Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS) plans to launch daily summer flights from Copenhagen to Atlanta—as part of its network realignment ahead of switching alliances—are among the more eye-catching new routes starting in June 2024.
From June 17, the carrier will introduce flights between Copenhagen Airport and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, operating daily during the summer months using Airbus A330-300s. Frequencies will reduce to 5X-weekly during the winter season onboard A350-900s.
The move is a first step by the Scandinavian carrier to readjust its network ahead of leaving Star Alliance on Aug. 31 to join SkyTeam the following day. Atlanta, a primary hub for new SkyTeam partner Delta Air Lines, will become the ninth destination served by SAS in North America, alongside flights to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Newark, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington.
Delta is also entering a new market this month when it commences nonstop U.S.-Taiwan flights by opening a route between Seattle-Tacoma and Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan. Service begins on June 6, operating daily using A330-900neo equipment.
The airline previously served Taipei via Tokyo Narita International Airport, latterly operating from Honolulu and Portland, Oregon. However, it pulled Taiwan from its route map in May 2017 following a restructure of its operations in Japan’s capital.
While Delta is restoring Taiwan to its network, Emirates is adding a new country to its route map. Flights to Colombia will start from June 3, linking Dubai International Airport and Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport, operating with a stop at Miami International Airport. Service will be daily using Boeing 777-300ERs.
Emirates has offered cargo service to Colombia in the past, flying freighters to Bogotá via Mexico City Juarez International Airport in 2019. However, the country has been absent from its passenger route map until now. Ahead of the launch, the Gulf carrier has already signed a codeshare agreement with Colombian flag-carrier Avianca.
Meanwhile, Avianca is opening three new international routes from Medellin this month, connecting the Colombian city with Aruba, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile. Additionally, service will start linking San Salvador, El Salvador, and Montréal.
Elsewhere, Copa Airlines will make North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) its 16th U.S. destination later this month when it begins a 4X-weekly service from Panama City. The airline is also starting flights to Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport (TQO)—the new airport in Tulum, Mexico—and Florianopolis, its seventh destination in Brazil.
Alongside the arrival of Copa, RDU will also welcome a new route from Lufthansa. The Star Alliance member is launching flights to the city from Frankfurt on June 6—two days after it commences a route to Minneapolis/St Paul.
Other notable new routes set to start in June include LOT Polish Airlines’ entry into the Saudi Arabian market, connecting Warsaw and Riyadh; Air Canada’s nonstop operations between Montréal Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and Seoul Incheon, as well as services from YUL and Toronto Pearson International Airport to Stockholm Arlanda; and Singapore Airlines’ first link to London Gatwick Airport.
U.S. ULCC Frontier Airlines is also opening a crew base at San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Puerto Rico, and launching several new routes to destinations including Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and West Palm Beach, all in Florida, while Turkish Airlines will make Denver its 13th U.S. gateway.
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