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Icelandair has started passenger flights from Keflavik to Edinburgh, marking its first service to the Scottish capital. The new route began on September 12 and will operate three times a week, increasing to four weekly in November. Icelandair is using its 160-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 for most departures. This move brings the number of UK airports served by Icelandair to five and adds a second link between Scotland and Iceland, joining Glasgow.
Hawaiian Airlines has launched a new long-haul route between Seattle and Seoul Incheon. The service operates five times a week with a 300-seat Boeing 787-9. Hawaiian’s entry into this market comes just before Chuseok, an important holiday in South Korea. The flights are operated by Hawaiian crews for Alaska Airlines, as Hawaiian is now owned by Alaska Air Group. This makes Hawaiian the fourth airline on this city pair, alongside Asiana, Delta, and Korean Air.
SAS has introduced its first scheduled service from Scandinavia to South Korea with flights from Copenhagen to Seoul Incheon. The launch follows SAS joining SkyTeam in September 2024 and reflects the airline’s alliance-driven expansion strategy. Flights run four times weekly using an Airbus A350-900, which is SAS’s largest aircraft type. Before this scheduled service, Oslo had only seen charter flights to South Korea.
