Delta Air Lines will expand its flights to Scandinavia, with new services between Minneapolis and Copenhagen. MSP will be Delta’s second route from the Danish capital, after New York JFK, its other seasonal service.

Operations will begin on May 22nd, 2025, and will run through early September 2025. According to its website, the airline will fly Airbus A330-300s with a capacity of 282 passengers, equipped with Delta One, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort+ and Main Cabin.

“Delta continues to strengthen its global network and offers unparalleled access to Europe from Minneapolis-St. Paul with this new direct service to Copenhagen, one of Europe’s most vibrant and culturally rich cities,” said Joe Esposito, Delta’s Senior Vice President – Network Planning. “This route creates an invaluable connection between two major SkyTeam partner hubs, providing unrivaled connectivity and travel options for customers traveling between Scandinavia and North America.”

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• DL 116  Minneapolis MSP 18:25 · 10:05+1 CPH Copenhagen

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• DL 117  Copenhagen CPH 12:25 · 15:10 MSP Minneapolis

Copenhagen will join Amsterdam, Dublin, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Reykjavik and Rome, Delta’s year-round and seasonal destinations in Europe from/to Minneapolis.

Delta Air Lines will be the only operator on the MSP-CPH route.

• Amsterdam (AMS): year-round route
• Copenhagen (CPH): seasonal route
• Dublin (DUB): seasonal route
• London (LHR): year-round route
• Paris (CDG): year-round route
• Reykjavik (KEF): seasonal route
• Rome (FCO): seasonal route

“We are excited that Delta is expanding direct service to Europe from MSP next year, offering even more connections in that region through its new SkyTeam partner Scandinavian Airlines System,” said Brian Ryks, CEO and executive director of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which owns and operates MSP Airport. “Many Minnesotans are of Scandinavian heritage, and this new route offers great access to support deeper cultural ties and the continuation of cross-Atlantic business connections between our regions.”

Air Serbia to fly to Shanghai

The airline will start operations between Belgrade and Shanghai Pudong as of January 11th, 2025. Flights will be twice a week with Airbus A330-200 aircraft configured for 257 passengers.

Shanghai will become Air Serbia’s third destination in China, following Tianjin and Guangzhou.

Tuesday and Saturday

• JU 986  Belgrade BEG 00:45 · 19:00 PVG Shanghai
• JU 987  Shanghai PVG 22:25 · 04:45+2 BEG Belgrade

With respect to Guangzhou, on September 30th, the company began flying from the Serbian capital as follows:

Monday and Friday

• JU 988  Belgrade BEG 00:50 · 18:10 CAN Guangzhou
• JU 989  Guangzhou CAN 23:10 · 04:30+1 BEG Belgrade

Vietnam Airlines inaugurates flights to Munich

On October 5th at 06:25 local time, Vietnam Airlines’ inaugural flight arrived at Munich Airport. The airline commenced services from Hanoi on Saturday, which it will perform twice-weekly on 274-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.

Monday and Saturday

• VN 35  Hanoi HAN 00:05 · 06:50 MUC Munich
• VN 34  Munich MUC 13:35 · 05:00+1 HAN Hanoi

Furthermore, two days later, Vietnam Airlines launched operations between Ho Chi Minh City and Munich, with the same aircraft, to be offered once per week.

Monday/Tuesday

• VN 33  Ho Chi Minh City SGN 23:40 · 06:40+1 MUC Munich (Monday)
• VN 32  Munich MUC 12:45 · 05:00+1 SGN Ho Chi Minh City (Tuesday)

Vietnam Airlines routes between Vietnam and Europe

Hanoi

• Frankfurt (FRA): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• London (LHR): 2 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Munich (MUC): 2 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Paris (CDG): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9

Ho Chi Minh City

• Frankfurt (FRA): 5 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• London (LHR): 2 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Munich (MUC): 1 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Paris (CDG): 5 weekly · Boeing 787-9

CSA Czech Airlines to cease flying on October 26th

Days before its 101st anniversary, CSA Czech Airlines, the flag carrier of the Czech Republic, will perform its last scheduled operations. The cessation of flights is a consequence of several factors, including major financial crises, the start of new low-cost competitors and the Coronavirus pandemic.

