WestJet inaugurated nonstop service between Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) and Copenhagen Airport (CPH) on May 28, 2026. The first Copenhagen-bound flight arrived at 10:08 a.m. on May 29 following an overnight crossing, where passengers and airport staff marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the gate.
The seasonal route operates four times per week — Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Halifax — through September 27, 2026. Flight WS044 departs Halifax at 10:30 p.m. and arrives in Copenhagen at 10:10 a.m. the following day (6h 40m); WS045 departs Copenhagen at 11:45 a.m. and lands in Halifax at 2:15 p.m. (7h 30m). Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft are used throughout.
WestJet announced the route in November 2025 as part of a strategy to position Halifax as a gateway for Atlantic Canada, alongside new Halifax services to Madrid and Lisbon. The carrier's network planners are primarily targeting connecting traffic via Halifax rather than a large local origin-and-destination market, leveraging WestJet's codeshare with SAS, which offers onward connections from Copenhagen to ten European cities, per Aviation Week.
With the launch, WestJet becomes the only airline offering a direct link between the Canadian Maritimes and Denmark. Air Canada and SAS serve Copenhagen from Toronto year-round, with Air Canada adding seasonal Montreal service, but no carrier had previously connected Halifax to the Danish capital, according to Simple Flying.
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