Route Roundup Nov. 10, 2026: SAS Adds Ljubljana and Menorca, Enugu Air Sets Gatwick Date, Alaska Pauses Three Portland Routes

November 10, 2026

Scandinavia and West Africa supplied today’s fresh route launches. SAS revealed two new summer-only links from Copenhagen, to Ljubljana and Menorca. Nigeria’s Enugu Air set December 10 as the first day of its Enugu–London Gatwick service. The US news was mostly about cuts. A weekly schedule-filing update published this morning shows Alaska Airlines pulling three Portland, Oregon routes for summer 2027, United dropping its subsidized Chicago–Joplin flights, Sun Country ending Minneapolis–Milwaukee, and Aeroméxico pausing five US routes for the late-winter months.

About the schedule-filing items: Several entries below come from the Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting weekly schedule update, published November 10. It is based on airline schedule filings, and the report notes the data may not match what airlines are actually selling. We did not find airline press releases for those items. Any detail not published is marked TBA (to be announced).

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New Routes

SAS: Copenhagen – Ljubljana (CPH–LJU)

• Starts: June 25, 2027. Seasonal, with the last flight on Aug. 6, 2027
• Frequency: Twice weekly
• Aircraft: Embraer E195 (122 seats)

This is one of two new leisure routes in SAS’s summer 2027 plan, revealed today. The same plan adds frequencies on several long-haul routes from Copenhagen: Tokyo, Seoul and Washington go from six weekly to daily, Atlanta from five weekly to daily, and Seattle from four to five weekly. Chicago and Mumbai move from the A330 to the A350.

SAS: Copenhagen – Menorca (CPH–MAH)

• Starts: June 30, 2027. Seasonal, with the last flight on Aug. 4, 2027
• Frequency: Once weekly
• Aircraft: Airbus A320neo (180 seats)

Enugu Air: Enugu – London Gatwick (ENU–LGW)

• Starts: Dec. 10, 2026
• Frequency: Four times weekly
• Aircraft: Airbus A330-200

The Nigerian carrier is launching the route with partner Omni-Blu Aviation. The aircraft will come from Portugal’s EuroAtlantic, which is also providing crew, maintenance and insurance. Tickets are already on sale.

Frontier: Mardi Gras service to New Orleans (MSY)

• Origins: Atlanta (ATL), Austin (AUS), Nashville (BNA), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Charlotte (CLT), Cincinnati (CVG), Denver (DEN), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Detroit (DTW), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Washington Dulles (IAD), Houston Intercontinental (IAH), Las Vegas (LAS), New York LaGuardia (LGA), Miami (MIA), Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Philadelphia (PHL), Raleigh-Durham (RDU) and Tampa (TPA)
• Starts: February 2027 (exact dates TBA)
• Frequency: TBA
• Aircraft: TBA

Source: schedule filing. These are extra flights around Carnival season.

United: Washington Dulles – Lancaster, PA (IAD–LNS)

• Starts: March 2027 (exact date TBA)
• Frequency: Twice daily
• Aircraft: TBA

Source: schedule filing. United has re-filed this route under the Essential Air Service program.

Also inaugurated in the past 24 hours

These routes were announced earlier. Their first flights were reported on November 9.

• Qatar Airways, Doha (DOH) – Bogotá (BOG) – Caracas (CCS): Twice weekly (Wednesdays and Sundays) on a Boeing 777-200LR. The inaugural date was not stated (TBA). Flights continue from Bogotá to Caracas and return from Caracas to Doha. The report says this makes Qatar the first Gulf carrier serving Venezuela.
• Wingo, Bogotá (BOG) – Puerto Plata (POP): Twice weekly (Mondays and Fridays) through Jan. 25, 2027. Aircraft TBA. The inaugural date was not stated (TBA). This is Wingo’s third destination in the Dominican Republic.

Routes Being Discontinued

All items in this section come from the November 10 Ailevon Pacific schedule-filing update. Most are seasonal suspensions, not permanent exits. Exact last days of service have not been published unless shown.

Alaska Airlines: Portland trims for summer 2027

The filings remove three Portland routes for summer 2027: PDX–BWI, PDX–JAC and PDX–STL. Exact last day: TBA. Alaska is also taking two leisure routes off the schedule for part of spring. Seattle–Liberia (SEA–LIR) is paused from April 19 through May 2027, and San Jose–Puerto Vallarta (SJC–PVR) from April 11 through May 2027.

United: Joplin and Sun Valley

United’s Essential Air Service flights between Chicago O’Hare and Joplin, Missouri (ORD–JLN) are suspended from March 4, 2027. San Francisco–Sun Valley (SFO–SUN) takes a spring break from March 28 to May 25, 2027, and the filing shows it returning once daily in June 2027.

Sun Country: Minneapolis/St. Paul – Milwaukee

MSP–MKE is cancelled in December 2026. Exact last day: TBA.

Contour Airlines: Cape Girardeau – Orlando Sanford

CGI–SFB is suspended from March 28, 2027.

Aeroméxico: five US routes paused

Cancún–Miami and four Guadalajara routes (Fresno, Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco and Sacramento) are suspended from mid-January through March 2027. Exact dates: TBA.

Air Canada and Air Transat: transatlantic removals

Air Canada’s Halifax–Brussels (YHZ–BRU) and Air Transat’s Montréal–Athens (YUL–ATH) are no longer in summer 2027 schedules. Effective date: TBA.

Sources

• Rus Tourism News: SAS Expands Summer 2027 Flights With New Routes to Menorca and Ljubljana
• Premium Times (Nigeria): Enugu Air fixes date for London Gatwick flights
• Air Service One: AILEVON PACIFIC Aviation Consulting – Weekly Airline Schedule Update – November 9th 2026
• Aviation Club Center: Qatar Airways Launches Nonstop Links Connecting Doha with Bogota and Caracas
• Aviation Club Center: Wingo Inaugurates Nonstop Service Linking Bogota with Puerto Plata Twice Weekly