Tag: airlines

SAS pilots threaten to go on strike

Airline passengers may encounter more turbulence from Thursday if Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and its pilots fail to agree on terms for their holidays, just...

SAS threatens to move long-haul routes

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is now claiming that Norway's new airline seat tax may prompt it to move long-distance routes from Oslo to either Copenhagen...

Ryanair takes no blame for base closure

Cut-rate carrier Ryanair confirmed on Wednesday that it would close its base at the small Rygge airport at Moss, south of Oslo, and it...

Plans fly to save regional airports

The Norwegian government has promised to look into various ways of keeping the Rygge regional airport open and also aiding others not owned by state...

Confusion flies over Ryanair’s strategy

Political battles tied to Ryanair's objections to an airline seat tax in Norway, and whether they will lead to closure of the Rygge airport where Ryanair has...

Paradox pervades Ryanair drama

NEWS ANALYSIS: The paradox could hardly be more pronounced: Norwegian politicians, bureaucrats, business and labour officials who earlier have bashed low-fare airline Ryanair now seem to be...

Ryanair’s airport ‘will shut down’

The board of directors in charge of the Rygge airport in Moss, south of Oslo, announced Tuesday it had decided to shut down the airport...

Bomb scare evacuated Ryanair flight

A Ryanair flight bound for Manchester, England was halted and evacuated at the Rygge Airport in Moss, south of Oslo, on Sunday evening because of...

Airline flight nearly collided with drone

Police in Hordaland, western Norway, reported a serious near-accident on Tuesday when a flight from the domestic airline Widerøe almost collided with a drone...

Norwegian Air plays its climate card

The US government's top transport official was in Norway this week, but he reportedly had no time to meet one-on-one with the boss of the Norwegian...

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