Air France–KLM and SAS expand codeshare to deepen U.S.–Scandinavia transatlantic connectivity

Air France–KLM and SAS expanded their partnership with reciprocal codeshares, adding Air France–KLM marketing on SAS flights from Copenhagen to major U.S. gateways, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami, plus select Stockholm and Oslo services. The move supports SAS's 2026 growth and Copenhagen hub strategy.

Discovered 2025-09-23T02:56:28.797355-07:00 | 2025-09-23T02:56:28.797355-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The codeshare covers 10 Copenhagen–U.S. routes and additional Stockholm/Oslo services, creating more single-ticket options and broader SkyTeam-fed connectivity across the North Atlantic.

  • The deal directly underpins SAS’s planned 2026 network expansion and effort to "strengthen Copenhagen as Scandinavia’s global hub" (see SAS’s summer 2026 growth plan: https://hype.aero/?story=91a5f1f2-6408-4f78-b899-a6a417e5d8a8).

  • It follows SAS’s strategic pivot away from Star Alliance and toward deeper transatlantic cooperation with Air France–KLM, a trend with implications for antitrust approvals and joint-venture negotiations (context on SAS’s alliance shift and JV pursuit: https://hype.aero/?story=1c2b527b-f0ed-4f11-9e1a-2a93c4757bb7).

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2025-09-23T02:56:28.797355-07:00
Latest Update
2025-09-25T02:13:20.077365-07:00
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