The Danish carrier Sterling has files for bankruptcy, leaving thousands of passengers stranded, mainly around Europe. The entire fleet of 27 aircrafts has been grounded. After negotiations with several potential investors broke down late Tuesday night, the airline has no other option than to turn the key. Sterling Airlines was founded in 1962, is the third European airline to fold after the recent collapse of XL Airways and Zoom Airlines.

Norwegian has launched 11 new routes from its new base at Copenhagen Airport. Sterling was operating 40 routes from the airport, and Norwegian will so far operate 11 of them. From November 6 routes will fly to Aalborg, Alicante, Malaga, Nice, Oslo and Stockholm. Routes to Oslo, Stockholm and Aalborg will be operated daily, while the rest will be operated 2-3 times weekly. As soon as possible routes to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Krakow, London, Pisa, Prague and Rome will be launched.

Other airlines are also adjusting its schedule after the collapse of Sterling. SAS is augmenting the number of flights on its services between Copenhagen and Gothenburg as well as Malmo to Stockholm, both services previously operated by Sterling. Spanair will from the summertime double its number of services to Barcelona from one to two daily flights, as well as to extra services in the weekend to Malaga.

Clickair will launch a new route between the two Spanish destinations Bilbao and Palma from the end of March next year.