STANDBY Nordic Travel and aviation news for the Nordics

Nordic region’s leading serviced apartment company Forenom opened 163 fully furnished and serviced residences in the heart of Oslo. The first customers entered the location in the beginning of July.

The Skytrax awards were presented this week at the Langham Hotel in London and one Nordic carrier did well.

After 2 days with more than USD 98 billion of new aircraft and services contracts, it slowed down on day 3.

The Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, located on the right bank of the River Neris in Vilnius, has successfully completed a large-scale development project and is now the biggest hotel in the city.

Irish City Jet and Spanish Air Nostrum join forces and when merged under a holding company it will emerge as the largest regional airline in Europe.

Another good day for aircraft producers Boeing, Airbus and Embraer, during the first 2 days they have signed new aircraft orders for a massive USD 95.5 billion.

Finnair reported Tuesday 17th July its H1 (January-June) results. The operating result came in 41.9 percent below last year, disturbing the financial markets and Finnair shares fell sharply in early trading at Helsinki stock exchange.

The bi-annual airshow at Farnborough airport outside London is the world’s largest display of aircrafts, both civil and military, together with the bi-annual Paris Air Show, at Le Bourget airport. The Farnborough Air Show is on during July 16-22 and Standby Nordic will report on relevant news.

There is no doubt about it according to a recent report made by the Swiss bank UBS. Oslo and Copenhagen are only beaten by two Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva on the world's most expensive cities ranking.

The Austrian based Laudamotion and 25 percent owned by Ryanair is arguing with German giant Lufthansa over aircrafts not delivered after Air Berlin bankruptcy.

Europe's third largest low-cost carrier surprised the markets when presenting its Q2 results on Thursday June 12.

It has been a long and eventful journey for Scandinavia’s premier airline. Now that Norway has sold its remaining shares in the airline, it is the end of an era – and what an era!

The increasing presence of low-cost carriers boosts passenger numbers at privately owned Oslo Torp.

Both sides of the argument could be heard at the recent CAPA Airline CEO Summit in Dublin, with Travelport expressing the views of the GDSs.

The airline reports a significant loss for its first quarter, but the bottom line is not as bad as it could have been...

Why does IAG want Norwegian? The answer isn’t simple, but there are some approaches that may help to explain it.

The low-cost giant from Ireland has plans for markets it has so far left untapped.

The Nordic low-cost carrier is embracing growth in South America as its capacity rises rapidly. But it’s also falling heavily into debt.

The race for two major new regional airports in northern Norway is on. The price-tag? An astonishing NOK 7.5 billion (€769 million).

One small step for the market, one giant step for Widerøe, Norway’s 84-year-old regional airline, as it steps into the jet era in April 2018.