Originally Posted by
Hagbard Viking
I don't know who is to blame for this particular screw up but with SAS "strategy" changing more or less daily it must be difficult for anyone trying to keep up with it. The quote below is from an SAS press release dated 30 January:
"SAS has an extensive route network between Scandinavia and China. SAS will operate ten flights a week to Beijing Airport and from September 2007 traffic will be strengthened with additional departures from both Stockholm and Copenhagen."
In addition, the last week or two, Amadeus has shown five weekly flights ARN-PEK starting in the fall...
Totally agree that SAS' China strategy is a disaster. I have in other posts stated that the move away from PVG - and replacing it with ARN-PEK is stupidity beyond imigination from Lars Lindgren's side - if not an expression of getting as many intercon routes closer to Frösundavik as possible. Having said that ARN is constitently incapable of communication. Anything from signs at the airport to press releases. Having dealt with similar issues in an earlier life - a key rule here is that in case multiple players are involved (in this case ARN and SAS) you dobblecheck with both parties before releasing. Obviously ARN has not done so - ARN is therefore most likely to blame for this screw-up.