Tag: airports

Defense spending boost comes to Rygge Airport’s aid

The Norwegian government's long-term plans to significantly boost defense spending include provisions that can offset job losses tied to the pending closure of Rygge...

Southeast seeks crisis help after airport closes

The city of Moss and surrounding municipalities south of Oslo are lobbying for the same kind of funding from the state that Western Norway...

Flights resume after ‘technical problems’

Norwegian airports agency Avinor reported that limited numbers of flights could start landing and taking off again from West Coast airports, after the airspace...

SAS avoids strike, another averted

UPDATED: After marathon negotiations that extended into more than 17 hours of overtime, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and the union representing 435 of its pilots...

Talks drag on for SAS and its pilots

Negotiations between Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and its Norwegian short-haul pilots had extended 14 hours into overtime by mid-afternoon on Thursday, after the two sides...

SAS threatens to move long-haul routes

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is now claiming that Norway's new airline seat tax may prompt it to move long-distance routes from Oslo to either Copenhagen...

Ryanair takes no blame for base closure

Cut-rate carrier Ryanair confirmed on Wednesday that it would close its base at the small Rygge airport at Moss, south of Oslo, and it...

Plans fly to save regional airports

The Norwegian government has promised to look into various ways of keeping the Rygge regional airport open and also aiding others not owned by state...

Confusion flies over Ryanair’s strategy

Political battles tied to Ryanair's objections to an airline seat tax in Norway, and whether they will lead to closure of the Rygge airport where Ryanair has...

Paradox pervades Ryanair drama

NEWS ANALYSIS: The paradox could hardly be more pronounced: Norwegian politicians, bureaucrats, business and labour officials who earlier have bashed low-fare airline Ryanair now seem to be...
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