Tag: airports
Corona may finally kill off duty-free
Never before has the future of Norway's admittedly "absurd" duty-free shopping system been more vulnerable to permanent shutdown. After living without travel abroad during...
OSL closes off terminal areas
Norway's gateway airport in Oslo, OSL Gardermoen, has lost so much traffic and business during the Corona crisis that it's closing off large areas...
US border patrol officers unwelcome
The Norwegian government has decided against allowing US border patrol officers to operate on Norwegian soil at the country's gateway airport, OSL Gardermoen. The...
New runway subject to legal test
Norway's Greens Party, encouraged by how a court decision ruled against a new runway at Heathrow airport in London( LHR), is now keen to...
‘Technical error’ halted air traffic
All air traffic north of Røros in central Norway was halted Wednesday afternoon because of what state airport agency Avinor called a "technical error."...
Airport garage fire started in diesel car
UPDATED: Airline traffic in and out of Stavanger's main airport at Sola resumed on Wednesday, after a raging fire in the airport's parking garage...
Busy day and year at OSL Gardermoen
There were lots of delays and some cancellations at Norway's gateway airport on Friday, as nearly 100,000 travelers flew to and from OSL Gardermoen....
Airports asked to restrict alcohol sales
Flights attendants at both Norwegian Air and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) are asking state airports agency Avinor to crack down both on their bars and...
Unruly passenger forced emergency landing
A man in his 60s went amok on board a commercial airliner as it was flying over the North Sea on Thursday morning, prompting...
‘Flyskam’ won’t halt summer holidays
School's out, Parliament has closed and Norway's traditional month-long summer holiday period began this week with some welcome sunshine and warmer temperatures. Norwegians' travel...
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