SAS crew Provides Gay Tips on New Web Site

Thursday, 09 Jul, 2008 0

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has launched a gay site on its international www.flysas.com website, becoming the first European airline with a website dedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender/transsexual (GLBT) market.

The website features SAS’ popular crew tips, providing tips from its own gay crew of the best that Stockholm and Copenhagen has to offer.

The new site, www.flysas.com/gay, was recently launched to celebrate EuroPride Gay and Lesbian Festival , which is taking place in Stockholm July 30 – August 2.

SAS has partnered up with Stockholm Visitors Board, Wonderful Copenhagen, Swedish publisher QX and Copenhagen Gay Life to offer gay maps, gay guides and an events calendar which is updated daily for both cities.

Next year Copenhagen will host the World Out Games 2009, bringing again a major gay event to Scandinavia, SAS’ home market. SAS is the proud Strategic Partner and the official airline of the World Out Games 2009.”

“Copenhagen and Stockholm are becoming increasingly popular destinations for the affluent gay market and attracting major international events such as the World Out Games which is expected to bring over 20.000 visitors to Copenhagen in 2009, said Lars Olofsson, General Manager SAS Australia and New Zealand.

Please visit www.flysas.com/gay for the best of what to do in Copenhagen and Stockholm. For more information about Scandinavian Airlines in Australia, visit www.flysas.com.au or call 1300 727 707.

Scandinavian Airlines offers daily connections from Australia in co-operation with selected Star Alliance™ partners THAI, Singapore Airlines, Air China, United Airlines and frequent flyer partner Qantas. Services operate via Asia and North America to more than 75 destinations in Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic’s and Europe, utilising the gateways of Stockholm and Copenhagen.

Scandinavian Airlines International is the long-haul operator of SAS with 1.4 million passengers per year. The fleet consists of Airbus A330s and A340s, serving 10 destinations: New York, Chicago, Washington, Seattle, Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai, Copenhagen and Stockholm. In 2008, SAS International will launch flights to Delhi and San Francisco in 2009. The company is also responsible for the SAS Group’s sales and market activities in EMEA, Asia Pacific and North America.

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