Ethiopian between Stockholm - Oslo

[OZDUCK]

I am toying with a tip to Stockholm later this year. (QR are having a small 'companion' J sale out of Singapore, and other cities, at about $3,200 per pax for 2 people to Stockholm.) I was thinking of maybe jumping across to Oslo as well and had a look at airfares. I was amazed to see that Ethiopian Airlines have 5th Freedom rights between the two cities. Checking on the AFF list of 5th Freedom Flights I see that it is on that list.

The return airfare, in a B787-9, starts from about $137 dollars. This is about nearly half of what SAS wants for the same trip. I wonder if this fare is due to what happened a few months ago or it was always very cheap. The train fare is also much higher.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I am toying with a tip to Stockholm later this year. (QR are having a small 'companion' J sale out of Singapore, and other cities, at about $3,200 per pax for 2 people to Stockholm.) I was thinking of maybe jumping across to Oslo as well and had a look at airfares. I was amazed to see that Ethiopian Airlines have 5th Freedom rights between the two cities. Checking on the AFF list of 5th Freedom Flights I see that it is on that list.

The return airfare, in a B787-9, starts from about $137 dollars. This is about nearly half of what SAS wants for the same trip. I wonder if this fare is due to what happened a few months ago or it was always very cheap. The train fare is also much higher.

From what I recall that is about the standard fare they cahrge for that route (I was looking at it too for a connecting flight to TG).

 

[Mattg]

Yep, this route has always been cheap. There are usually many more passengers originating in ADD that leave the flight in ARN than there are joining from ARN to OSL, so they're usually just happy to fill some seats on that fifth-freedom tag (at whatever price).

A good opportunity to try a very good airline IMHO.