's leading airline, will in 2013 launch 45 new routes. 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.
For further details, please visit http://www.flysas.com/en/Promotions-and-prices/SAS-new-routes
For more information please contact:
Elisabeth Manzi
Director Media Relations SAS
Phone: +46 70 997 4893
Elisabeth.Manzi@sas.se
SAS is Scandinavia's leading airline with daily flights to destinations in Europe, USA and Asia. SAS is a member of Star Alliance ™ (http://www.staralliance.com/en/) and, together with 26 partners we offer over 1300 destinations worldwide inmore than 190 countries. For more information, visit www.flysas.com
Quindi queste sono le rotte previste. Per l'Italia tripletta scandinava (CPH, ARN, OSL) per Sardegna (CAG) e Sicilia (PMO) + volo da Helsinki a Roma (la ex Blue1?).
Sembra non ci sia traccia di Olbia e Pisa invece.
Planned 45 Routes to be added during the year 2013:
Bergen – Antalya
Bergen – Dubrovnik
Copenhagen – Alanya
Copenhagen – Biarritz
Copenhagen – Budapest * (Last operated in October 2006)
Copenhagen – Cagliari
Copenhagen – Newcastle * (Last operated in September 2006)
Copenhagen – Palermo
Copenhagen – Prague * (Last operated in October 2008)
Copenhagen – Pula
Copenhagen – San Francisco ** (6 weekly, service operating from 08APR13)
Copenhagen – Thessaloniki * (Last operated in October 1994 via Stuttgart)
Gothenburg – Nice
Gothenburg – Ostersund ** (1 weekly, service operating from 09FEB13 to 09MAR13)
Gothenburg – Pristina
Helsinki – Geneva * (Last operated in May 2004)
Helsinki – Ostersund
Helsinki – Paris * (Last operated in September 2011)
Helsinki – Prague
Helsinki – Rome * (Last operated in October 2010)
Oslo – Athens * (Last operated in October 2008)
Oslo – Berlin Tegel * (Last operated in December 2008)
Oslo – Budapest
Oslo – Cagliari * (Last operated in October 2009)
Oslo – Lisbon * (Last operated in October 2008)
Oslo – Malta * (Last operated in October 2008)
Oslo – Palermo * (Last operated in October 2009)
Oslo – Pristina
Oslo – Pula
Oslo – Salzburg * / ** (Last operated in March 2009; 1 weekly service operating from 26JAN13 to 02MAR13)
Oslo – Thira
Oslo – Tenerife South * (Last operated in March 2009)
Oslo – Valencia * (Last operated in October 2008)
Stavanger – Antalya
Stockholm – Alanya
Stockholm – Cagliari
Stockholm – Innsbruck ** (2 weekly, service operating from 24JAN13 to 24MAR13)
Stockholm – Palermo
Stockholm – Pristina
Stockholm – Pula
Stockholm – Thessaloniki * (Last operated in October 1994 via Copenhagen & Stuttgart)
Stockholm – Tel Aviv
Tampere – Kittila ** / ^ (1 weekly, service operating from 22DEC12 to 06APR13, certain periods not operating)
Turku – Kittila ** / ^ (1 weekly, service operating from 02FEB13 to 06APR13)
Trondheim – Split
* Route Resumption (Helsinki departure previously operated under Blue1)
** Previously announced and opened for reservation
^ Previously to be launched under Blue1 (Will be launched under SAS)
Note some of these routes will be operating during Summer season, for 8-12 weeks period.