Scandinavian Airlines

SAS Cargo partners with fellow pioneer cargo.one to capitalise upon surging digital procurement

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SAS Cargo, the air freight division of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), has partnered with cargo.one globally to bring its capacity to the leading platform for digital air freight procurement and sales. Thousands more freight forwarders will soon gain enhanced digital access to SAS Cargo capacity. The collaboration aligns SAS Cargo with a fast-growing and popular quoting and booking method and will support the airline to compete in every relevant market. Leveraging the belly capacity of the SAS … [Read more...] about SAS Cargo partners with fellow pioneer cargo.one to capitalise upon surging digital procurement

SAS partners with WFS for cargo handling at a fourth major airport in North America

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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has awarded a cargo handling contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) at a fourth major airport gateway in North America. The new three-year agreement will see WFS, a member of SATS Group, handle cargo onboard SAS flights to and from Boston. The airline now offers daily Airbus A350 flights between the New England city and the Danish capital, Copenhagen.   WFS expects to handle over 8 million kilograms of cargo a year on SAS’s Boston operations, including high … [Read more...] about SAS partners with WFS for cargo handling at a fourth major airport in North America

SAS sells another slot pair at Heathrow

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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has entered into a slot transaction with Turkish Airlines that will take over one afternoon slot-pair at London Heathrow from SAS at the beginning of the winter traffic programme on 25 October 2015. The transaction will generate a positive earnings impact of MUSD 22 for SAS to be accounted for during the second quarter with a corresponding cash effect during calendar year 2015. As part of creating balance between frequencies and capacity during the day and … [Read more...] about SAS sells another slot pair at Heathrow

Former SAS cargo director on run from Interpol

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Former SAS Cargo sales director Jan Lillieborg, who is charged with the obstruction of justice in connection with the airline’s involvement in the globe-spanning cargo price fixing scandal, is said to be on the run after being fired from his new job, according to the Copenhagen Post. Lillieborg - indicted on three counts by the US Department of Justice - was reportedly fired from his job with Swedish company Green Cargo on Tuesday and has been uncontactable since then. Timothy Pfiel, … [Read more...] about Former SAS cargo director on run from Interpol