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.
Read More »Skytrax 2018 airline awards, the best airline in the world is Singapore Airlines
The Skytrax awards were presented this week at the Langham Hotel in London and one Nordic carrier did well.
Read More »Farnborough airshow day 3, a slow day for new orders
After 2 days with more than USD 98 billion of new aircraft and services contracts, it slowed down on day 3.
Read More »Radisson Blu opens up the biggest hotel in Vilnius
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.
Read More »City Jet and Air Nostrum to merge, the consolidation in European aviation is on-going.
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.
Read More »Farnborough Airshow day 2, a record of 530 new aircraft ordered and valued to USD 51.4 billion.
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.
Read More »Finnair H1 result is under pressure by high fuel prices and more competition on routes to Asia.
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.
Read More »Farnborough Air Show day 1, airlines announced new aircraft orders for more than USD 20 billion.
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.
Read More »Oslo and Copenhagen are ranked among the most expensive cities in the world.
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.
Read More »Laudamotion, Ryanair and Lufthansa in dispute over aircrafts
The Austrian based Laudamotion and 25 percent owned by Ryanair is arguing with German giant Lufthansa over aircrafts not delivered after Air Berlin bankruptcy.
Read More »Norwegian delivers better-than-expected Q2 results
Europe's third largest low-cost carrier surprised the markets when presenting its Q2 results on Thursday June 12.
Read More »Goodbye Scandinavian Airlines System, welcome SAS!
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!
Read More »Success at Oslo Torp airport, but danger ahead
The increasing presence of low-cost carriers boosts passenger numbers at privately owned Oslo Torp.
Read More »Will new tech disrupt traditional GDSs?
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.
Read More »Analysing Norwegian’s latest Q1 results
The airline reports a significant loss for its first quarter, but the bottom line is not as bad as it could have been...
Read More »IAG and Norwegian: perfect marriage or hostile takeover?
Why does IAG want Norwegian? The answer isn’t simple, but there are some approaches that may help to explain it.
Read More »Ryanair heads for Turkish delight and Austrian apfelstrudel!
The low-cost giant from Ireland has plans for markets it has so far left untapped.
Read More »Norwegian: first Argentina, next Brazil. Genius or madness?
The Nordic low-cost carrier is embracing growth in South America as its capacity rises rapidly. But it’s also falling heavily into debt.
Read More »Two new airports planned in northern Norway – only 100km apart
The race for two major new regional airports in northern Norway is on. The price-tag? An astonishing NOK 7.5 billion (€769 million).
Read More »Big moves ahead for Widerøe
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.
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