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The Icelandic budget carrier is radically downsizing its number of destinations in the US as it “returns to its roots”.

The Dutch giant has added its code to Atlantic Airways flights to Vágar via four different routes.

Avion Express is starting 2019 with record production results and new clients around the world.

The Finnish carrier is opening up Sapporo and Punta Cana for winter 2019-20, one snowy, the other sandy.

Aalborg is in the top ten most interesting places to visit worldwide this year, the reputable newspaper writes.

The recently rebooted Austrian LCC, which is 75% owned by Ryanair, has already launched Vienna and Stuttgart to CPH.

The union Verdi is urging airport security staff at airports across the country to stop work tomorrow.

It is hoped that the device, which was buried in eight metres of mud, will reveal the pilots’ conversations.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas sets sail just one day after offloading 500 norovirus-hit passengers and crew.

The plane-maker’s board has backed a sale of its commercial aviation division, following government approval in Brazil.

British Airways introduces electric versions of the city’s famous taxis within Heathrow for premium connecting customers.

Monopoly Dreams will cover 2000 square metres of indoor and outdoor space on Hong Kong’s Peak.

A new deal to rescue struggling Flybe will give Virgin Atlantic a chance to re-enter the UK domestic market.

Travellers from abroad are driving growth at Scandinavia’s biggest hub, far more than Danes themselves.

With 142 million passengers in 2018, up from 130 million in 2017, the group highlights its airlines’ achievements.

Initially launched as a new airline aimed at millennials, Air France admits the brand positioning was “difficult to understand”.

Cruise lines will take on 24 new ocean-going vessels during 2019, some of them massive, some of them nimble expedition ships.

The UK leaving the European Union on March 29, with no deal still a possibility, may bring travel disruption.

SAS had the lowest passenger growth of the four big Nordic airlines in 2018, but it is arguably in a better place.

Airports in Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Stuttgart and Berlin are seeing many hundreds of flight cancellations.