February 4, 2006: Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) is to introduce an additional service to Copenhagen, from London City Airport , increasing the total number of return flights to the Danish capital to three per day. The new service would be launched on March 26, 2007, and the carrier intends to operate the route using a 76-seater Q400 aircraft.

The new flight will depart from London City at 12.10 pm and arrive at Copenhagen at 3 pm. The return flight will leave Denmark at 10.30 am, touching down in London at 11.40 am . The duration of the flight would be around two hours.

At present, the carrier operates two daily services to Danish capital. The services to Copenhagen depart from London City at 9.20 am and 6.15 pm , while the return journeys commence at 7.45 am and 4.35 pm.

SAS also flies to the Danish capital from London Heathrow airport, offering a range of choices to passengers who travel from the UK's capital city. This also gives a choice to travellers to set out their journey from one airport, say Heathrow, and arrive at another (like London City Airport ).

The Scandinavian airline had commenced its first London-Copenhagen service in October 2005. The carrier started the services by flying two daily flights from Monday to Friday, while weekend services departing on Saturdays and Sundays were also introduced.

Later, the carrier had launched a London City to Stockholm route in January last year.

SAS is also expanding its services out of Copenhagen. With the coming summer season, the airline intends to fly on six other routes. Pristina will be included as a new destination, while Geneva (with three daily departures) and six additional services to Brussels are being planned.

According to SAS Denmark general manager Susanne Larsen, "The expansions are a positive acknowledgement that we are good at developing new destinations. Aberdeen, London City , Luxemburg are all routes that were initiated during the last two years and they are now expanded".

At present, the airline operates two services to Geneva and five to Brussels.

The services to Scottish Aberdeen will be increased with two daily departures, compared with the earlier one. The carrier also intends to introduce larger planes with an additional 50 per cent seats to Luxemburg.

Sondre Stromfjord in Greenland is another destination the carrier intends to operate.

SAS in January this year became the first carrier to offer travellers complementary telephone calls via Internet Protocol telephony. The carrier had earlier provided access to the Internet through personal computers and was also the first airline in the world to offer wireless Internet connections in all of its lounges.

SAS, along with its partner Sidewalk Express, are now providing access to high-speed Internet connections, wide-screen displays and also the opportunity to place telephone calls free by using IP telephony via Skype.