A321LR Routes Speculation & Discussions [AAL,AAR,BGO,GOT,AAR - EWR etc.]
Dec 6, 2022, 6:04 am
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A321LR Routes Speculation & Discussions [AAL,AAR,BGO,GOT,AAR - EWR etc.]
A couple of days ago Check-in.dk reported (behind a paywall) that SAS will start a new route from a secondary Scandinavian city to EWR using the A321LR.
Some chatter on airliners.net speculates where this will be and if it will come at the expense of the later CPH-EWR flight.
Current contenders are Bergen, Gothenburg, Aarhus and even Billund.
Thoughts and speculations welcomed.
Some chatter on airliners.net speculates where this will be and if it will come at the expense of the later CPH-EWR flight.
Current contenders are Bergen, Gothenburg, Aarhus and even Billund.
Thoughts and speculations welcomed.
Last edited by jamesbrownontheroad; Dec 21, 2022 at 4:37 am
Dec 7, 2022, 3:46 am
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Given that, distance, etc... feels logical to be BGO given UA have clearly made the [marginal] business case for it.
Dec 8, 2022, 10:32 am
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When I was in BGO last, I saw a poster for a UA flight to EWR - not sure that ever got off the ground, and looks as if the flight code is now used on another flight (was meant to have started May this year, assume seasonal) 3x weekly.
Given that, distance, etc... feels logical to be BGO given UA have clearly made the [marginal] business case for it.
Given that, distance, etc... feels logical to be BGO given UA have clearly made the [marginal] business case for it.
Dec 8, 2022, 8:15 pm
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BGO seasonally or GOT would make more sense to me for long-haul SK service than BLL. And when was the last time AAR even had scheduled common carrier flights further than say some islands in the Atlantic or places around the Mediterranean?
Dec 9, 2022, 6:52 pm
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Dec 10, 2022, 8:07 am
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Dec 12, 2022, 2:46 pm
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I guess it wouldn't make economical sense at all, but one can dream!
Dec 21, 2022, 4:15 am
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AAL and GOT confirmed
It has now been confirmed that AAL and GOT will have direct flights to EWR:
Extract from the SK press release:
Traffic program
Gothenburg - New York EWR
Frequency: 3x weekly
Outbound (OB): Wed/Fri/Sun
Homebound (HB): Tue/Thu/Sat
First flight date HB: 27 April
First flight date OB: 28 April
Aalborg - New York EWR
Frequency: 3x weekly
Outbound (OB): Mon/Thu/Sat
Homebound (HB): Wed/Fri/Sun
First flight date OB: 27 April
First flight date HB: 28 April
The flights will operate throughout the summer 2023 season and will return for the summer 2024 program.
https://www.sasgroup.net/newsroom/pr...tes-to-the-us/
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Extract from the SK press release:
Traffic program
Gothenburg - New York EWR
Frequency: 3x weekly
Outbound (OB): Wed/Fri/Sun
Homebound (HB): Tue/Thu/Sat
First flight date HB: 27 April
First flight date OB: 28 April
Aalborg - New York EWR
Frequency: 3x weekly
Outbound (OB): Mon/Thu/Sat
Homebound (HB): Wed/Fri/Sun
First flight date OB: 27 April
First flight date HB: 28 April
The flights will operate throughout the summer 2023 season and will return for the summer 2024 program.
https://www.sasgroup.net/newsroom/pr...tes-to-the-us/
Svantevit.
Dec 21, 2022, 4:29 am
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It might. It depends on the princing, but I'd expect they could fairly easily fill an A321 three times a week from AAL or GOT. I guess the city break crowd will only be happy to avoid a connection, the question is if they are willing to pay for it.....
Dec 21, 2022, 7:35 am
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Hilarious, what a total joke. They could have put the A321s on ARN-EWR and ARN-ORD and then use the A330s to fly ARN-something useful like LAX/SFO/SEA/SIN.
6 flights to EWR but SK can't get me to the West Coast from ARN.
6 flights to EWR but SK can't get me to the West Coast from ARN.
Dec 21, 2022, 9:46 am
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