LAX moves from ARN to CPH
Sep 3, 2019, 12:30 pm
#16
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Just checked and seems the flights from CPH are not yet loaded. Still shows ARN-LAX, LAX-ARN for random dates April.
Sep 3, 2019, 1:08 pm
#17
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Not only int.-domestic as mentioned (I hate that long walk and extra security) but also intercontinental-European. Last November I lost a bottle of gin bought onboard LAX-ARN when transferring to CPH. Never forgive SAS and ARN
! It is really annoying with this extra security, which you don’t have at CPH.
Sep 3, 2019, 1:13 pm
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Read a Danish newspaper article that explained that a major reason for moving the HKG (I believe) flight from Arn to CPH was the Swedish environmental tax. By routing passengers through CPH they'd avoid this. Denmark is one of the few countries in Northern Europe not to impose such a tax yet.
Perhaps that is what happened to this route also?
Perhaps that is what happened to this route also?
Sep 3, 2019, 9:51 pm
#19
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Last year they moved the HKG route from daytime ARN to nighttime CPH. The major reason was that, if I read it correctly, was that daytime flight was not financially viable and there is curfew at ARN so CPH is the only option to operate a nighttime flight.
For me this means I am forced to take a transfer to Sweden from Hong Kong as the only non-stop has gone, and SK is out of consideration because the bad timing (night flight vs daytime flights of AY or SU) and the fact that CPH is on the west of ARN. Congratulations they have pissed off all us visiting Sweden! (I have a lot of orienteering friends visiting Sweden every year)
For me this means I am forced to take a transfer to Sweden from Hong Kong as the only non-stop has gone, and SK is out of consideration because the bad timing (night flight vs daytime flights of AY or SU) and the fact that CPH is on the west of ARN. Congratulations they have pissed off all us visiting Sweden! (I have a lot of orienteering friends visiting Sweden every year)
Sep 3, 2019, 11:22 pm
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So I read up on it. Multiple pages online say
Sweden introduced an extra tax of SEK 400 per person for intercontinental flights to/from Swedish airports. I assume that could have been a very important part of making this decision.
Sep 4, 2019, 2:42 am
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You do realise that a large part of the heavy populated southern Sweden use CPH as their primary airport?
So I read up on it. Multiple pages online say
Sweden introduced an extra tax of SEK 400 per person for intercontinental flights to/from Swedish airports. I assume that could have been a very important part of making this decision.
So I read up on it. Multiple pages online say
Sweden introduced an extra tax of SEK 400 per person for intercontinental flights to/from Swedish airports. I assume that could have been a very important part of making this decision.
CPH-LAX seems to make more sense for many Swedes than ARN-LAX, and at least it seems to make more sense for SAS given SAS is doing this to maximize its business.
Sep 4, 2019, 2:55 am
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Last year they moved the HKG route from daytime ARN to nighttime CPH. The major reason was that, if I read it correctly, was that daytime flight was not financially viable and there is curfew at ARN so CPH is the only option to operate a nighttime flight.
For me this means I am forced to take a transfer to Sweden from Hong Kong as the only non-stop has gone, and SK is out of consideration because the bad timing (night flight vs daytime flights of AY or SU) and the fact that CPH is on the west of ARN. Congratulations they have pissed off all us visiting Sweden! (I have a lot of orienteering friends visiting Sweden every year)
For me this means I am forced to take a transfer to Sweden from Hong Kong as the only non-stop has gone, and SK is out of consideration because the bad timing (night flight vs daytime flights of AY or SU) and the fact that CPH is on the west of ARN. Congratulations they have pissed off all us visiting Sweden! (I have a lot of orienteering friends visiting Sweden every year)
Sep 4, 2019, 3:15 am
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You've got this all wrong (well, first of all off-topic since this is the LAX not the HKG thread), the nightflight is a huge improvement which means you can skip that unnecessary and expensive last hotel night to depart early in the morning as well as not wasting an entire day on a plane. Yields are up because of this major improvement, you seem to be in the minority here.
For me, taking daytime flight is better for my sports performance because it avoid disrupting my sleep schedule. (My usual practice is to take a Friday daytime flight for a weekend competition) I'm glad that they are still keeping the CPH-LAX flight at daytime, not moving it to overnight.
Sep 4, 2019, 5:35 am
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For me, taking daytime flight is better for my sports performance because it avoid disrupting my sleep schedule. (My usual practice is to take a Friday daytime flight for a weekend competition) I'm glad that they are still keeping the CPH-LAX flight at daytime, not moving it to overnight.
Sep 4, 2019, 5:47 am
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Same for the return 20th April. Funny enough, going through ARN is SEK 350 more expensive
Sep 4, 2019, 6:19 am
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For me, taking daytime flight is better for my sports performance because it avoid disrupting my sleep schedule. (My usual practice is to take a Friday daytime flight for a weekend competition) I'm glad that they are still keeping the CPH-LAX flight at daytime, not moving it to overnight.
Sep 5, 2019, 2:19 am
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I wasn't being logical dude, I said I was personally bitter about this, because it's a very useful route for me and my family. I guess I'll be hating life in the rednose x-c2 for the next few years (can't do it overnight)
Sep 5, 2019, 5:09 am
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Are they still flying ARN-LAX? As far as I know they are moving all the US bound routes from CPH to Gatwick when the winter program starts.