SAS to fly to JFK [merged discussion thread]
Dec 7, 2022, 8:40 am
#31
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IAD for me, only SAS flight using IAD right now is from CPH on a narrowbody A321. Would love to try it out someday but the lack of seats means the tickets are always horrifically expensive to boot, if I have to connect I might as well go through FRA where there's better options. Always found it odd that IAD has such a minimal SAS presence given that it's a major Star Alliance hub.
Dec 7, 2022, 9:39 am
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Feb 18, 2023, 7:34 am
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Feb 19, 2023, 1:35 pm
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So I flew CPH-JFK the other day in steerage, here's the good and the bad...
I was in Row 31, plenty of leg room. Row 30 had blocked signs on the seats and was used as Crew Rest. The seats are misaligned with the last row of Y+ so it seems like two screens for three seats.
Meal wise, definitely a crappy experience. I know it's Coach but no options offered, just here is the meal... Pay for everything except your first non-alcoholic beverage.
The snack before arrival was served with a juice, no option of even a soft drink. Lots of water rounds throughout the flight...
The good part, super fast luggage arrival and fast customs even if there were only two Global Entry machines. I think I was at the Airtrain platform in under 15 maybe 18 minutes from de-boarding.
THe one and only option, Meat Lasagna with Broccoli
Pre-arrival snack, Turkey and Cheese sandwich served hot .
Row 31 with a view of the seats in Row 30
I was in Row 31, plenty of leg room. Row 30 had blocked signs on the seats and was used as Crew Rest. The seats are misaligned with the last row of Y+ so it seems like two screens for three seats.
Meal wise, definitely a crappy experience. I know it's Coach but no options offered, just here is the meal... Pay for everything except your first non-alcoholic beverage.
The snack before arrival was served with a juice, no option of even a soft drink. Lots of water rounds throughout the flight...
The good part, super fast luggage arrival and fast customs even if there were only two Global Entry machines. I think I was at the Airtrain platform in under 15 maybe 18 minutes from de-boarding.
THe one and only option, Meat Lasagna with Broccoli
Pre-arrival snack, Turkey and Cheese sandwich served hot .
Row 31 with a view of the seats in Row 30
Feb 21, 2023, 4:33 am
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I had almost forgot that SAS used to fly to JFK before it pulled out and put everything into EWR. As much as I will appreciate this SAS JFK flight at times, I still have a good amount of need for the onward EWR connectivity that UA provides.
Feb 21, 2023, 4:55 am
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...146-story.html
One of many amazingly poor investments in other airlines made by SK.
Feb 21, 2023, 5:02 am
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I guess they moved about the time they got in to bed with Continental Holdings.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...146-story.html
One of many amazingly poor investments in other airlines made by SK.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...146-story.html
One of many amazingly poor investments in other airlines made by SK.
Not sure when SAS pulled out of JFK, maybe it was even 1989. But there was a period where JFK-CPH was flown by Tower Air and by TWA but not by SAS.
Feb 21, 2023, 5:20 am
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Wasn’t SAS still at JFK when Gennifer Flowers was blossoming news (1992)? I guess that was still while SAS could pretend to be flourishing.
Not sure when SAS pulled out of JFK, maybe it was even 1989. But there was a period where JFK-CPH was flown by Tower Air and by TWA but not by SAS.
Not sure when SAS pulled out of JFK, maybe it was even 1989. But there was a period where JFK-CPH was flown by Tower Air and by TWA but not by SAS.
Feb 21, 2023, 5:24 am
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Feb 21, 2023, 5:31 am
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1988
Nytt SAS hovedkontor i Frösundavik, Stockholm, tas i bruk 11. januar. SAS bestiller
ni Boeing 767 interkontinentale fly til 5 milliarder SEK 18. januar. Nonstop-rute
København-Beijing starter 23. august og nonstop-rute Rio-København 25. september.
Samarbeidsavtale med Continental Airlines blir inngått 4. oktober og innbefatter
overgang til Newark som New York-flyplass. 15. desember kjøper SAS andeler i
Airlines of Britain Holdings og innleder samarbeid med British Midland.
1989
Samarbeid med All Nippon Airways innledes 3. mars. Newark-trafikk innledes 1. mai.
SAS starter Stockholm-Tallin 26. november. SAS Commuter opprettes som frittstående
konsortium for regionaltrafikk for SAS med Fokker 50. Boeing 767 settes i trafikk, og
samtidig forsvinner 1. klasse også på det interkontinentale nettet.
Nytt SAS hovedkontor i Frösundavik, Stockholm, tas i bruk 11. januar. SAS bestiller
ni Boeing 767 interkontinentale fly til 5 milliarder SEK 18. januar. Nonstop-rute
København-Beijing starter 23. august og nonstop-rute Rio-København 25. september.
Samarbeidsavtale med Continental Airlines blir inngått 4. oktober og innbefatter
overgang til Newark som New York-flyplass. 15. desember kjøper SAS andeler i
Airlines of Britain Holdings og innleder samarbeid med British Midland.
1989
Samarbeid med All Nippon Airways innledes 3. mars. Newark-trafikk innledes 1. mai.
SAS starter Stockholm-Tallin 26. november. SAS Commuter opprettes som frittstående
konsortium for regionaltrafikk for SAS med Fokker 50. Boeing 767 settes i trafikk, og
samtidig forsvinner 1. klasse også på det interkontinentale nettet.
Feb 24, 2023, 8:07 am
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Reporting after another trip in Steerage....
Snack served right after takeoff and a full breakfast before landing... Glad they actually applied some logic to the meal service, on such a late departure everyone was trying to sleep...
Small snack after takeoff... Ham and Cheese Toastie
Full breakfast (eggs, sausage, potatoes)
Snack served right after takeoff and a full breakfast before landing... Glad they actually applied some logic to the meal service, on such a late departure everyone was trying to sleep...
Small snack after takeoff... Ham and Cheese Toastie
Full breakfast (eggs, sausage, potatoes)
Feb 24, 2023, 10:20 pm
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If I didn't see the picture I wouldn't have believed you. Why can't SAS offer Ham and Cheese Toasties in EU Plus or on EU departing flights instead of the cold disgusting inedible salad boxes or weird black bread sandwiches. 
That looks more appetizing than the SAS Business meals.
That looks more appetizing than the SAS Business meals.
Feb 25, 2023, 4:39 am
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Agree with you jfkeze ... late evening east-coast USA - Europe departures don't need to offer any more than this in Economy. (Business, obviously, should offer more choice.) It's quicker to serve, lighter to digest, and gets everyone to sleep sooner. My absolute worst experience was BA YUL-LHR with an incredible tail wind. The flight clocked in at something like 5.5hrs and it took 2hrs to finish meal service in the back of the bus.
Feb 27, 2023, 3:11 am
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If I didn't see the picture I wouldn't have believed you. Why can't SAS offer Ham and Cheese Toasties in EU Plus or on EU departing flights instead of the cold disgusting inedible salad boxes or weird black bread sandwiches.
That looks more appetizing than the SAS Business meals.
That looks more appetizing than the SAS Business meals.
Mar 8, 2023, 3:34 pm
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SAS moved to EWR in May, 1989. I remember it well because I think that I took one of the last flights out of JFK in May, 1989. I think the move was slightly delayed. The glitzy terminal C at EWR had opened in June 1988. I vaguely recall having gone somewhere on CO (I was in college) and then having to take a van from EWR to JFK to take the SK flight to CPH.