SAS launches new campaign – Scandinavia Starts at Takeoff
The new SAS campaign “Scandinavia Starts at Takeoff” is inspiring travelers from around the world to visit Scandinavia. Across four short films employees of SAS share what they love most about Scandinavia.
“Scandinavia Starts at Takeoff” is the name and concept behind the new SAS campaign launched on Mon 25th February 2019. The campaign will run in various channels in global markets outside of Scandinavia, to encourage international visitors to experience Scandinavia with SAS.
”In this campaign our colleagues are our strongest asset, sharing with the world what they appreciate most about their home countries. This is to emphasize the message that we would like SAS to be the natural choice for visitors when travelling to Scandinavia and that the Scandinavian experience starts already at takeoff, ” says Annelie Nässén, SAS Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing.
Last year, SAS decided to review its communication messaging towards potential international visitors to Denmark, Norway and/or Sweden. Based on market research and data, the most attractive elements of Scandinavia and the most popular reasons to visit the region from Europe, Asia and the US were identified. From this research “Scandinavia Starts AT Takeoff” is being introduced in SAS’ communication outside of Scandinavia.
To launch the concept, based on an open casting call, thousands of employees were asked to submit, and three SAS employees were chosen. They were filmed, describing their thoughts of what they love most about Scandinavia, to inspire newcomers or repeat visitors to the region.
SAS flies with a modern fleet to Scandinavia that allows for a transition to more sustainable travel and intends to reduce emissions by 25% by 2030. SAS also chooses to compensate for CO2 for all travelers who enter a EuroBonus number in connection with their booking.
The campaign’s films can be found here:
Main: https://youtu.be/Tg1AzivXj48
Individual - Mikhael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbADsdScE24
Individual - Cecilie: https://youtu.be/sOXph-6SxLk
Individual - Sarah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cHBLNqcxjE
For more information, please contact:
SAS pressoffice, phn +46 8 797 2944
SAS carries more than 30 million passengers annually and is Scandinavia’s leading airline with close to 800 daily flights on 272 routes to 123 destinations in Scandinavia, Europe, USA and Asia. SAS is a member of Star Alliance™ and can together with our partner airlines offer more than 18,800 daily flights to 1,300 destinations around the world in over 193 countries. For more information, visit www.flysas.com