Tag: airports
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...
Data problems halted all flights
Staff at Norway's airport authority Avinor woke up to a nightmare on Friday, when the data network that provides air traffic information crashed for...
Tourists caught in ‘chaos’ on Rhodes
Around 1,000 Norwegians on holiday in Greece were among those stranded by reportedly "technical problems" at the airport on Rhodes Sunday. They resorted to...
More long lines at passport control
Norwegians taking off on summer holidays and tourists heading for home once again faced long lines at passport control at Oslo's main airport, OSL...
Airport strike threat delayed until fall
Passengers flying out on summer holidays could breathe a sigh of relief Friday morning. Mediators of a conflict between airport management and emergency crews...
Technicians call off airport strike threat
The first of two possible strikes at Norwegian airports this week was averted during the night. State mediators were involved, but a representative for...
Strikes may hit airports
Mediation was beginning this week in an effort to ward off strikes by labour organizations representing emergency crews and technicians at Norwegian airports. The...
More expansion at OSL Gardermoen
Norway's gateway airport, OSL Gardermoen, is calling in construction crews again. Just a year after opening its new terminal, airport officials see a need...
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