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Old 1st Aug 2016, 23:15
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davidjohnson6
 
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Flew as passenger on 01 August and saw in the August issue of the in-flight mag that Are/Ostersund has appeared on the destinations map.
http://traveller.easyjet.com/emagazi...9/august-2016/
(jump to page 139 or page 173)
I don't recall seeing it on the map in the July issue or earlier this year or last year

Ostersund is not a major business centre by any means and the main reason to go there for leisure purposes is to skiing and winter snow.
Granted it's possible Easyjet are operating some winter charters to Ostersund but why would Easyjet add blurb about getting from airport to town by bus or taxi for people on package hols with inclusive transfers ?
Perhaps Ostersund is to be announced formally in early September (once Europe gets back from their beach hols) to be a winter ski destination starting Xmas 2016 ?

Article (in Swedish but Google Translate gives the general gist) suggesting the tourism authority in Ostersund was talking actively to Easyjet earlier this summer, including the possibility of offering attractive commercial terms.
http://www.op.se/jamtland/stor-satsn...ien-till-lanet

For those interested, Ostersund is famous amongst Swedes for the monster living in a nearby lake, similiar to Nessie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storsj%C3%B6odjuret

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