Norwegian launches three new direct routes from Swedavia airports for summer 2026

From Sweden's largest airport, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Norwegian will serve the Milan and Hamburg routes four times a week starting in May 2026. A little over a month later, in June, the route between Göteborg Landvetter Airport and Tirana will be introduced − a long-awaited direct connection between western Sweden and the Albanian capital.

“There is strong confidence and strong interest in the Swedish market and Norwegian's investment in direct routes from both Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport is a clear sign of this. Swedavia's main mission is to enable people to meet, whether for business or pleasure, and with its extensive network, Norwegian plays an important role in connecting Sweden with the rest of Europe”, says Elizabeth Axtelius, Director Aviation Business at Swedavia. 

“We look forward to welcoming travelers on board to the new destinations, which starts up during the 2026 summer programme. We are pleased to be able to continue to launch new destinations and therefore be able to offer a large, wide and varied range of routes. In Sweden, Norwegian will operate more than 60 routes to over 50 destinations next summer”, says Charlotte Holmbergh, Director of Communications at Norwegian.

Starting on 13 May 2026 Norwegian will operate the routes Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) - Milan (MXP) and Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) - Hamburg (HAM) four times a week. The Göteborg Landvetter (GOT) - Tirana (TIA) route will be operated once a week starting 19 June 2026.

About Norwegian
Norwegian currently has over 5,000 employees. The main market is the Nordic region with an extensive route network serving over 110 destinations between the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe. From Sweden, Norwegian flies directly to around 50 destinations and also operates a number of domestic routes. Norwegian has a strong focus on sustainability, with a goal of reducing emissions by 45% by 2030 in accordance with the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Agreement. To achieve this goal, the company works according to three parallel objectives: renewing its fleet with even more fuel-efficient aircraft, increasing efficiency with advanced cockpit technology and increasing the mix of sustainable aviation fuel.

Swedavia’s work for fossil-free aviation
Swedavia has carried out ambitious climate work for many years. All ten of its airports achieved the goal of zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations by year-end 2020. Swedavia also works actively to promote the switch to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and has the goal that five per cent of all fuel used for refueling at Swedish airports shall be fossil-free by 2025. Swedavia’s climate transition work and its pioneering work to operate climate-smart airports have won international awards, and in 2021 the trade organization Airports Council International (ACI) named Stockholm Arlanda Airport Eco-Innovation Airport of the Year. Swedavia offers all passengers flying from one of Swedavia’s airports the option to purchase SAF for all or part of their journey via flygreenfund.se/swedavia.