Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Does the AY DOH thing even really eat much into SAS's business? Excepting its bankruptcy play, SAS seems weighed down by a corporate cultural baggage that makes for less innovative plays than FinnAir.
Last night Sweden had a sudden surge to staff up passport control at Hyllie for the trains from CPH, using unmarked vehicles until they finally brought in a marked police van. They did the checks only for a few hours, and what they mostly got were a few stragglers who had flown into CPH with passports/ID situations with which the Swedish passport/ID checking police didn't feel comfortable. And for the few turned around, they could come back into Sweden the same way within hours via the same trains without being stopped.
Yeah if they know about it - who knows if there is a paid service to find out passport check schedule, you never know how innovative people are...
Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
It does not really eat in to anything of the market, as the overall capacity remains roughly the same. But it does show a more creative management approach to what to do with the empty planes.
It might eat in to Qatar's market though. Passengers might not be entirely happy to get Finnair service on their Qatar Airways routings.
I guess people wouldn't care so much since mileage earnings won't be affected as OW miles are based on marketed carrier than operating carrier.