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Dec 23, 2011 (newstodate): The SAS Group airline in Finland, Blue1 is looking forward to a new year with new business openings.
From 2012, the SAS Group's carrier Blue1 will launch flights on a spree of new routes between Copenhagen and Finnish destinations Kittila, Kuopio, Oulu, Vaasa, Lappeenranta and Turku in addition to Helsinki and Tampere that are already served.
Blue1 will also open flights on new routes to SAS' other Scandinavian hub, Stockholm, from Pori, Kokkola and Oulu in addition to Helsinki, Tampere, Vaasa and Turku that are also already served.
-For us it is certainly happy tidings that 2012 will see the opening of flights from a range of destinations in Finland to Copenhagen and Stockholm, says Tom Christides, Blue1 VP Corporate Communication & Government Affairs.
-2011 has been a difficult year for the aviation business generally, so rather than leaning back and wait to see how the world evolves we are eager to take the offensive in 2012 with these new initiatives.
-With the launch of flights from many smaller Finnish destinations into the SAS hubs at Copenhagen and Stockholm, travelers in Finland will actually gain significantly in service. Rather than having to transfer via Helsinki to reach destinations in Europe, they can now go directly from local airports into the SAS hub, often with gains in total travel time. And certainly gaining in comfort from later departure times due to the one-hour time difference between Finland and the rest of Scandinavia, also arriving home earlier on the return trip for the same reason.
-I would consider this time gains one of the strong points in this new strategy, and we certainly expect much from it in the highly competitive Finnish market that is so far largely dominated by the national carrier, says Mr Christides.
Blue1 now has a fleet of nine Boeing 717 aircraft and also operates Golden Air's two SAAB 2000 and three ATR-72 aircraft on its route network.
From 2012, the SAS Group's carrier Blue1 will launch flights on a spree of new routes between Copenhagen and Finnish destinations Kittila, Kuopio, Oulu, Vaasa, Lappeenranta and Turku in addition to Helsinki and Tampere that are already served.
Blue1 will also open flights on new routes to SAS' other Scandinavian hub, Stockholm, from Pori, Kokkola and Oulu in addition to Helsinki, Tampere, Vaasa and Turku that are also already served.
-For us it is certainly happy tidings that 2012 will see the opening of flights from a range of destinations in Finland to Copenhagen and Stockholm, says Tom Christides, Blue1 VP Corporate Communication & Government Affairs.
-2011 has been a difficult year for the aviation business generally, so rather than leaning back and wait to see how the world evolves we are eager to take the offensive in 2012 with these new initiatives.
-With the launch of flights from many smaller Finnish destinations into the SAS hubs at Copenhagen and Stockholm, travelers in Finland will actually gain significantly in service. Rather than having to transfer via Helsinki to reach destinations in Europe, they can now go directly from local airports into the SAS hub, often with gains in total travel time. And certainly gaining in comfort from later departure times due to the one-hour time difference between Finland and the rest of Scandinavia, also arriving home earlier on the return trip for the same reason.
-I would consider this time gains one of the strong points in this new strategy, and we certainly expect much from it in the highly competitive Finnish market that is so far largely dominated by the national carrier, says Mr Christides.
Blue1 now has a fleet of nine Boeing 717 aircraft and also operates Golden Air's two SAAB 2000 and three ATR-72 aircraft on its route network.