SAS nonstop flights to New York from Oslo

Seven years after cancelling its route from Oslo Airport to New York, Scandinavian airlines SAS reopens the route with daily flights.
The Oslo-New York nonstop flights will be launched March 27 next year and serviced daily with an Airbus A330-300, offering 34 Business class seats, 35 Economy Extra and 195 Economy seats, Oslo will be the third route from Newark for SAS, which also flies nonstop from there to Copenhagen and Stockholm. Other U.S. gateways for SAS are Chicago O'Hare (to Copenhagen and Stockholm) and Washington Dulles (Copenhagen).The direct route from Oslo to New York will give Norwegian SAS passengers access to more than 40 routes beyond The Big Apple to the rest of North and South America with SAS’ alliance partners.
"The new Oslo route will provide smoother connections to the rest of Norway and other areas in Scandinavia and Europe," Persson says, adding "SAS also will significantly increase frequencies across our short-haul network with an additional 150 weekly departures on key routes."

Also on Wednesday, SAS announced that it would add nonstop service between Copenhagen and Shanghai. The airline says that "service will begin as five times weekly during next winter, using an Airbus A340-300 with 245 seats: 46 in Business, 28 in Economy Extra and 171 in Economy."

SAS will also open direct routes from OSL to Palma, Munich and Split in the spring.