CPH Airport expansion plans hit SAS turbulence

Axing runway cross-section could have dire ramifications for the airline

Copenhagen Airport’s plans to expand to accommodate more passengers have encountered some stern headwind following the assertion by several airlines that they will face dire consequences.

The airport’s plans, CPH Expanding, include scrapping its runway cross-section from where planes can take off and land under particular wind conditions – a move that has irked airlines such as SAS.

“Closing that cross-section will have serious consequences for SAS and passengers,” Lars Wigelstorp Andersen, the head of SAS’s public affairs and infrastructure, told takeoff.dk.

“If the airport builds on the take-off and landing runway we use when there is a particularly strong wind from the northwest or southeast, the airport will be closed about 25 times per year. That means 500 cancelled flights for SAS alone and an even greater number of delays.”

READ MORE: Copenhagen Airport among Europe’s fastest growing

Price of growth
Thomas Cook Airlines is another airline that has lamented the plans, arguing the decision could end up costing the company loads of money.

However, the airport has ascertained that the move, which is part of its plans to increase its annual passenger capacity from 26.6 to 40 million, would only result in 60 cancellations per year.

“We are focusing on growing, and if SAS and other airlines want to do the same, it will require an expansion of the airport,” said Thomas Woldbye, the CEO of Copenhagen Airport.

TOP STORIES

  • Danish Intelligence Service: Threat from Russia has intensified

    Danish Intelligence Service: Threat from Russia has intensified

    In the internal Danish waters, Russia will be able to attack underwater infrastructure from all types of vessels. The target could be cables with data, electricity and gas, assesses the Danish Defense Intelligence Service

  • Denmark to explore screening citizenship applicants for anti-democratic sentiments

    Denmark to explore screening citizenship applicants for anti-democratic sentiments

    A few weeks after Alex Vanopslagh’s comments about “right values,” the government announced that an expert committee would be established to examine the feasibility of screening citizenship applicants for anti-democratic attitudes.

  • The Future Copenhagen

    The Future Copenhagen

    The municipality plan encompasses building 40,000 houses by 2036 in order to help drive real estate prices down. But this is not the only huge project that will change the shape of the city: Lynetteholmen, M5 metro line, the Eastern Ring Road, and Jernbanebyen will transform Copenhagen into something different from what we know today

  • It’s not you: winter depression is affecting many people

    It’s not you: winter depression is affecting many people

    Many people in Denmark are facing hard times marked by sadness, anxiety, and apathy. It’s called winter depression, and it’s a widespread phenomenon during the cold months in Nordic countries.

  • Crime rates are rising, but people are safer

    Crime rates are rising, but people are safer

    Crime in Denmark is increasing for the second consecutive year, but it is more focused on property, while people appear to be safer than before. Over the past year, there were fewer incidents of violence

  • Novo Nordisk invests 8.5 billion DKK in new Odense facility

    Novo Nordisk invests 8.5 billion DKK in new Odense facility

    Despite Novo’s announcement that its growth abroad will be larger than in Denmark, the company announced this morning an 8.5 billion DKK investment for a new facility in Odense. This is the first time the company has established a new production site in Denmark this century.

Connect club

Connect Club is your gateway to a vibrant programme of events and an international community in Denmark.

Sign up here

Career

Want to advertise your job with CPH Post?

Contact us

Jobs