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SAS doubles the number of flights with pre-order dining

Scandinavian Airlines – SAS has made this announcement:

By extending the pre-order concept to more travelers on short haul flights from October 2018, SAS now takes new steps to reduce food waste and to personalize the on board experience. Furthermore, the initiative is in line with the vision of the next generation of traveling.

Starting from flights departing on October 1, 2018, it will now be possible to pre-order from the full day and evening menus on SAS Scandinavian and European flights from 80 minutes flight time, instead of 120 minutes as today, and thereby doubling the number of flights where pre-order is available. The initiative entails that pre-order options are now offered at a total number of approximately 80.000 SAS flights a year.Travelers have the possibility to choose from an assortment of 11 fresh food selections, including the well-received New Nordic by SAS salad cubes launched in spring 2017.

“Pre-ordering meals are popular and appreciated among our passengers. It is a modern, premium and innovative service concept, which allows travelers to customize their journey and order precisely that kind of food they wish to enjoy on board, for example vegan, gluten free, or specific types of meat-dishes. This is why we have chosen to double the number of flights where the pre-order concept is available. SAS always strives to be at the forefront of innovation and pioneering the next generation of traveling. Pre-ordering meals when traveling with SAS is easy. Travelers can do it during the booking process, or choose to do so at a later stage by logging in to the “My bookings” page at the SAS website. Here they will find a wide variety of food, satisfying all taste pallets”, says Thérèse Lorenius, VP Product and Services.

Extending the pre-order concept is a part of SAS’s environmental and sustainability work. Pre-order is an evident tool to reduce food waste, as it ensures the right amount and type of meals are loaded to match customer demands on each specific flight. While ensuring that the food SAS offers is tasty, inspiring and of highest quality, it is also a way to ensure low food waste. As ingredients and tastes change throughout the year, the New Nordic by SAS menus are optimized and customized based on the selected and fresh ingredients of the season.

On European routes with a flight time on 3 hours or above, SAS continues to load a wide assortment of fresh food on board, including the New Nordic by SAS salad cubes during the day. Salad cubes will no longer automatically be loaded on European and Scandinavian flights shorter than 3 hours.

Breakfast boxes, sandwiches, pizza and snacks will still be available to travelers in SAS Go without pre-ordering and SAS continues to offer travelers numerous food and snack options from the café menu which are continuously upgraded, latest by September 30, 2018.

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SAS seasonal summer 2018 routes – 5 new destinations and 27 new nonstop routes from Scandinavia

SAS continues to expand its offer to and from Scandinavia and launches 27 new nonstop routes to be served from several of its hubs. The seasonal summer 2018 routes also includes five new destinations on SAS´ route map; Verona, Sarajevo, Genoa, Toulon and Beirut. In addition to this, SAS is giving its customers more access to popular destinations with expanded summer service to Portugal, Spain, Croatia and Italy. And as a response to the increased interest in leisure travel, expanded non-stop flights from several of its hubs to popular summer destinations.

SAS seasonal summer 2018 routes offer 114 destinations from Denmark, Norway and Sweden and 1,3 million additional seats (compared to 2017) for the Scandinavian travelers.

SAS seasonal summer 2018 routes from Sweden

Arlanda Airport offers nonstop flights to Verona, Gazipasa, Birmingham. Expanded departures to Palma, Lisbon, Malaga and Rome.

SAS seasonal summer 2018 routes from Norway

Oslo offers nonstop flights to Thessaloniki, Prague, Genève, Warsaw and Aarhus. Additional flights will be offered to popular destinations as Athens, Düsseldorf and Manchester.

Nonstop flights are also offered from hubs including Bergen-Pula, Stavanger-Pula, Bodø-Alicante and Trondheim-Split.

SAS seasonal summer 2018 routes from Denmark

Copenhagen Airport offers nonstop flights to Beirut, Toulon, Sarajevo, Lisbon and Genoa. Gazipaza in Turkey is destination that has made a comeback in this year’s summer program. In addition to this, more frequent flights to Zurich in Switzerland, Rome, Italy and Aarhus.

Aarhus Airport offers new nonstop flights to Oslo, Stockholm, Munich, Majorca and Split.