Rising numbers of ships and passengers shows no signs of slowing down, while Cruise Iceland is up for a major award.
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Helsinki Airport’s new “central square” to open
But before the new square, called Aukio, is unveiled there will be time for “test passengers” to give their feedback.
Read More »Europe’s big five airlines pass 50% market share
The bigger airlines “are using the crisis among smaller carriers to entrench their positions by gaining taking market share”.
Read More »Gatwick drone chaos cost easyJet €17mn
Last month’s drone incident at the London airport cost easyJet dearly, but despite this and Brexit demand is still “robust”.
Read More »BA brings BOAC livery back from dead
A Boeing 747 will arrive at Heathrow from the paint factory in February to enter British Airways’ flight schedules.
Read More »BIG Travel expands into business travel
One of Sweden’s biggest travel agency chains has bought Akademikerresor, an agency focused on business and conference trips.
Read More »Copenhagen “becoming a human zoo for tourists”
Recent tourism accolades are threatening to overwhelm the city, but some experts think more capacity is needed first.
Read More »First Casa Cook resort to open in Asia
Thomas Cook’s new boutique beach resort brand is part of the expansion plans of its venture with the Chinese investment firm Fosun.
Read More »World’s biggest airline caterer stockpiles for Brexit
A hard Brexit may bring chaos at ports and airports, but at least passengers will be able to get an inflight meal.
Read More »New CEO of Scandic Hotels Group named
Jens Mathiesen has been the group’s chief executive for Denmark, replacing the ousted Even Frydenberg.
Read More »Norwegian plane in serious incident in Helsinki
An aircraft operated by Norwegian lands, despite being told to go around so another plane could leave the runway.
Read More »Ryanair blames overcapacity for profit warning
The problems affecting Ryanair are indicative of the dangers facing all airlines in Europe – particularly low-cost carriers.
Read More »Saimaa and St Petersburg attract tourists together
EU-funded cross-border cooperation and marketing is about to take off with the aim of attracting Chinese and other visitors.
Read More »Thailand to make travel insurance compulsory
A new proposal that is likely to be approved will ensure that all foreign arrivals buy various levels of insurance.
Read More »Norwegian sends “clean-up” signal
The airline has opted to close six bases and whittle down flights on other routes, some of which affect the Nordic market.
Read More »Norway sees more passengers, fewer flights
Despite the country's airports seeing almost 3% more passengers in 2018, fewer flights took place.
Read More »Marriott to change loyalty scheme
Marriott Bonvoy will soon launch its branding and replace Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest.
Read More »Gateway to Transylvania opens from Billund
Wizz Air announces another new route from central Denmark – its fourth connecting Billund with Romania.
Read More »Swedavia sacks staff “to stay competitive”
Sweden’s airport operator is “taking measures to ensure its competitiveness” and to meet changing market conditions.
Read More »airBaltic hits new passenger record
The Latvian and increasingly pan-Baltic airline carried a record 4.1mn passengers in 2018 – and will expand further in 2019.
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