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As of October 26, Nordica will hand over ticket sales to LOT and only operate flights for the foreseeable future.

The Kingdom of Bahrain purchased a retired Boeing 747 jumbo jet and placed it at the bottom of the sea as part of a new underwater park.

Icelandair is planning to use leased Bombardier Dash-8 Q400s to open up new routes from Keflavík to both Dublin and Manchester.

As in the capital Copenhagen, the hotel and venue boom of 2018 is continuing across Denmark into 2019 and beyond, and there is no sign of it slowing down.

A Brussels Airlines flight from Belgium to the United States turned back above the mid-Atlantic for “operational reasons”.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has announced plans to open a resort in southeastern Iceland in 2022.

The people who submitted the ten best entries will be treated to sailing on Viking Glory’s maiden voyage in 2021.

Avinor has internally swapped the executives in the positions of the director of Oslo Airport and the executive vice president for operations and infrastructure for the group.

The Swedish online travel agency Etraveli Group has announced they have acquired the Canadian based air tech company TripStack and the online travel agency Flight Network.

The survey of 314 travel managers and travel buyers by Business Travel News gives insights into rising service levels.

The online travel platform Travelstart, which had its start in Sweden, has signed a deal to secure a 100% stake in Africa’s Club Travel Group.