Due to the large distances and the water surrounding most of the Nordic area, airplane is often the most effective way of getting to the Nordic countries. All the main cities have international airports, and even smaller cities like Haugesund and Ålesund serve some international flights. Almost all European airlines service Scandinavian airports.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (Denmark, Norway Sweden) - Scandinavia's largest carrier and the flag carrier of all 3 countries, main international hubs is Copenhagen and Stockholm Airports.
Icelandair (Iceland) - Leverages on its strategic location midway between Europe and North America to maintain a strong presence on North American routes.
Atlantic Airways (Faroe Islands) - Flies to many destinations in the North Atlantic, including Britain and Iceland, and their partner airline Air Iceland (Flugfélag Íslands) extends the North Atlantic network to include serveral destinations on Greenland.
Besides the regional airlines, there are also serveral major international airlines which offers direct routes to Scandinavia. Emirates, Gulf Air, Air Canada and Singapore Airlines fly to Copenhagen, Air China to Stockholm, while PIA (Pakistan), Thai, Qatar Airways, US Airways, Delta, and Continental Airlines all service serveral intercontinental routes to Scandinavia.
Alternative low cost airlines in the region include Blue1 in Finland, Norwegian in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Cimber Sterling in Denmark and Iceland Express on Iceland. All of these airlines has routes to one of the London airports, and hence London is a good entry point, if you can find a cheaper flight there, which is often the case. Many of the low cost airlines mainly service routes between the cold Scandinavia and the sunny Mediterranean, hence you can also often find bargin flights from Spain, Italy, etc.
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