S A S And Thai Expand Code-Share Agreement To Include Thai Nonstop Flights Scandinavia – Bangkok

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SAS and Thai expand code-share agreement to include Thai nonstop flights Scandinavia – Bangkok
BY GREGERS MØLLER

BANGKOK: -- Effective April 8, Scandinavian Airlines and Star Alliance partner Thai Airways will expand their present code-share agreement to also cover the direct routes Stockholm – Bangkok, Oslo – Bangkok and Copenhagen – Bangkok.

The code-share arrangement follows the announcement that SAS will put the route to Bangkok on hold as of 1 April – but plan to resume the flights in the winter.

The new code-share agreement is in addition to the present code-share destinations on Thai’s regional destinations in Asia and SAS’ Scandinavian and European destinations.

“We are very pleased that we are now able to take the next step in our cooperation together with Thai Airways. Bangkok and Thailand is a very important destination both for Scandinavian business and leisure travelers. We now look forward to offer our customers more and better options to reach Bangkok from all of Scandinavia,” says Rickard Gustafson, President and CEO, SAS.

The new code-share agreement makes it possible for SAS to offer its customer nonstop flights from Scandinavia to Bangkok and for SAS and Thai to further strengthen their customer offer and market position in Scandinavia. SAS customers may now book directly and earn EuroBonus points on www.flysas.com

Source: http://scandasia.com/sas-and-thai-expand-code-share-agreement-to-include-thai-nonstop-flights-scandinavia-bangkok/

-- ScandAsia 2013-03-06

[NanLaew]

Makes more sense of the non-sense statement issued last week when SAS said they were temporarily suspending the CPH-BKK route. Now SAS can use their A340's on the new service to SFO and let THAI handle the 'suspended' flights to Bangkok. From the THAI website, they will service the route with their 777's.