Originally Posted by MADflyer
They instead opt for a early morning MAD departure 06:40 arriving ARN 10:20 with just a 1 hour turn around departing ARN at 11:20 arriving MAD at 15:10.
It will be interesting to see how the new schedule works out for JK, but my guess is that they'll change it again, for several reasons:
-No domestic connections possible for the return flight without staying overnight in MAD
-No overday trips possible (at least some go to MAD just for the day)
-Very unattractive departure time for tourists - with a return flight at 06 am you get nothing out of your last day and get quite a lot of your last night ruined too, if you have to get up like at 4 am (hey - not all people like to party all night and go straight to the airport...)
I think JK has underestimated the number of tourists on their flight, who either connect to domestic flights or just stay a weekend etc in MAD. They will loose all those passengers to other airlines - and probarbly not to SK, since the SK return via CPH on the afternoon almost never have any good fares on interesting days.