Vienna Airport announced on 27 October 2025 that Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has returned to the Austrian market with a daily morning flight linking Copenhagen and Vienna. The service, which technically launched with the start of the winter timetable on 26 October, marks the first time since the pandemic that Austria’s capital enjoys a year-round connection operated by the Nordic carrier.
SAS will initially fly six times per week (daily except Saturday) using 180-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft, offering nearly 2,200 weekly seats in each direction. Departure from Copenhagen is scheduled for 07:45 with arrival in Vienna at 09:15, allowing same-day onward connections to Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. The return leg leaves Vienna at 10:05 and lands in Copenhagen at 11:45, facilitating afternoon trans-Atlantic and Nordic domestic links.
For corporate travellers, the reinstated route restores a SkyTeam option between the two capitals, complementing Austrian Airlines’ Star-Alliance dominance and Ryanair’s low-cost offering. SAS is pitching the flight to Austria’s life-science and renewable-energy sectors, both of which maintain strong investment ties with Denmark and southern Sweden. Frequent-flyer members can earn EuroBonus points and access fast-track security at both airports.
Vienna Airport expects the service to generate an additional 120,000 passengers per year and bolster its strategy to diversify beyond the Lufthansa Group. "Scandinavia is one of our fastest-growing origin markets for city breaks and congress tourism," said airport COO Julian Jäger. Austrian inbound operators predict that the route will support Vienna’s push to capture more Nordic MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) traffic in 2026.
Business mobility managers should note that SAS’s timetable syncs neatly with ÖBB’s Railjet arrivals from Linz and Graz, enabling rail-air combinations with single-ticket through-check-in via the Star T* platform due to go live in January 2026.
SAS will initially fly six times per week (daily except Saturday) using 180-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft, offering nearly 2,200 weekly seats in each direction. Departure from Copenhagen is scheduled for 07:45 with arrival in Vienna at 09:15, allowing same-day onward connections to Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. The return leg leaves Vienna at 10:05 and lands in Copenhagen at 11:45, facilitating afternoon trans-Atlantic and Nordic domestic links.
For corporate travellers, the reinstated route restores a SkyTeam option between the two capitals, complementing Austrian Airlines’ Star-Alliance dominance and Ryanair’s low-cost offering. SAS is pitching the flight to Austria’s life-science and renewable-energy sectors, both of which maintain strong investment ties with Denmark and southern Sweden. Frequent-flyer members can earn EuroBonus points and access fast-track security at both airports.
Vienna Airport expects the service to generate an additional 120,000 passengers per year and bolster its strategy to diversify beyond the Lufthansa Group. "Scandinavia is one of our fastest-growing origin markets for city breaks and congress tourism," said airport COO Julian Jäger. Austrian inbound operators predict that the route will support Vienna’s push to capture more Nordic MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) traffic in 2026.
Business mobility managers should note that SAS’s timetable syncs neatly with ÖBB’s Railjet arrivals from Linz and Graz, enabling rail-air combinations with single-ticket through-check-in via the Star T* platform due to go live in January 2026.
