Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
And please EVERY Swedish customer. They are loosing business because Swedes opt for other airlines as SK keeps underserving ARN with long haul traffic. Since SK doesn't have an advantage in service it needs to come from direct routes and saving time.
Wrong on several aspects:
1) Quite a few Swedes has CPH as their closest large airport - just over 1m inhabitants in Skåne alone. And I am guessing that pax from e.g. Göteborg could not care less if it is CPH or ARN (or AMS?) they connect in. So it is not EVERY Swede - but likely those living in and north of Stockholm.
2) Of course SAS is loosing revenue by not having a ARN-SFO flight - as they are for not having a OSL-SEA or a BLL-EWR flight. The trick is that not all revenue is worth pursuing. Where do SAS believe they can gain the most (or loose the least...)
3) As stated previously I am not arguing for CPH per se (but will of course prefer it) I am arguing for 1 hub. If SAS can gain more pax by moving their IC flights to ARN (and adjust their full European set-up thereafter) than they would loose in CPH. Then by all means they should do it.