In a sign of the times, the bankruptcy was announced by the company on Facebook.

The board of the airline Cimber Sterling have opened a bankruptcy petition with the Danish court in Sønderborg this morning.
The reason given is that Cimber Sterling’s owners no longer want to support it financially.

All flights are cancelled with immediate effect. Around 600 employees will lose their job. A buy out or rescue of the company has not been completely ruled out, Cimber did fly a number of Denmark domestic routes for SAS. Cimber Sterling, formerly called Cimber Air changed their name when they bought up the remaining parts of the bankrupt airline Sterling Airlines which went bankrupt in October 2006.

About a week ago, on 24th april at an AGM the company approved the board’s proposal to increase the share capital, reduce staff numbers and focus on Nordic countries.

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Once all the old content is imported and updated we will crack on with some great new features.

All The Best,

Rob (site owner / editor)

July 19, 2007–Dublin

Higher aviation taxes in Sweden than Denmark and the superb links from Malmö to Copenhagen seem to
have dealt Malmö Sturup airport a killer blow. Ryanair has announced that it will cease services from London and Dublin as well as the routes from Barcelona, Madrid and Marseille.

The loss of all the Malmö routes will be a blow to southern Sweden but mostly to Sturup airport as Malmö is well served by Copenhagen airport which is actually easier to get to from central Malmö due to the fast and frequent train service over the Oresund bridge.

Other changes are the loss of the London to Esjberg link and a switch for Dublin to Stockholm from Vasterås to Skavsta, both of which are a long distance from Stockholm centre. There is a new route from Stansted to Billund which will be a daily service.

Last month Ryanair announced a major expansion at Stockholm Skavsta airport, with 13 new routes to European cities including Liverpool, Berlin and Valencia

Updated Jan 2011 – This seems to be a hard route to support…possibly too seasonal. Cimber has now also ceased Edinburgh Copenhagen flights.

Updated March 2009 - Sterling now flies under the name Sterling – Cimber, flights between Edinburgh and Copenhagen can still be booked at http://sterlingflights.co.uk
The flights for summer 2009 from Edinburgh to Copenhagen will be every Monday, Friday and Sunday.

For historical reasons, we will keep the 2007 information here :

Cheap flights are now possible from Copenhagen to Edinburgh.
Nordicflights.co.uk is pleased to announce that Danish airline Sterling will be connecting these two capital cities this summer.
Perfect for a long weekend, flights are scheduled to leave Edinburgh each Friday at 1225 arriving Copenhagen 1520
and back each Tuesday from Copenhagen at 1540 arriving Edinburgh at 1640.

PRESS RELEASE

Copenhagen, 8 February 2007

Nordic airline opens low fare routes to Biarritz from Copenhagen and Oslo and to Edinburgh from Copenhagen.

Sterling adds three fantastic destinations to its European network, and continues to offer its customers to fly low price, now to two other charming cities: the Scottish capital Edinburgh, Great Britain’s second largest tourist destination, from Copenhagen. And from Copenhagen and Oslo to Biarritz, the French surfers’ paradise in the South West of France, heart of Basque Country, only 18km from the Spanish border.

Miss Carole Arnaud-Battandier, Sterling International Marketing Manager, says:

“After acquiring three new ecologically friendly aircraft from March 2007, Sterling continues its onward development throughout Europe. You will be able to discover magical short city breaks in Wonderful Scandinavia from Biarritz and Edinburgh: being for leisure and/or business, you will be delighted by the cultural and trendy attractions of these Scandinavian capitals: Copenhagen and Oslo.”

The route between Copenhagen and Edinburgh will open on May 15th until September 7th 2007, flights on Tuesdays & Fridays, in a Boeing 737-500 of 126 seats.

The route between Copenhagen and Biarritz will open on May 14th until October 25th 2007, with departures on Mondays and Thursdays in a Boeing 737-500 of 126 seats.

The route from Oslo to Biarritz will open from May 15th until August 31st on Tuesdays & Fridays. Between June 27th and August 8th, we will only fly on Wednesdays in a Boeing 737-700 of 148 seats.

She adds: “To celebrate such good news, sales of the tickets of these three routes will begin on February 9th at 11am, with fares from 47 euros one way, all incl. Do not miss such an offer, book quickly from this Friday on the Sterling website!”