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Downgrades can occur if the aircraft type is changed

Vehviläinen credited for leading turnaround at Finnair

Cost-cutting program to save €400 million a year  

Staff to be cut by 30%, fleet from 40 to 25 planes

Increasing choice, destinations, demand and supply

In-room fitness routines are getting more interesting

W Guangzhou Hotel & Residences to open early 2013

Airline employees express anger over “crisis bonuses”

Oslo-Tromsø traffic exceeds a million for first time

Cook to continue recovery, Tui to build on success

But SAS is way down the list in 50th place

Copenhagen statue is “hard to see, given it’s so small”

Oslo’s first waterfront hotel opens on Tjuvholmen

TUI sees potential in Thailand for direct charters from Europe

Group says this is due to “effective capacity management”

Thai Airways to fill SAS temporary summer absence

Social media firm Everplaces lets anyone be a guide

Chains believe high-end, organic shampoos will lure guests

Chief is “100% convinced that the airplane is safe”

Lufthansa aircraft departing for Munich skids on take-off