Estonian Air åpner Stockholm-Vilnius

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Skyways har lagt ned ruten mellom Stockholm og Vilnius - og Estonian Air går nå i gang på ruten.

Estonian Air expanding operations in Lithuanian market
08.09.2010

Estonian Air’s expansion into Lithuanian market in the beginning of the year has been successful and the airline has decided to widen its presence in Lithuania even more – starting from 31 October 2010, direct flights between Vilnius and Stockholm will be added to the winter flight schedule in addition to the Vilnius-Amsterdam route.

„Our successful operations and further expansion has become a reality thanks to the good cooperation with strong partner airlines. As the new destination from Vilnius, Stockholm has the biggest potential because it is not covered with direct flights today,“ said Andrus Aljas, Estonian Air President and CEO. „We are confident that the cooperation with SAS Scandinavian Airlines on Vilnius-Stockholm route will be as successful as in our home base in Estonia,“ Aljas added.

“The cooperation with Estonian Air on the new Stockholm-Vilnius service provides an important extension to our offer between Scandinavia and the Lithuanian market. This new service adds on to the significant growth of Scandinavian Airlines during 2010, when opening Copenhagen-Vilnius service, and confirms our ambition to be one of the leading carriers in the Lithuania market”, said Robin Kamark, Chief Commercial Officer at Scandinavian Airlines.

Flights between Vilnius and Stockholm will be operated under code share agreement with SAS Scandinavian Airlines six times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Flight schedule on Vilnius-Stockholm route

Departure Arrival
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday OV725 Vilnius 18:40 Stockholm 19:05

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday OV726 Stockholm 19:45 Vilnius 22:05

Stockholm airport offers convenient transit connections to and from Europe, Northern America and Asia both for leisure and business travellers.

Evening flights from Stockholm will depart after the arrival of most flights from Europe to Stockholm, which will create very good connections from wide variety of European cities to Vilnius. Departure from Vilnius enables to catch evening flights to London (Heathrow), Oslo (Gardermoen), Göteborg (Landsvetter), Umea, Lulea etc.

One-way fares from Vilnius start from 83 EUR (286 LTL) and from Stockholm 88 EUR (828 SEK), if purchased from www.estonian-air.com, including all fees and taxes, subject to availability.

For tickets and more information please visit our website www.estonian-air.com, contact Estonian Air Customer Service at +372 6401 163 or contact your travel agency.

Additional information:
Ilona Eskelinen, PR Director
AS Estonian Air, Lennujaama 13, 11101 Tallinn
Phone: +372 6401 178, Fax: +372 6401 204
pr@estonian-air.ee; www.estonian-air.com

SAS fortsetter det kommersielle samarbeidet med Estonian Air og inngår code-share-avtale på ruten:

SAS code-shares with Estonian Air on new route

SAS will code-share with Estonian Air on the airline's new
Stockholm-Vilnius route that will commence October 31. The new route
will operate daily except Saturdays and will offer smooth connections
from wide variety of European cities to Vilnius, as well from Vilnius to
London, Oslo, Gothenburg and other domestic Swedish destinations with
SAS.

"The cooperation with Estonian Air on the new Stockholm-Vilnius service
provides an important extension to our offer between Scandinavia and the
Lithuanian market. This new service adds on to the significant growth of
SAS during 2010, when opening Copenhagen-Vilnius service, and confirms
our ambition to be one of the leading carriers in the Lithuanian
market", said Robin Kamark, Chief Commercial Officer at Scandinavian
Airlines.

"Our successful operations and further expansion has become a reality
thanks to the good cooperation with strong partner airlines. As the new
destination from Vilnius, Stockholm has the biggest potential because it
is not covered with direct flights today," said Andrus Aljas, Estonian
Air President and CEO. "We are confident that the cooperation with SAS
Scandinavian Airlines on Vilnius-Stockholm route will be as successful
as in our home base in Estonia."

For more information, please contact:
SAS Press Hotline
Telephone: +46 8 797 2944

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Estonian Air satser videre i Vilnius - og åpner Vilnius-Milano som en del av Tallinn-Milano-ruten. Dermed har Estonian fire ruter fra Vilnius: Amsterdam, Milano, Stockholm og Tallinn.
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