BIRMINGHAM Airport has completed a hat-trick of new service announcements with the news that Scandinavian Airlines is set to increase its Birmingham to Copenhagen frequency.
SAS will extend its present 12 services per week to 16 from June 2016.
The announcement comes in a week that has already seen the airport boosted by Qatar Airways’ decision to start an eight-flights-a-week service to Doha next March and Czech Airlines’ conformation that it will become the eleventh new airline to begin using the hub by operating flights to Prague five times a week.
The additional four weekly SAS services to the Danish capital will give business travellers more flexibility when travelling to Scandinavia, particularly if they wish to return on the same day.
The additional flights will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, departing from Copenhagen at 20:00 and arriving into Birmingham at 21:00. The Birmingham departure is scheduled for 21:40, arriving into Copenhagen at 00:30.
William Pearson, Birmingham Airport’s Aviation Development Director, said: “SAS is a long standing and valued customer of Birmingham Airport so we are very pleased to see these extra flights on sale, giving our passengers greater flexibility and alternatives when travelling to Copenhagen.”
SAS operates a CRJ900 aircraft on the routes with 88 business and economy seats.
Hans Dyhrfort, SAS Regional General Manager Western Europe, commented: “Strong traffic between Birmingham and Copenhagen has allowed us to increase frequency, with UK passengers travelling to both Copenhagen, or conveniently connecting to the rest of Scandinavia and Europe.”
SAS has been operating from Birmingham for 26 years and has carried 1.6m passengers over this time.
