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SAS ended the 2017-18 fiscal year with a profit before tax and nonrecurring items of SEK 2.13 billion (€209 million).

Airport operator Finavia and telecoms giant Telia have brought a new big-data specialist to run around the terminal.

Celebrities have added publicity to an initiative launched by two women trying to get 100,000 people not to fly in 2019.

Pilots at the flag carrier’s subsidiary Norra say they may strike, but Finnair has leased a plane from DAT just in case.

The grand opening of Oodi, a new library, public space a centre for events, ties in with Finland’s Independence Day celebrations this week.

Key factors shaping adventure travel over the coming year will be making it slower, quieter, smarter and greener.

In the first nine months of the year, WOW air lost $33.6 million, despite a 31% increase in revenues.

Tour operators in the UK have been frantically calling customers after they were forced to cancel Lapland experiences.

Municipalities seeing a rising tide of visitors, like Lofoten, Nordkapp, Stranda and Stryn, say the fee would fund further facilities.

The airline’s “revolutionary” luxury “private room” and double bed are available to those who can afford it.

A hospitality tech event in Dubai is deploying a robot to launch proceedings, in what could be a first for the meetings industry.

Arne Sorenson, president and chief executive of Marriott International, apologises for the “colossal” security breach.

Air France-KLM’s new chief executive has made clear he doesn’t understand the millennial-oriented carrier’s identity.

Deep-pocketed Arizona-based Indigo Partners has agreed in principle an unspecified WOW air investment.

As Thomas Cook (Ving, Globetrotter, Spies, Tjäreborg) confirms its losses, analysts says something must be changed in the tour operating business.

The Finnish carrier says it is responding to rising demand on both its Moscow and St Petersburg routes.

Besides the drag-accented musical Kinky Boots, there's also laser tag, VR, go-karts, waterslides and more.

But any airline not owned and controlled by UK nationals that wants transatlantic routes after Brexit will need a waiver from the US.

The Icelandic flag carrier is cancelling its planned purchase of its low-cost competitor at the last minute.

The charter and leisure carrier’s operating license has been suspended, but another airline is quickly available for tour operators.