Norwegian Air, SAS to add more flights as demand picks up

Norwegian Air and SAS are adding more flights to their schedules from July onwards as demand begins to recover following the COVID-19 pandemic, the two Nordic carriers said on Tuesday. SAS will use 40 of its aircraft in July, up from 30 in June, as it adds flights from the Nordics to Spain, Italy and Portugal among others. That is still only around 30% of last year’s level. “As restrictions and inbound travel rules are relaxed, we are seeing a rise in demand for travel,” SAS said. Norwegian will resume flights between Copenhagen and the Danish city of Aalborg from July 1, making it the airline’s first route outside Norway since the lockdown began. “Norwegian has for several years been the market leader on this route,” the airline said as it announced it would fly three daily round trips between Denmark’s largest and fourth largest cities. “Many customers have wanted to know when these flights would resume,” Norwegian said.<br/>