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The domestic aviation sector in Sweden has seen dramatic changes in the past decade. Despite a general decline in the domestic market due to expansion of better roads and rail connections, deregulation has seen the number of air operators increase. New groupings in the form of air-travel organisers (which provide aircraft and crews to other airlines), and more low-cost carriers (LCCs) have entered the domestic market, bringing increased competition for certain destinations. SAS is still the dominant player in the Swedish air travel market. This holds for both domestic and international service, given that the company’s hub, located at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, is where a large part of Swedish air traffic connects. The Swedish Civil Aviation Department is responsible for regulatory oversight, while Swedavia manages the country’s major airports. LFV is the state-run air navigation services provider.

Sweden is dependent upon efficient air travel connections both on the domestic front and to important European and global markets. Through a combination of increased competition, attractive prices and a wide variety of destinations, the Swedish air travel market is likely to grow over the coming years.

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Marketing the emergence of China's sixth-freedom hubs

6-Feb-12 12:46 PM

In a move that will tilt the world's aviation axis, Chinese airlines are making bold efforts to target sixth-freedom traffic from their geographically well-positioned hubs that further benefit from very low cost bases. There are challenges including service, distribution and marketing, but on the latter two, China's airlines are making efforts and not standing still.

Norwegian's orders make it a candidate for first LCC to join a global alliance - or a Gulf carrier

2-Feb-12 5:30 PM

In a distorted and fast changing airline world where partnerships and mergers are key to future survival, Nordic LCC, Norwegian is fast making itself one of the most attractive unattached propositions in the market.

Norwegian’s steady move towards becoming a long-haul Boeing 787 operator, alongside a growing European short-haul distribution system, promises to make it a serious low-cost network airline. The carrier’s recent deal to lock in access to a large fleet of 222 fuel-efficient short-haul aircraft over the second half of the decade (and at opportunistic prices) will transform a successful local LCC into a global force.

The order announcement therefore does a lot more than promise a bigger airline. Its potentially strong position now propels it into a new sphere where it becomes a candidate to be the first LCC member of one of the big three global alliances – until now the exclusive realm of legacy network airlines.

Vueling grows its low cost Barcelona hub role as Iberia Express focusses on Madrid premium traffic

23-Jan-12 12:17 PM

Vueling's growth this year, the largest since its merger with rival Clickair in 2009, underscores the airline's role as a cost-effective hub carrier with connecting flights at Barcelona's El Prat Airport, a status Iberia concluded it could not achieve in Barcelona, largely pulling out of the market in favour of specially-formed LCC Clickair. After the Clickair-Vueling merger, Iberia retained part ownership (46%, now controlled by Iberia parent International Consolidated Airline Group) while the merged carrier continued its focus on Barcelona. The partnership appears to be working well for both Iberia and Vueling.

That focus has been re-affirmed by the airline's intention to grow summer destinations served from El Prat by a further 10, bringing the total to 70, 23 more than served last year, and representing a 17% seat increase at El Prat. The growth is supported by the addition of four A320s and a single A319.

Blue1 to become feeder for SAS' Copenhagen and Stockholm hubs in move against Finnair and Norwegian

5-Jan-12 2:21 PM

SAS subsidiary Blue1 will undergo network changes that will see it drop its non-Scandianvan European routes in order to bolster services from secondary Finnish cities.

This will allow the SAS group to build greater feed into its Copenhagen Kastrup and Stockholm Arlanda hubs, a competitive move against Finnair and its Helsinki hub, as well as LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle and its Scandinavian hubs.

This development is only the first in what will be a number of changes across the group’s carriers up to 2015 under the new strategy as SAS seeks to become a more formidable force. Meanwhile low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Services continues to grow and threaten SAS’ dominance in the Nordic market.

LFV on track to handle more than 700,000 air traffic movements in 2011

8-Dec-11 8:14 PM

Air traffic movements in Northern Europe continue to recover at a better than expected rate, with Swedish air navigation service provider (ANSP) LFV raising its full year outlook for aircraft movements, even at this late point in the year. The ANSP now expects over 705,000 aircraft movements in Swedish airspace for 2011, including domestic and international flights and overflights.

For the year to the end of Oct-2011, LFV has handled 596,000 flights, an increase of around 9%. The high levels of growth experienced during the beginning of the year have waned through the second half of 2011. Aircraft movements in Oct-2011 were up only 5% year-on-year, with overflight and international aircraft movements both up 6% and domestic flights up 2%.

SAS 3Q earnings up, but outlook looking weaker

25-Nov-11 7:04 PM

SAS reported significantly improved year-on-year earnings in the third quarter (three months ended 30-Sep-2011) with pre-tax profit up to SEK276 million (EUR29.9 million) – a sharp turnaround from 3Q2010’s SEK-1076 million (EUR-116.6 million) pre-tax loss. The result was due entirely to further drastic cost cuts at the group, as revenue and yields came under heavy pressure in the quarter. Revenue fell, despite the increase in passenger numbers, due to softening demand and continued intense competition in the Nordic region.

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