Originally Posted by
dodgeflyer
* The glaring issue for SAS has been the political wills. ARN will be decimated I think, and probably only keep one direct l/h flight, all depending on being able to fly in W-pattern. OSL probably the same. I assume significant l/h growth will come from CPH
On the other hand, without the Swedish government as a shareholder, SAS can now sideline those political wills and with the help of AFKL operate with 100% non Swedish-FAs and union employees which could make it a much better version of itself. I also don't understand how having a 3rd hub in CPH on a 45 minute feeder with largely duplicate routes makes any sense for AFKL in the long run. There will also be a shift in passenger choices that would historically to some extend had no other option than to fly CPH-US or ARN/OSL-CPH-US and then use US Domestic connections onwards but who now will probably opt to do ARN/CPH-AMS/CDG-Actual destination directly. It makes less sense to fly ARN-ORD-PDX or ARN-EWR-LAS than to just fly ARN-AMS-PDX/LAS or other equivalent locations like AUS or IAH.