Arlanda attracts more Asia-US stopovers

[Eugene Koh 4]

To MAS employees. I found an interesting article in Flight Int'l while browsing this morning. Is it true or just rumuor or even perhaps in MAS future route plan to fly to Miami via Arlanda, Stockholm.

 

Arlanda attracts more Asia-US stopovers

 

Stockholm Arlanda airport is set to add up to a dozen more long- haul routes as Asian airlines take advantage of more direct routeings to North American destinations, as well as Sweden’s liberal fifth-freedom regime.

 

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) started services via the Swedish capital to New York Newark airport in November, replacing its previous stop-over of Dubai, with a saving of almost 1,000km (540nm). The Swedish government granted the carrier full fifth-freedom rights and around one-third of the traffic is Swedes visiting the USA.

 

The airport attended last week’s Routes scheduling forum in Copenhagen to convince other Asian carriers to route via the city, with the opening of Russian northern airspace making direct routeings possible for the first time, says Mats Rodgerson, route development manager for Stockholm Arlanda. “We are perfectly positioned for flights from South-East Asia to the East Coast of the USA,†he says. The airport says it is in talks with airlines for around 30 new routes, with around 12 considered likely. Many carriers want to add a second US city to their networks and to use a smaller aircraft, says Rodgerson. The combination of a reduced flying time and picking up additional passengers makes the proposal economically feasible, he adds.

 

The airport is hoping to attract Emirates with a route to San Francisco via the city and similarly Japan Airlines to Paris, also in a virtually direct routing over the North Pole. MAS is also considering services to Miami, it says.

 

The airport is also offering an incentive package with a 96% reduction in passenger fees and half-price landing fees in the first year of any route in a bid to rival Copenhagen as Scandinavia’s intercontinental hub.

 

[Keno Omar 0]

If MAS were to open up a route to Miami they have to nearly entirely on Swedish & other Scandinavian passengers and not those originating from KUL. A route linking KUL & MIA does sound rather far-fetched at first, but if the service could fill enough passengers between ARN & MIA, it may just make good business sense as this will provide the only scheduled service between Scandinavia & Florida.

 

My crystal ball says... ain't gonna happen.

[Sing Yew 1]

Sounds more like a rumour for me. It may happen in but doubt it'll be in the near future.

[kandiah k 0]

It is always possible !!!!

 

 

But they will need to make the ARN-EWR flights daily first and have high yields on the flights first, right ? Also, LAX has to go daily and high yield' too!!!!!!!

 

But why MIAMI ?

 

 

[Pieter C. 5]

MIA = hub for Central- and Southern American flights (and not only a hub for AA)

[Sing Yew 1]

MIA = hub for Central- and Southern American flights (and not only a hub for AA) 

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It may workout if that's the case if and when MH do end up joining an alliance to provide the feeder traffics and all.

 

[Sanjay Thaker 0]

MIAMI....what a wonderful destination for MH to start....i think penetrating the american market and making their presence felt there is important..as for ARN...MH is doing well in the country.....