Singapore Airlines and SAS extend their code share

SINGAPORE- Implemented since December 2010, the code share agreement between Singapore Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) initially encompassed only frequencies from SAS on its operation flights beyond Copenhagen to Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm while SAS was codesharing on SIA-operated flights between Copenhagen and Singapore and on selected flights between Singapore and Bangkok.
But from now, codesharing has been expanded with immediate effect to SAS-operated flights from Copenhagen to: Alesund, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim in Norway; Gothenburg in Sweden; Aalborg, Aarhus and Billund in Denmark; and Turku in Finland. SAS in turn is codesharing on SIA-operated flights beyond Singapore to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in Australia; Auckland in New Zealand; Denpasar (Bali) and Jakarta in Indonesia; and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
“This codeshare expansion is an important step in the deepening of our cooperation with SAS. We are pleased to be able to offer our customers greater access to destinations in Scandinavia through our partnership with SAS,” said SIA Acting Senior Vice President Marketing Planning, Ms Lee Wen Fen.
Star Alliance partners SIA and SAS received final regulatory approval for a joint venture in November last year. The partnership encompasses joint operations including the co-ordination of flight schedules and joint sales activities.
As part of the partnership, SIA increased frequency of flights between Singapore and Copenhagen effective 31 March 2013 from three to five flights per week, with SAS codesharing on the flights.

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