Tag: airports

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...

Complaints fly over airport sales

Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen (OSL) offers a variety of spots to have a beer or buy some food or snacks, but the prices...

Ryanair growth threatens Norwegian

Europe's biggest and most aggressive low-cost airline, Irish-based Ryanair, has traditionally flown between smaller, outlying airports to keep costs and taxes down. The company...

OSL wants more long-haul flights

Avinor, the state agency running Norway's airports, is joining calls for more non-stop flights from  Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen (OSL) to destinations in...

Skies never safer in Norway than now

Finally some good news for the hard-pressed airline industry in Norway: The skies have hardly ever been safer. New statistics from Norway's Civil Aviation...

More snow snarls airlines and roads

Another round of heavy snowfall in southern Norway led to several accidents on slippery roads Monday morning, some of them serious. Flights in and...

No easy task to ease liquor sales

Efforts by Norway's new conservative government to "modernize" the state wine and liquor monopoly (Vinmonopolet), and ease some restrictions on its sales, were  met...

Calls rise for more non-stop flights

For the first time, pilots at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) are calling on their own management to increase the number of non-stop intercontinental flights to...

Snow causes airport delays

Almost all flights were delayed at Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen on Thursday, after constant snowfall disrupted both takeoffs and landings. There was some...
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