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Airlines logging huge losses
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and its domestic rival Norwegian Air are among the carriers suffering huge losses on the near total disruption of air travel...
Airports started opening up
Only the most northerly and eastern reaches of Norway remained closed to air traffic on Monday, with airports in Oslo and other cities open...
Domestic flights resume
The weekend was marked by more travel chaos and endless stories of endurance and creativity as Norwegians tried to get home or away. The...
Creative solutions abound
Traveling Norwegians, grounded by a volcano in Iceland, turned to creative solutions. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg ran the government from a hotel in New...
Finnair and Norwegian may team up
Finnair, which is heavily promoting its routes to Asia, is keen on setting up a new cooperation with Norwegian Air, the discount carrier that's...
Employees come to terms with SAS
Financially strapped Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced Friday that it has come to terms with its employees' labour unions after they agreed to slash pay...
SAS threatened by crew conflict
Long-troubled Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) now appears threatened by conflicts within its own ranks of flight attendants. Those based in Norway and Sweden fear demands...
Norway may be willing to sell SAS shares
The governments of Norway, Sweden and Denmark hold controlling shares in long-troubled Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), and now they may be willing to reduce their...
Record flight delays raise concerns
The number of flight delays and cancellations at Norwegian airports has soared in the past few years, according to new figures from state auditor...
Flying high, and flying the coop
Norwegian Air, the scrappy cut-rate carrier, was flying high on Thursday after news of record profits and orders for new jets. Rival SAS Norge,...
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