The Arlanda Express is ridiculously expensive, but even if the price on that were magically reduced a lot and they branded Sweden as the cheap Scandinavian capital to visit, it won’t make routes to/from ARN sustainable. The ARN routes will become less sustainable as SAS becomes ever more Danish and there will be a shift to a higher proportion of seasonal routes to year-round routes. But absent an economic boom in Sweden centered on Stockholm and northern/central Sweden, no amount of beautifying ARN is going to sustainably change the demand profile for flights to and from ARN.
Despite Sweden’s substantial population growth in the past 20 years and how much the Stockholm area has grown, ARN has struggled to attract and keep long-haul routes. Their sustainability is not so much because of decisions by or with SAS. It is primarily a reaction to the demand profile and geographic position that is what it is for ARN.
Despite Sweden’s substantial population growth in the past 20 years and how much the Stockholm area has grown, ARN has struggled to attract and keep long-haul routes. Their sustainability is not so much because of decisions by or with SAS. It is primarily a reaction to the demand profile and geographic position that is what it is for ARN.
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