SAS Adds New Routes to North America for Summer 2025

Updated: September 18, 2024, 1:29pm CDT

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SAS Adds Nonstop Flights to North America
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Scandinavian Airlines, also known as SAS, is a freshly minted member of the SkyTeam alliance after leaving its former home in the Star Alliance.

The alliance move has been completed for a few weeks, and now the airline is tweaking its route network as it tries to better align its route offerings with those of its new partners in SkyTeam.

And we’re beginning to see what that’s going to look like as the airline has announced a couple of new routes to North America for the Summer 2025 season. Let’s take a look at the details.

SAS Adds Nonstop Flights to North America

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has shared that it will start nonstop flights between its hub in Copenhagen (CPH) and Seattle (SEA) and Toronto-Pearson (YYZ), as well as a new route between Oslo (OSL) and New York (JFK).

All 3 routes will operate on a seasonal basis. The Toronto route will commence on March 30, 2025, and will operate daily until October 25, 2025. SAS’s resumption of the Seattle route, on the other hand, will start a little later in the year, on May 21, 2025, and will operate 4 times weekly: on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until June 26 and on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from June 26 through October 25, 2025. Oslo-New York will operate daily from March 30 to October 25, 2025.

SAS A330 plane nose — An SAS A330 plane at Stockholm (ARN). Image Credit: Ryan Smith

SAS will use an Airbus A321neo narrow-body aircraft on the flights to Toronto and a much larger wide-body Airbus A350 on the flights to Seattle. At the time of writing, it’s unclear which aircraft will operate the route between Oslo and New York.

In addition to the new long-haul routes, SAS is bolstering its short-haul network in Copenhagen, adding a slew of new routes for next summer’s schedule, including Billund, Denmark (BLL); Bucharest (OTP); Budapest (BUD); Bodø, Norway (BOO); Harstad/Narvik, Norway (EVE); Krakow (KRK); Kristiansand, Norway (KRS); Lyon (LYS); Madrid (MAD); Malta (MLA); Milan-Linate (LIN); Seville (SVQ); Turku, Sweden (TKU); and Valencia (VLC).

Following new ownership and the successful completion of our restructuring, SAS is emerging as a competitive and financially strong airline. By enhancing Copenhagen as our main hub and expanding our network, we are boosting connectivity and driving economic growth not only in Denmark but across Scandinavia. As we focus on building a global hub in Scandinavia, Copenhagen will become a central gateway, bringing the region even closer together.
SAS CEO Anko van der Werff

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Final Thoughts

Now that SAS is a member of SkyTeam, it’s adjusting its network to better align with its new partners. The new routes come after the airline announced flights to Atlanta (ATL) and Seattle (SEA) and are clearly a move to merge seamlessly with SAS’ new U.S. partner in Delta, which operates hubs from both of these airports. SAS will also serve Toronto and New York, flying to the latter from Oslo.

This is likely just the beginning of the airline’s network adjustments, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see SAS add another route or 2 to other Delta hubs across the U.S.