SAS has reported that the total number of
passengers it carried in May 2020 fell by nearly 94% when compared
to the same month last year.
“May
was the second consecutive month with most of our fleet being
grounded as a result of the COVID19 pandemic and imposed travel
restrictions. The negative impact is reflected in our total
traffic figures, showing a 96% capacity reduction and a 94% drop
in number of passengers compared to last year,” said Rickard
Gustafson, CEO SAS.
This month, SAS will double its capacity to
30 aircraft as travel restrictions are gradually eased.
“Countries are gradually opening up and we expect
that demand will start to re-build slowly from the current low
levels. In June, we have started to ramp-up production from 15
aircraft in service to 30, mainly serving domestic and Nordic
destinations. We look forward to re-building our network as travel
restrictions are lifted and once again having the pleasure of
welcoming our passengers onboard,” Gustafson added.
SAS will resume 16 new routes from Copenhagen to
countries such as Belgium, Croatia, Faroe Islands, France,
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania and Spain.
In Norway, SAS will increase the frequency of its
domestic routes slightly, with SAS operating all its destinations
in June.
New routes from 15/6:
CPH-Brussels (daily except Saturdays)
CPH-Düsseldorf (daily except Saturdays) CPH-Faroe Islands
(Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday) CPH-Milan (Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, Sunday) CPH-Munich (daily except Saturdays) CPH-Palanga (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday) CPH-Reykjavik
(Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday) CPH-Stuttgart (Tuesday,
Thursday, Sunday) CPH-Trondheim (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
CPH-Vilnius (daily except Saturdays) ARN-Athens – from 6/6
(Saturday) ARN-Palma de Mallorca from 18/6 (Sundays) ARN-
Östersund (daily except Saturdays) ARN- Visby – from 18/6
(daily except Saturdays)
New routes from 20/6:
CPH-Athens (Monday, Saturday) CPH-Frankfurt
(daily except Saturdays) CPH-Málaga (Saturday) CPH-Nice
(Saturday) CPH-Split (Wednesday, Saturday) CPH-Gdansk – from
21/6 (daily except Saturdays) OSL-Split (Saturday) ARN-Nice
(Saturday) ARN-Thessaloniki (Saturday)
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