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LISTED: The new direct flights to and from Denmark in 2024

Flight options departing from Denmark in 2024 are set for an exciting update as Norwegian, airBaltic, Ryanair and other airlines gear up to launch new flight routes.

Published: 13 December 2023 11:41 CET
Updated: 26 December 2023 11:32 CET
LISTED: The new direct flights to and from Denmark in 2024
A SAS aircraft taking off in Copenhagen. Photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix

With a number of new routes and expanded services, travellers from Denmark can look forward to several new options for exploring the world in the coming year.

From southern France to Greenland and Spain to Thailand, here’s a glimpse of the thrilling new routes awaiting Danish passengers in 2024.

Norwegian’s expanding route network

Low-cost airline Norwegian is set to expand its services in the summer of 2024. The airline will introduce 40 new routes, including point-to-point connections between destinations outside Scandinavia.

These routes will also open up travel opportunities for Danish passengers, as nine routes will operate from Denmark.

READ MORE: Norwegian to fly to 17 new destinations from Denmark

In Aalborg, travellers will have the opportunity to enjoy two weekly departures to Nice (NCE), with this service commencing on June 3rd.

For those departing from Aarhus, a weekly departure to Malaga (AGP) will be available starting April 6th. Additionally, there will be two weekly departures to Alicante (ALC) from March 31st and the same frequency of two weekly departures to Mallorca/Palma (PMI) starting from May 3rd.

At Billund Airport, passengers will be able to take advantage of three weekly departures to Malaga (AGP) starting on April 1st. Furthermore, there will be one weekly departure to Alicante (ALC) from June 20th and two weekly departures to Mallorca/Palma (PMI) from May 1st. Travellers will also have access to two weekly departures to Stockholm (ARN) starting from June 19th.

In Copenhagen, a notable expansion of flight routes includes four weekly departures to Milan/Bergamo (BGY) starting from March 31st.

Additionally, two weekly departures to Basel (BSL) will be available from June 3rd, along with two weekly departures to Bilbao (BIO) starting on June 2nd and two weekly departures to Bari (BRI) from June 22nd.

Further options include two weekly departures to both Tivat (TIV) and Toulouse (TLS) starting from June 23rd and June 3rd, respectively.

Furthermore, passengers will be able to explore two weekly departures to Valencia (VLC) from April 5th, three weekly departures to Wroclaw (WRO) starting on April 1st, and two weekly departures to Zadar (ZAD) from June 23rd.

airBaltic’s new route to Gran Canaria

In response to increased demand for winter holiday destinations, airBaltic has introduced a new route connecting Billund Airport in Central Jutland to Gran Canaria, the popular Spanish island destination.

The direct service, launched on December 1st, will provide Danish travellers with convenient access to one of their favourite winter getaways.

READ MORE: New winter route connects Denmark’s Billund Airport to Gran Canaria

Operated twice weekly from December until March 29th, 2024, this route offers flights departing from Billund at 2.45 pm on Mondays and Fridays, with return flights from Gran Canaria on the same days.

In April, the service will continue with a single weekly flight on Thursday.

Ryanair reopens base at Copenhagen Airport, adding more routes

Budget airline Ryanair recently reopened its base at Copenhagen Airport, enhancing the availability of earlier and later flight options for travellers in and out of the Danish capital.

With two Ryanair aircraft based in Copenhagen, the airline is adding four additional destinations – Düsseldorf, Faro, Paris, and Warsaw – to its winter schedule, offering more choices and flexibility to passengers.

READ MORE: Ryanair to reopen base at Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen Airport expanded its winter traffic programs with a total of 13 new routes, including destinations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

With a total of 228 routes available during the year’s winter period, travellers can explore a wide range of destinations, both within Europe and on long-haul flights.

SAS, Etihad Airways, Wizz Air, Ryanair, and Volotea are among the airlines contributing to the winter program.

Aalborg airport

Starting in June 2024, airline Norwegian is set to inaugurate a direct non-stop route to Nice in the southern region of France, thereby establishing Aalborg Airport as the only gateway to this destination in Jutland. Photo by Anna Sokur on Unsplash

New direct routes from Aalborg Airport

Norwegian is introducing a direct non-stop route to Nice in southern France, making Aalborg Airport the only airport in Jutland with this connection.

Starting in June 2024, travellers will be able to enjoy twice-weekly flights to the French Riviera.

In addition, Air Greenland will offer nine flights from Aalborg to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland during the summer of 2024.

Norwegian is also launching direct non-stop flights to Madeira from Aalborg Airport, offering passengers the chance to experience the beauty of the Portuguese island during the winter and spring months.

Aarhus Airport welcomes Norwegian, adds new routes

Aarhus Airport is set to welcome Norwegian in 2024, as the low-cost carrier opens three new routes to Spanish destinations – Alicante, Malaga, and Mallorca.