The airline has one active Airbus A320-200, which has a sticker for its 100th anniversary, celebrated on October 29th, 2023. Its only operational A320 has the registration OK-HEU, while the other has been in Sofia (Bulgaria) since the beginning of October, after a ferry flight from Bacau (OK-IOO).

Paris Charles de Gaulle and Madrid are the destinations offered by Czech Airlines. Smartwings will take over the CSA Czech Airlines operations following the suspension of flights.

We review other highlights of the European market

Aeroitalia

New route and aircraft.

Beginning April 1st, 2025, the airline intends to start operations between Rome and Lublin, which it will offer with Boeing 737-800s, twice a week.

Tuesday and Saturday

• XZ 2992  Rome FCO 10:00 · 12:20 LUZ Lublin
• XZ 2993  Lublin LUZ 13:10 · 15:30 FCO Rome

In addition, Aeroitalia added the first Airbus A319-111 to its fleet on October 5th, via wet-lease. The aircraft, registration 9A-ZAG, is owned by Fly Air41 Airways, a Croatian airline.

That same day, as can be seen in our database, the A319 entered service for Aeroitalia with flight XZ 2811 between Rome and Catania.

Air Corsica

The French company will commence flights between Figari and Olbia from June 6th, 2025, to be provided once-weekly by 72-seat ATR 72-600s.

Friday

• XK 718  Figari FSC 11:00 · 11:40 OLB Olbia
• XK 719  Olbia OLB 12:30 · 13:10 FSC Figari

Air Corsica has 7 ATR 72-600s in its fleet, averaging 1 year old.

Air Europa

Between June and September 2025, Air Europa will boost its operations in the Dominican Republic, increasing from three to five flights per week on the Madrid – Punta Cana route.

In accordance with its website, the airline will run these services with Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.

Daily except Thursday and Saturday

• UX 033  Madrid MAD 16:50 · 19:20 PUJ Punta Cana
• UX 034  Punta Cana PUJ 21:20 · 11:25+1 MAD Madrid

New flights on Tuesdays and Sundays (from June 22nd, 2025)

Cancún, Havana, Punta Cana, Santiago de los Caballeros and Santo Domingo are Air Europa’s Caribbean destinations.

Bees Airlines

The Romanian carrier will expand its routes between Romania and Italy in October and November. Bees will operate on Airbus A320-200s:

• Chișinău (RMO) – Bologna (BLQ): 2 weekly · October 25th
• Suceava (SCV) – Milan (BGY): 2 weekly · November 24th

British Airways

Airbus A350-1000 to Dallas.

British will launch flights from London Heathrow by A350s effective March 30th, 2025. The 331-seat Airbus A350s will replace the Boeing 777-200(ER) currently operating this route, which are configured for 272 passengers.

Daily

• BA 193  London LHR 14:55 · 18:55 DFW Dallas
• BA 192  Dallas DFW 21:15 · 12:30+1 LHR London

Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC are its destinations in the US.

Condor

The German carrier confirmed the routes it will operate with 275-seat Boeing 757-300 aircraft during winter 2024/25.

Düsseldorf/Frankfurt

• Gran Canaria (LPA)
• Hurghada (HRG)
• Tenerife (TFS)

As of October 2024.

easyJet

Three new routes of the low cost carrier from/to Tbilisi. 

Geneva, London Luton and Milan Malpensa will be its destinations, to be flown on 180/186-seat Airbus A320 planes:

• Geneva (GVA): 2 weekly · March 31st, 2025
• London (LTN): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2025
• Milan (MXP): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2025

Tbilisi will be a new easyJet destination.

Emirates

Effective December 1st, Emirates will resume services to Prague with Airbus A380s.

After four and a half years, the airline will once again operate from Dubai on these aircraft, configured for 615 passengers in two seating classes.

Daily

• EK 139  Dubai DXB 08:40 · 12:30 PRG Prague
• EK 140  Prague PRG 14:45 · 23:40 DXB Dubai

Ethiopian

More flights to Athens.

