Åtminstone upprepning av funderingen och en liten konkretisering (min fetning) av Anko i senaste intervjun från 15 december tycker jag. Vad innebär egentligen "RATs" i dessa sammanhang, 50 till 80 vadå? De förkortningar jag googlat passar inte riktigt in tycker jag..
John Strickland:
And in terms of those opportunities for growth, you talked about it, it's not about size. You talked about the opportunities in secondary cities. I think I saw another interview you'd given recently, which suggested we could even see SAS venturing into new territories, not right now, but in the future with this modernised and simplified fleet A321 allows, what we talked about, but also A350s on the long haul. We're seeing Finnair make a great virtue, pre pandemic, of its position in Scandinavia to serve Asia, you do that, you serve the USA. But could you [do anymore with that 00:25:32], that maybe new markets, and I'm thinking of, Latin American markets, for example, other markets around the world, which again, attract these strong leisure flows.
Anko van der Werff:
Yep.
Well, it won't surprise you that after seven years in Latin America, I am indeed looking at the team or looking with the team here at some Latin America flow. So yeah, I do think that, that would fit also who we are again, or who we want to be also going forward and if that leisure market is indeed increasing and becoming more important. So yes, I would think that those flows would work. There is between 50 and 80 new RATs that we can actually open relatively soon if we were to position ourselves well, if we make sure that we are competitive. And I think that's again, up to us, to make sure that we get there and offer our customers that growth.
CEO interview with SAS, CEO & President, Anko van der Werff | CAPA TV
Intervjun handlar såklart om mycket mer än nya destinationer, för den som är intresserad.
Bor själv i Blekinge och vi når Kastrup på under 2 timmar med bil. Det är också lättare att flyga in passagerare från norra Europa till Köpenhamn än till Stockholm och Oslo då Köpenhamn i mångas ögon känns närmare. En känd pilot i social medier har t,ex nämnd att inom 1 timmes flygväg från Köpenhamn når man närmare 100 miljoner människor, från Stockholm bara en bråkdel av detta 
