There's good news for commuters looking to travel between Copenhagen and Esbjerg as the first flight route in 15 years has opened up between the two cities.
The newly-established airline ES-air has established the 50-minute route.
”With the new flight, the travel time from Esbjerg to Copenhagen is significantly reduced,” Ole Wieth Christensen, the flight route development head at Copenhagen Airport, said.
”Holiday-makers and employees at the many international companies in the Esbjerg area will be able to benefit from getting to Copenhagen in just 50 minutes.”
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21 weekly departures
The route will be serviced by Danish airline Jet Time. Its ATR72 propeller planes have a capacity of 66 passengers.
The first flight took off today and Jet Time offers 21 weekly departures from each city.
From Copenhagen, the weekday flight departures are at 06:00, 08:30, 17:15 and 20:45, and from Esbjerg at 07:15, 09:40, 18:30 and 21:50. There is also one flight leaving Copenhagen on Sunday at 15:55 and leaving Esbjerg at 17:05.
Flights between the capital and Esbjerg stopped in 1999 after the Storebælt Bridge connection was established.