Ticket sales for these routes began on November 14th, giving passengers in the Aarhus region more choices for their European vacations.

SAS launches new route to Bangkok

SAS launched a new route to Bangkok, Thailand, from Copenhagen on October 30th, 2023, marking almost 75 years since SAS’ inaugural flight between Copenhagen and Bangkok.

This winter season route provides night flights that connect Scandinavia and Europe via Copenhagen Airport, offering Danish travellers more access to exotic destinations.

The Copenhagen-Bangkok route is set to be a seasonal winter offering.

As part of its winter schedule for 2023/2024, SAS will also maintain its existing three weekly services to Tokyo Haneda (HND) and Shanghai (PVG).

Member comments

  1. I’m surprised you didn’t include American Airlines which will be flying direct Copenhagen to Philadelphia starting summer 2024.

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Do you really need to own a car living in Denmark?

Denmark is one of the most expensive countries in the world for owning a car, its public transport is one of the best, and if you want to cycle, it's mostly flat. There are few places where it makes more sense to ditch your car.

Published: 10 May 2024 16:35 CEST
Do you really need to own a car living in Denmark?

The case against owning a car in Denmark

Denmark’s Vehicle Registration Tax, together with VAT, more than doubles the cost of buying a petrol or diesel car, making owning a car considerably more expensive in Denmark than in its neighbours Germany and Sweden, although electric cars that cost less than 436,000 kroner are currently tax-exempt.

If you use a car to commute into Copenhagen, Aarhus, or Odense, you will also often find yourself stuck in traffic jams, with the Danish Roads Directorate estimating that Danes lose 365,000 hours to traffic jams every weekday, with the Motorring 3 motorway circling Copenhagen, other major access roads to Copenhagen, the E20 south of Odense, and the E45 on either side of Aarhus the most congested roads in the country.

Parking can also be expensive in Danish cities, costing as much as 500 Danish kroner for 24 hours for non-residents. 

How easy is it to get around inside Danish cities without a car? 

Denmark is a cycling nation.

According to Visit Denmark, in 2022, 25 percent of all trips under five kilometers across Denmark were done by bike, and 16 percent of all journeys of any kind. 

Copenhagen’s aim is for fully half of all trips to work and education to be done on bike by 2025. In 2019, the city was already on 44 percent. It’s a similar situation for smaller cities like Aarhus, Odense, Vejle, Aalborg and Esbjørg.

But even if you can’t or don’t want to cycle, you can still get by in most places without a car, thanks to Denmark’s excellent public transport networks.

Public transport in Denmark has significantly improved only over the last five years, with several new metro lines and light rail systems opening. 

With the Cityringen (M3) and Harbour lines (M4) opening in 2019 and 2020, respectively the Copenhagen Metro can now get you to most places in the city. 

Denmark scrapped its city tram systems in the 1960s and 1970s, with cities like Aarhus and Odense instead shifting to buses for public transport.

There has recently been a recent revival, however, with Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen all opening or building new tram/light rail systems.

Odense Letbane opened in 2022, making it easy to get to the out of town shopping area where IKEA and other superstores are based and also to the new hospital. Aarhus Letbane opened in 2017, and takes passengers all the way up the coast around the city, from Odder in the south to Grenaa in the north.

Copenhagen next year plans to open a light-rail system which will travel in a ring around the city’s outer suburbs linking Lundtofte in the north to Ishøj in the southwest. 

This will end one of the big drawbacks of the city’s “five finger” transport corridor plan: that while it is quick to travel from the outer suburbs to the centre and vice versa, it is complicated to travel between suburbs which are on a different transport corridors, for example from Albertslund to Herlev, or from Birkerød to Buddinge. 

Even before that opens, however, so long as you are only travelling in and out from the centre, it is extremely convenient to get from central Copenhagen to its suburbs and surrounding towns using the S-trains, which run from 5am until half-past midnight on weekdays, and all night on Fridays and Saturdays. 

This means you can eat out and party with your friends until the small hours, and still normally get back to Køge, Høje Taastrup, Frederikssund, Farum and Hillerød, the furthest out stops. 

Where might you struggle without a car? 

Plans for a light railway or tram between Vejle and Billund, or between the so-called Triangle Region between the cities of Vejle, Kolding and Fredericia have so far come to nothing, and even though the local and regional bus and train services can be good, it’s certainly tougher to survive without a car if you don’t live on Zealand, near Aarhus, or perhaps on Funen. 

Many people do in fact live without owning a car even in the more far-flung villages on Jutland, and on islands like Bornholm, Lolland and Falster.

They still manage to get everywhere they want to go, but it does require waiting. It’s certainly possible to live without a car, but you might feel limited in where to and when you can travel. 

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