Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has launched direct
flights between Copenhagen and John F. Kennedy International
Airport in New York.
The new route gives SAS customers the choice of traveling to
or from the West and East side of New York as the airline
will continue
to operate its Newark service.
SAS is operating the JFK service with five flights
per week using Airbus A321LR aircraft every
Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The flight from CPH is scheduled to depart at 18:25,
arriving at JFK at
21:30. The return flight is timed to leave JFK at 23:00 and land
at CPH at 12:55.
The schedule will ramp up to daily in summer, with
a slight change in flight times. The
CPH-JFK service will depart at 19:20 and land 22:00, while the JFK-CPH
flights will leave at 23:55 and arrive at 13:45.
SAS will offer about 130 departures
per week on a total of 12 routes this winter.
“We are delighted to inaugurate our new route to
JFK. SAS already offers a solid product to Newark Airport from
Scandinavia, and we believe that this addition to JFK from
Copenhagen will strengthen the New York offer to our customers.
The US is a strategic market for SAS, and we will continue to
develop new routes and destinations,” said Anko van der Werff,
President & CEO, SAS.
The A321LR is the latest addition to SAS’ fleet. The aircraft has 22 Business, 12 Plus and 123 Go
seats, meaning a total of 157 seats in a single aisle aircraft.
Seats in SAS Business are
fully flat seat beds and there are different mood light scenarios
in the cabins, as well as hi-speed WiFi.
Every seat is equipped
with IFE screens, PC power and/or hi-power USB, and the reduced noise
level inside the cabin further enhances the travel experience
on board.
The A321LR is part of SAS’ ongoing fleet renewal and
will reduce climate-impacting emissions compared to previous
generations of similar aircraft.