Ethiopian Airlines will double its services between Addis Ababa and the Greek capital from December 1st.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

• ET 764  Addis Ababa ADD 23:35 · 04:45+1 ATH Athens
• ET 764  Athens ATH 06:05+1 · 08:05+1 WAW Warsaw

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• ET 765  Warsaw WAW 21:00 · 00:40+1 ATH Athens
• ET 765  Athens ATH 01:40+1 · 06:55+1 ADD Addis Ababa

New flight

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• ET 762  Addis Ababa ADD 16:30 · 20:45 ATH Athens

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• ET 763  Athens ATH 00:20 · 06:35 ADD Addis Ababa

Iberojet

On October 8th, Iberojet inaugurated operations between Spain and Honduras, with two new routes to Tegucigalpa, the capital of the Latin American country. As per our database, the company will provide these flights with 472-seater Airbus A350-900 planes.

Barcelona · 1 weekly

Tuesday/Wednesday

• E9 804  Tegucigalpa XPL 18:55 · 13:25+1 XPL Tegucigalpa
• E9 803  Barcelona BCN 16:25 · 20:40 XPL Tegucigalpa

Madrid · 2 weekly

Tuesday and Friday

• E9 805  Madrid MAD 14:00 · 16:55 XPL Tegucigalpa (Tuesday)
• E9 805  Madrid MAD 15:00 · 17:55 XPL Tegucigalpa (Friday)

• E9 806  Tegucigalpa XPL 22:40 · 16:25+1 MAD Madrid (Wednesday)
• E9 806  Tegucigalpa XPL 20:00 · 13:45+1 MAD Madrid (Saturday)

Icelandair

The last regular flight of its Boeing 757-300s is scheduled for October 29th.

Icelandair has been reducing its operations with 757-300s, and it appears that the airline has set a date for the last regular service. At present, the United States is one of the main markets for these aircraft, with flights to Boston, Newark and Seattle, in addition to offering services within Europe.

Subject to change.

Lufthansa City

During winter 2024/25, the Lufthansa Group airline will operate the following flights, with 150-seat Airbus A319 airplanes.

Munich

• Berlin (BER): 8 weekly
• Birmingham (BHX): 7 weekly
• Bremen (BRE): 5 weekly
• Cologne (CGN): 15 weekly
• Düsseldorf (DUS): 6 weekly
• Hamburg (HAM): 7 weekly
• Hannover (HAJ): 13 weekly
• Manchester (MAN): 7 weekly

Norwegian

Riga – Alicante, Norwegian’s new route.

Services will begin on October 30th, and will be offered twice a week on Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with a capacity of 189 passengers.

Wednesday and Saturday

• D8 2096  Riga RIX 08:00 · 11:10 ALC Alicante (Wed)
• D8 2096  Riga RIX 10:00 · 13:10 ALC Alicante (Sat)

• D8 2097  Alicante ALC 11:55 · 17:00 RIX Riga (Wed)
• D8 2097  Alicante ALC 13:55 · 19:00 RIX Riga (Sat)

PLAY

As of May 24th, 2025, PLAY will commence operations between Reykjavik and Valencia. Two weekly frequencies will be performed under the following schedule:

Tuesday and Saturday

• OG 514  Reykjavik KEF 15:10 · 21:45 VLC Valencia
• OG 515  Valencia VLC 22:45 · 01:25+1 KEF Reykjavik

The Icelandic low cost will reach nine destinations in Spain (Alicante, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Málaga, Mallorca, Tenerife and Valencia).

Qatar

More flights to Amsterdam.

Qatar Airways announced the increase of its services between Doha and Schiphol Airport starting November 12th. The airline will boost from 10 to 14 flights per week on this route, which it offers by Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 777-300(ER).

Daily · 77W

• QR 273  Doha DOH 08:15 · 13:20 AMS Amsterdam
• QR 274  Amsterdam AMS 15:05 · 23:15 DOH Doha

Will increase to daily

• QR 275  Doha DOH 07:55 · 13:00 AMS Amsterdam
• QR 276  Amsterdam AMS 15:20 · 23:30 DOH Doha

Currently, flight QR 275/276 operates on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays.

Ryanair

10 new Ryanair routes from Sweden for summer 2025, beginning between April and July 2025.

