21.07.2003
Air traffic to Asia on the rise again

Passengers are again travelling to Asia in large numbers – the fear of SARS has disappeared in recent weeks, and the number of flights from Copenhagen Airport to a number of destinations in Asia is now growing again after a long period of limited travel activity to the region.

SAS is currently experiencing very strong interest in trips to the Chinese capital Beijing, and SAS will go back to their seven-days-a-week service to that city on 22 August – the current schedule only has flights every other day. In addition, SAS has decided to increase the weekly number of flights from Copenhagen to Bangkok and on to Singapore from four to six beginning on 30 August, the airline has announced.

Additional Thai flight

Thai Airways, which managed to get through the SARS crisis without cutting down on the number of weekly flights to and from Copenhagen, is even going to increase the number of flights from Copenhagen to Bangkok from five to six a week.

And Singapore Airlines, which reduced the number of return flights between Copenhagen and Singapore from three to two during the SARS crisis, is now back at three flights a week.

Direct flights from Copenhagen to destinations in Asia:

Singapore Airlines flies from Copenhagen to Singapore on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11.30 a.m.

Thai Airways flies from Copenhagen to Bangkok on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2.30 p.m. (a Wednesday flight will be added to the schedule from 30 October 2003).

SAS flies to Beijing every other day at 7.50 p.m. From 22 August, the frequency will be increased to seven days a week.

SAS flies to Bangkok and on to Singapore on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 10.45 p.m. (Wednesday and Friday flights will be added from 30 August).