STANDBY Nordic Travel and aviation news for the Nordics

Cornwall Airport Newquay in the far southwest of England looks forward to welcoming Scandinavian customers to “our beautiful county”.

Danish companies and state bodies have been very adept at luring higher-spending visitors in recent years.

A 145-tonne former KLM Boeing 747 has been transported overland to a future as a 5D-experience tourist attraction.

Pop House AB, which also runs the nearby ABBA The Museum and Pop House Hotel, will buy the Hasselbacken in Stockholm.

The House of Scandinavia will be a “creative hub” at SXSW in Austin, and Björn Ulvaeas of ABBA and the HRH Crown Princess of Denmark will be there.

A combination of factors are dampening demand at the tour operator as consumers “sit on their hands”.

The tour operator is warning that summer 2019 margins are being affected by similar problems it encountered in 2018.

Sweden’s second city occupies the whole podium for the country’s best hotels, which are a base for exploring this city of design.

To make sure it keeps flying, the carrier has re-registered more than 1000 pilots, 3300 cabin crew and 133 aircraft in Austria.

The Riga-based and increasingly pan-Baltic carrier has selected an investment bank as its new financial adviser.

The third-biggest budget carrier in Europe is slamming the brakes on its growth plans for 2019 as it posts a heavy quarterly loss.

The New York hub’s Terminal 8 will get a $344 million upgrade over the next few years, paid for by British Airways and American Airlines.

A new digital platform for local experiences in northern Denmark and a new office at Aalborg Airport will strengthen Samson Travel.

Travel companies must be aware that gaps are narrowing between millennial and older travellers, or backpackers and luxury seekers.

A growing chain of 17 hotels, most of them in Finnish Lapland, recently opened its first property in the capital city.

The far north of Scandinavia will soon be hosting the midnight sun once again, when it’s possible to ski around the clock in summer.

Wizz Air has pushed past SAS into ninth place in a new list of Europe’s top 20 airline groups, with another carrier close behind.

The EU's “comprehensive air services agreement” is one of several in the works with countries such as Turkey and Oman.

Chicago O’Hare has overtaken Atlanta as the USA’s busiest airport – at least according to one set of stats.

W Dubai – The Palm is the first W Escape in the Middle East, a “lavishly luxe playground” with skyline views.