Gothenburg

• Corfu (CFU): 2 weekly · July 6th, 2025
• Thessaloniki (SKG): 2 weekly · July 6th, 2025
• Pula (PUY): 2 weekly · July 7th, 2025
• Dubrovnik (DBV): 2 weekly · July 7th, 2025
• Milan (MXP): 3 weekly · July 7th, 2025

Stockholm

• Sarajevo (SJJ): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2025
• Zakynthos (ZTH): 1 weekly · July 1st, 2025
• Trieste (TRS): 2 weekly · July 2nd, 2025
• Cagliari (CAG): 2 weekly · July 4th, 2025
• Marseille (MRS): 2 weekly · July 4th, 2025

SAS

The carrier will initiate 10 new routes to/from Copenhagen’s Kastrup Airport, starting in 2025.

Furthermore, Seattle, as announced, will be another new destination for Scandinavian Airlines System in the United States.

• Billund (BLL): 27 weekly · March 30th, 2025 · ATR 72
• Malta Luqa (MLA): 2 weekly · March 31st, 2025 · A320
• Turku (TKU): 4 weekly · March 31st, 2025 · E195
• Budapest (BUD): 3 weekly · April 3rd, 2025 · A320
• Lyon (LYS): 2 weekly · April 4th, 2025 · A320
• Bucharest (OTP): 2 weekly · April 9th, 2025 · A320
• Krakow (KRK): 7 weekly · April 10th, 2025 · E195
• Madrid (MAD): 6 weekly · April 11th, 2025 · A320
• Valencia (VLC): 2 weekly · May 31st, 2025 · A320

SKY express

In November, the Greek airline will add two new routes from Athens. SKY express will fly to Amsterdam and Istanbul on Airbus A320neo.

Amsterdam · November 10th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• GQ 790  Athens ATH 10:30 · 13:10 AMS Amsterdam
• GQ 791  Amsterdam AMS 14:10 · 18:20 ATH Athens

Istanbul · November 12th

Daily

• GQ 670  Athens ATH 07:00 · 09:30 IST Istanbul (daily ex Sun)
• GQ 670  Athens ATH 19:15 · 21:45 IST Istanbul (Sunday)

• GQ 671  Istanbul IST 10:30 · 10:55 ATH Athens (daily ex Sun)
• GQ 671  Istanbul IST 22:45 · 23:10 ATH Athens (Sunday)

TAROM

The Romanian carrier schedules its last regular flight with an Airbus A318.

At the time of publication, on October 26th will be TAROM’s last service using this aircraft. Istanbul and London Heathrow are its destinations, in both cases from Bucharest.

Last flight · October 26th

• RO 265  Bucharest OTP 21:10 · 22:25 IST Istanbul
• RO 266  Istanbul IST 23:15 · 00:30+1 OTP Bucharest

Following the withdrawal, TAROM will be without Airbus aircraft in its fleet. The company will continue to operate 6 ATR 72s, 4 Boeing 737-700s and 4 Boeing 737-800s, for a total of 14 planes.

Transavia France

As of 2025, the airline will open three new routes within Europe, which will be carried from/to Lyon and Paris Orly with 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

• Paris (ORY) – Belgrade (BEG): 2 weekly · April 10th, 2025
• Lyon (LYS) – Bastia (BIA): 1 weekly · April 19th, 2025
• Lyon (LYS) – Paphos (PFO): 1 weekly · July 12th, 2025

United

United Airlines will fly its largest-ever trans-Atlantic schedule during summer 2025, with 760 weekly flights between its 40 European destinations, provided from different U.S. cities.

In addition, the airline confirmed new routes, which will offer as follows:

• Newark (EWR) – Faro (FAO): 4 weekly · May 16th, 2025 · Boeing 757
• Newark (EWR) – Palermo (PMO): 3 weekly · May 21st, 2025 · Boeing 767
• Washington DC (IAD) – Venice (VCE): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025 · Boeing 767
• Washington DC (IAD) – Nice (NCE): 4 weekly · May 24th, 2025 · Boeing 767
• Newark (EWR) – Bilbao (BIO): 3 weekly · May 31st, 2025 · Boeing 757
• Newark (EWR) – Madeira (FNC): 3 weekly · June 7th, 2025 · Boeing 737 MAX
• Newark (EWR) – Nuuk (GOH): 2 weekly · June 14th, 2025 · Boeing 737 MAX

Västflyg

At 10:29 local time on October 9th, Västflyg’s inaugural flight to Stockholm Arlanda departed Trollhättan. The Swedish company will operate two weekly frequencies on this route with 34-seat Saab 340s.

