Scandinavian Launches Houston-Stavanger Route

An SAS jet in Los Angeles

Scandinavian Airlines started its non-stop service between Houston, Texas and Stavanger, Norway on Wednesday.

The airline is operating the flights using Boeing 737-700 aircraft.  The plane is equipped with 44 lie-flat business-class seats arranged in a 2-2 configuration.

The flight takes approximately ten hours from Houston to Stavanger, the oil capital of Norway.

The service operates six days a week. Flights depart from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 9:35 p.m. every day except Saturdays, and arrive in Stavanger at 2:20 p.m. the next day.  Flights from Stavanger to Houston operate every day except for Saturdays as well, departing at 4:00 p.m., and arriving at 7:40 p.m. the same day.

Scandinavian Airlines is the only airline to offer non-stop service between Houston and Scandinavia.

Scandinavian Airlines, the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, is the only airline to offer non-stop service between Houston and Scandinavia. It was founded on August 1, 1946, and is largest carrier in the region.  The airline currently serves 90 destinations worldwide.

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