Weeks after announcing it would fly nonstop from Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) to Rome (FCO) for the first time in nearly a decade, Delta is putting yet another European city on the map for Minnesotans next year.
Delta will launch its first-ever flights from Minneapolis to Copenhagen (CPH) starting next spring, the Danish airport announced on social media Friday morning and later confirmed by the airline. Delta will fly the route three times a week – heading east to Europe on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays – starting May 22 and running just through Sept. 6, 2025.
The Minneapolis-to-Copenhagen route will operate on one of Delta's Airbus A330-300s. Flights are expected to go on sale Saturday.
Delta currently only flies to Copenhagen from its East Coast hub in New York City (JFK) – also seasonally over the spring, summer, and fall. While Scandinavian carrier SAS flies plenty of routes between North America and the Danish capital, just one other U.S. airline currently flies to Copenhagen: American Airlines flies seasonally from Philadelphia (PHL).
Now, Delta is adding another city to the list – and it's a late addition. The Atlanta-based airline unveiled its summer 2025 plans last month, reviving a Minneapolis-to-Rome flight it shelved after one year in 2016 while also adding its first-ever nonstop service to Sicily and several other new routes to Italy and the rest of Europe.
Copenhagen will be Delta's seventh transatlantic route from Minneapolis once it starts – and just the latest in a slew of recent overseas additions from Minneapolis just in the last few years.
The airport has been on a tear recently adding or resuming new nonstop service like flights to Frankfurt (FRA) from Lufthansa, bringing back Aer Lingus's nonstops to Dublin (DUB) while Delta launched its own flights to the Irish capital, and more. Turkish Airlines is even mulling nonstops from Minnesota to Istanbul (IST), though it's still unclear when that might happen – if ever.
But after Delta's SkyTeam alliance pulled Scandinavian Airlines into its orbit earlier this fall, adding nonstop flights from Minneapolis to its hub in Copenhagen was practically a foregone conclusion. It was just a question of which airline would actually fly the route.
“I know this community has deep ties to that region of the world. Undoubtedly, you're going to see Delta flying with (SAS's) support on the other side. We're excited about it,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in Minneapolis last month, later adding that SAS itself was also likely interested in flying the route.
That “support on the other side” is critical – the beauty of a nonstop to Denmark goes far beyond visiting Copenhagen.
Thanks to a codeshare agreement now in place between the airlines, much of Northern Europe will be in reach with one quick connection. Midwesterners could fly Delta over to Copenhagen, then fly SAS to destinations like Stockholm (ARN), Tallinn (TLL) in Estonia, cities throughout Lapland in northern Scandinavia, or even head west to the Faroe Islands.
Of course, Copenhagen itself is nothing to breeze past. It's a criminally underrated European city, featuring some of the best dining on earth and miles of vibrant waterfront. The pastel-colored row houses lining Copenhagen's canals are practically iconic, and it's arguably the most bike-friendly city in the world.
Read our full guide to exploring Copenhagen!
Scandinavian Airlines skipped out on adding Minneapolis to its network map earlier this year, announcing nonstops to Seattle (SEA) instead. It's just the latest route the Scandinavian carrier has added to make inroads with Delta: Service to Atlanta (ATL) began earlier this year.
Delta picking up the route will be welcome news to the many fervent Delta flyers in the Midwest – not to mention millions more west of the Mississippi, who can now skip a long flight to New York and make a quick connection through Minneapolis en route to Copenhagen instead.
The Airbus A330 Delta will fly from Minneapolis straight to Scandinavia should be music to many flyers' ears, as the plane's spacious 2-4-2 arrangement in economy is perfect for companions looking for some privacy on the long flight across the Atlantic. These planes also have a dedicated Delta Premium Select cabin and Delta Comfort Plus seats in addition to standard economy.
But at the front of the plane, Delta One cabin is woefully out of date, with seats that are more than a decade old equipped with tiny, low-resolution screens. At the very least, all 34 Delta One passengers will a lie-flat seat and direct aisle access.
Bottom Line
After weeks (or, more accurately, months) of speculation, Delta is making it official: The airline will begin nonstop flights from Minneapolis to Copenhagen next year.
It's a limited seasonal service, flying just three times a week from late May until early September 2025. Still, it's yet another welcome addition to cross the Atlantic Ocean next year – and not just to Copenhagen, but to destinations throughout northern Europe and beyond.