Wednesday

• OJ 270  Trollhättan THN 10:25 · 11:25 ARN Stockholm
• OJ 271  Stockholm ARN 14:00 · 15:03 THN Trollhättan

Sunday

• OJ 270  Trollhättan THN 12:40 · 13:40 ARN Stockholm
• OJ 271  Stockholm ARN 14:10 · 15:17 THN Trollhättan

Västflyg also operates between Trollhättan and Stockholm Bromma by the same aircraft.

Volotea

Effective February 20th, 2025, the Spanish airline will launch flights between Barcelona and Bordeaux, to be operated three times a week on Airbus A320s.

Ajaccio, Algiers, Athens, Bastia, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf, Figari, Florence, Hamburg, Heraklion, Lanzarote, Lille, Málaga, Naples, Nice, Oran, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rome, Santorini, Split, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Venice and Verona are Volotea’s routes from Bordeaux.

Meanwhile, from Barcelona operates to Asturias, Brest, Lille, Marseille, Murcia, Nantes, Olbia, Strasbourg and Verona.

Widerøe

The Norwegian carrier will start flights between Tromsø and Svolvær as of November 30th. In accordance with its website, Widerøe will perform a weekly service using Dash 8 aircraft.

Saturday

• WF 826  Svolvær SVJ 11:45 · 12:35 TOS Tromsø
• WF 835  Tromsø TOS 17:15 · 18:10 SVJ Svolvær

Currently, Widerøe is the only company operating from Svolvær (36 flights per week to Bodø).

Wizz Air

Beginning in late October, the low cost carrier will add several routes within Europe, as well as some to Africa, which it will operate with Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 jets.

• Krakow (KRK) – Bologna (BLQ): 4 weekly · October 27th
• Tirana (TIA) – Salerno (QSR): 2 weekly · October 27th
• Vienna (VIE) – Salerno (QSR): 2 weekly · October 27th
• Wroclaw (WRO) – Kutaisi (KUT): 2 weekly · October 27th
• Bucharest (OTP) – Marrakech (RAK): 2 weekly · October 28th
• Bucharest (OTP) – Krakow (KRK): 3 weekly · October 28th
• Budapest (BUD) – Girona (GRO): 3 weekly · October 28th
• Budapest (BUD) – Salerno (QSR): 3 weekly · October 28th
• Katowice (KTW) – Salerno (QSR): 2 weekly · October 28th
• Krakow (KRK) – Valencia (VLC): 3 weekly · October 28th
• Sofia (SOF) – Salerno (QSR): 3 weekly · October 28th
• Bucharest (OTP) – Malmö (MMX): 2 weekly · October 29th
• Budapest (BUD) – Marrakech (RAK): 2 weekly · October 29th
• Budapest (BUD) – Genoa (GOA): 3 weekly · October 29th
• Catania (CTA) – Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH): 2 weekly · October 29th
• Iași (IAS) – Malmö (MMX): 2 weekly · October 29th
• Larnaca (LCA) – Giza Sphinx (SPX): 3 weekly · October 29th
• Rome (FCO) – Marsa Alam (RMF): 3 weekly · October 29th
• Sofia (SOF) – Lyon (LYS): 3 weekly · October 29th
• Budapest (BUD) – Memmingen (FMM): 4 weekly · December 17th

World2Fly

World2Fly will expand its services to the Caribbean with two new routes from Europe starting in June 2025. The airline will serve on 408-seat Airbus A330-300s.

• Lisbon (LIS) – Montego Bay (MBJ): 1 weekly · June 4th, 2025
• Madrid (MAD) – La Romana (LRM): 1 weekly · June 21st, 2025

We review the aircraft incorporated by European airlines

• Aegean Airlines

• Corsair

• ITA Airways (x2)

• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

• KM Malta Airlines

• LOT Polish Airlines

• TAP Air Portugal

• Transavia France

• Turkish Airlines (x2)

• Wizz Air Malta

Other reports we have published

• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East
• United States and Canada
• Latin America

Cover photo: Wabble Dee – JetPhotos (Minneapolis/St. Paul Int’l – KMSP).