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SAS Scandinavian Airlines was Europe’s most punctual major airline during 2009, with an overall arrival punctuality of 89.11%. SAS was also the world’s third most punctual major airline for 2009 after Japan Airlines and ANA (All Nippon Airways) and only one of two European carriers in the top 10. “We are exceptionally proud to be [...]

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The SAS Group will in relation to the Core SAS program reduce its capacity by a total of 21 aircraft. By end of December 2009, 18 aircraft has already been taken out of production. As a result of this and earlier capacity reductions SAS holds MD-80 series surplus aircraft. SAS has entered into a contract [...]

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SAS will launch four new routes during 2010, whilst adding frequencies on three routes. The new routes are to Lyon (France), Vilnius (Lithuania), Bardufoss (Norway) and Visby (Sweden). “It is time for SAS to expand again. During 2009 we cut capacity to adjust our offerings to the lowered demand in the market, but now we [...]

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SAS Scandinavian Airlines will improve and expand its already world-leading flight information service by SMS on December 8. As of this date, SAS will automatically SMS all passengers who will be faced by potential delays or cancelled flights. The service is free of charge for SAS customers and will be sent automatically to passengers who [...]

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SAS Group’s October traffic figures · SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 13.5% during October and seat capacity was down 18.6% vs. 2008. · SAS Group carried 2.3 million passengers in October, down 11.1% vs. 2008. · Total passenger load factor in October was 74.3%, up 4.3 p.u. vs. October 2008. Group market trends and yield [...]

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SAS Scandinavian Airlines is the world’s third most punctual major airline, according to the latest statistics from Flightstats, which tracks over 150,000 flights per day. SAS also remained its position as Europe’s most punctual major airline. Flightstats’ punctuality statistics for September shows that SAS Scandinavian Airlines’ on time punctuality for September was 93.54%, as 20,682 [...]

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