Airlines have been announcing their new flight schedules for 2026 so if you need to travel from Denmark next year we’ve listed the new services so you can plan ahead.
Airlines across the Nordics are gearing up for a busy 2026, and several have now announced their spring and summer programmes.
Scandinavian airline SAS is rolling out its largest schedule in history and most of the growth will take place in Denmark, particularly Copenhagen.
Meanwhile, a series of new services have been announced at central Jutland airport Billund with low cost airline Norwegian leading the way here.
You can expect SAS to significantly ramp up its long distance services out of Copenhagen Airport from next year amid an ongoing takeover by Air France-KLM. The latter company’s CEO Ben Smith has stated that “SAS is currently underrepresented on long distance routes.”
“We want more long distance departures out of Copenhagen, because the airport doesn’t have its fair share right now. There will be growth in the number of long distance routes,” Smith said.
A new codeshare agreement with Vietnam Airlines and direct flight to Ho Chi Minh City was announced in November, with the first flight departing on December 15th this year.
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The airline’s winter programme meanwhile features two new year-round routes, to Vienna and Tel Aviv. New destinations introduced this winter include Marrakech, Funchal, Fuerteventura, Kittilä and Turin.
It is also continuing summer intercontinental flights to Seoul and Toronto into the winter.
The SAS programme for summer 2026, announced in September, includes seven new routes out of Copenhagen. These are as follows:
- Mumbai – week commencing June 2nd 2026 – 5 weekly departures
- Istanbul – week commencing March 26th 2026 – daily
- Riga – week commencing March 8th 2026 – 3 daily departures
- Luxembourg – week commencing March 9th 2026 – 2 daily departures
- Bordeaux – week commencing May 15th 2026 – 2 daily departures
- Marseille – week commencing June 22nd 2026 – 2 weekly departures (peak only)
- Visby – week commencing June 22nd 2026 – 3 weekly departures (peak only)
SAS is also increasing frequency on over 25 existing routes from Copenhagen, including Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Krakow, Prague, Seoul, Tallinn, and Tokyo.
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Low-cost airline Norwegian to expand the number of destinations offered from Billund Airport from 5 to 15 from spring 2026, the airport announced in October.
New destinations to be offered from Billund will include Milan, Naples, Nice and Edinburgh. Norwegian already offers flights from Billund to London Gatwick, Malaga and Alicante among its summer services.
- Norwegian’s new Billund routes to be introduced next year are as follows:
- Barcelona – week commencing March 30th 2026 – 2 weekly departures
- Bergamo – week commencing March 30th 2026 – 2 weekly departures
- Edinburgh – week commencing March 30th 2026 – 3 weekly departures
- Rome – week commencing March 30th 2026 – 2 weekly departures
- Las Palmas – week commencing March 30th 2026 – 1 weekly departure
- Porto – week commencing March 30th 2026 – 2 weekly departures
- Naples – week commencing April 7th 2026 – 3 weekly departures
- Chania – week commencing April 27th 2026 – 1 weekly departure
- Malta – week commencing June 1st 2026 – 1 weekly departure
- Nice – week commencing June 15th 2026 – 2 weekly departures
A headline new domestic flight starting next year is the launch of a low emissions service between Copenhagen and Aalborg, operated by Norwegian.
Norwegian will introduce the flight from March next year, using what is described as “green fuel” for the Copenhagen-Aalborg domestic connection.
The flight will use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), a renewable alternative to traditional jet fuel made from sources such as waste oils, agricultural residues, or other sustainable feedstocks.
The fuel type can significantly reduce carbon emissions over its lifecycle compared with conventional fossil-based aviation fuel.
This article will be updated on an ongoing basis. Are there any new flights we’ve not yet included? Let us know in the comments.