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Denmark’s DSB ticket app updated to allow multiple check-ins

The DSB app, which can be used to pay for rail and bus journeys across Denmark, has been updated so that users can use it to pay for accompanying passengers.

Denmark’s DSB ticket app updated to allow multiple check-ins
DSB's app can now be used to check in multiple passengers. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Denmark’s national rail operator DSB has announced an update of its app to enable users to buy multiple tickets on the same journey.

DSB’s app, launched in April this year, allows you to pay for your journey and to check in on buses, local trains or metros. Over two and a half million journeys have since been paid for using the app, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

To use the DSB app, you can use the “check in” function in the app and then “check out” when your journey is complete. Your fare will then be paid using the payment card you link to the app.

This will now also apply when you add additional passengers before checking, using the new function.

If you forget to check out at the end of your trip, the DSB app does this automatically after 15 minutes, preventing you from paying an incorrect fare.

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“There has been great demand from customers to be able to travel together using the Check-in function. Now you only need one phone to take care of tickets for everyone on trains, buses, metro, and light rail,” DSB’s customer manager Charlotte Kjærulff said in the statement.

As much as 77 percent of online ticket purchases with DSB are now completed on the DSB app, according to the company.

“We are continuously developing our app with the aim of putting everything the customer needs for their journey in one place.We want it to be easy for customers to find the right ticket for their journey,” Kjærulff said.

Many transport users in Denmark still use a physical Rejsekort when checking in and out of public transportation. The Rejsekort is also being replaced by an app, which was fully rolled out earlier this month. The Rejsekort app is currently awaiting the results of a probe by the national data protection agency.

Both the DSB and Rejsekort apps are likely to increase convenience for many public transport passengers who have previously been reliant on having credit on the physical card and remembering to bring it with them.

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SAS announces 15 new routes from Copenhagen as part of expansion strategy

Scandinavian airline SAS is to open 15 new routes from Copenhagen from summer 2025 and aims to establish an international hub in the Danish capital.

SAS announces 15 new routes from Copenhagen as part of expansion strategy

Next summer’s SAS services from Copenhagen Airport will include 15 new destinations including Krakow in Poland, Madrid in Spain, Budapest in Hungary, and Malta, the company said in a press statement on Wednesday.

The full list of new routes for next summer is Krakow, Madrid, Budapest, Lyon, Valencia, Malta, Bucharest, Milan Linate, Seville, Turku, Billund, Kristiansand, Harstad/Narvik and Bodø. 

Domestic flights between Copenhagen and Billund will meanwhile be reinstated after a five-year hiatus.

There will also be a frequency increase on 15 of the existing routes, including key destinations such as Stockholm, Oslo, Prague, Berlin and Helsinki. That will “solidify Copenhagen’s position as a global hub”, SAS said in the statement. 

“Copenhagen’s attractive location in continental Europe allows for efficient same-day travel across Northern, Central, and Western Europe. The hub will also serve as a key transit point for long-haul travel, connecting Europe with North America and Asia,” the company said.

SAS revealed earlier this week that it will resume long-haul flights to Seattle in the United States, after a 16-year break, as part of its new summer schedule starting on March 30th next year.

The new routes are part of a fresh start for SAS following its recent official exit from bankruptcy protection and change of ownership.

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“Following new ownership and the successful completion of our restructuring, SAS is emerging as a competitive and financially strong airline. By enhancing Copenhagen as our main hub and expanding our network, we are boosting connectivity and driving economic growth not only in Denmark but across Scandinavia,” SAS CEO Anko van der Werff said in Wednesday’s statement.

“For our passengers, this means more travel options, improved convenience, and a seamless experience across a growing number of destinations”, he added.

This week’s announcements appear to align with comments made by SAS’ new chairman of the board, Kåre Schultz, who was officially elected last week.

“I think we should now think of it as an offensive position for SAS, where we need to optimise,” Schultz said according to newswire Ritzau.

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