SAS A321LR to Operate Boston Route

Scandinavian Airlines, also known as SAS, has announced some changes to its flight to Boston from Copenhagen. As of September 26, 2020, the airline will increase frequency on its flights to Boston, from 4 weekly to 6 weekly, switching from the Airbus A330-300 to the Airbus A321neo LR. Currently, the airline operates the route seasonally during the summer, however, with the switch they intend to return to operating the route year-round. Although this is a decrease in capacity from 262 seats to 157, I think that this change is great for the route. SAS's route to Boston began on a leased PrivatAir 737-700 which they operated with a premium heavy configuration. However, after terminating the lease they switched to a much larger Airbus A330-300 with lower frequency. This was very bad for the route, for some time the route had some terrible load factors, especially during the winter season, however, they struggled to fill the plane during the summer too. I think that the A321neo LR is the right plane to operate the route because it will allow the airline to increase the frequency of flights between the cities. Additionally, the A321neo LR is a very premium plane with 22 seats out of 157 being business class seats, this is very important for the route, as there is a lot of business demand between the pharmaceutical companies of both cities so this should help make the route more profitable for the airline.

Source: www.routesonline.com

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