Tag: airports

‘Duty-free’ funds airport expansion

A major expansion of Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen (OSL) is costing much more than initially planned, and that's uncorked more debate over soaring...

Majority backs sale of ‘Flytoget’

Norway's highly successful Airport Export Express train (Flytoget) that serves Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen may be sold, likely to foreign buyers. The country's new...

Terror hoaxes on social media

Police intelligence unit PST urged Norwegians not to believe everything they read on social media, after sites were flooded with false information about terror...

Norwegians spend billions on holiday

Travel-happy Norwegians are spending nearly three times as much money on foreign holidays this year than they did just a decade ago. As international...

School’s out, crowds and mass exodus expected

Airport officials were warning passengers in Norway to allow plenty of time to catch flights on Friday and through the weekend. The end of...

Stowaway teen likely climbed fence

Police believe a 17-year-old Norwegian boy found dead in the wheel well of a KLM aircraft in Amsterdam last Friday probably scaled the security...

Dead teen found in plane wheel well

UPDATED: Dutch police launched a full investigation after a dead body was discovered in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane...

‘Flytoget’ to mark gay pride

Flytoget, the Airport Express Train that serves Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen, is gearing up to welcome visitors traveling to Oslo for the annual...

Avinor chided for paying ‘bonus’ to airlines

The Norwegian state agency that runs the country's airports, Avinor, has been making "bonus" payments to airlines that can report increases in the number...

Trains halted just as holidays began

UPDATED: Norway's beleaguered railroad broke down again at a key station in Oslo on Thursday, just as the country's five-day annual Easter holidays officially...

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