STANDBY Nordic Travel and aviation news for the Nordics

Europe’s airlines face a chilly winter, Bloomberg writes, with Nordic carriers in particular exposed to brutal headwinds.

The Finnish carrier will deploy a second widebody aircraft on its busy Helsinki-London route – and add a seventh daily frequency.

As we start a new year, here’s a chance to look back on the ten most read stories on Standby Nordic during 2018.

But there has been “enormous progress in terms of safety in the past two decades”, experts stress.

Passenger numbers have almost doubled since Terminal 3 was inaugurated in 1998, but a new challenge may be around the corner.

The airline says it is urgently addressing its debts with a new cost savings scheme, among other measures.

2019 will be a difficult, dangerous and decisive year for aviation in Europe, an aviation expert predicts.

Norway’s criminal investigation service, Kripos, has started to give courses on how to spot human trafficking.

TUI says its new planes are becoming ambassadors for holiday regions, with a far northern resort town among them.

Dubai International, which opened in 1960 with a runway of compacted sand, recently saw a record 8.3mn passengers in one month.

Construction of Prague’s O2 universum, which will host events and congresses, has progressed to its final stage.

AccorHotels takes part in a signing ceremony by the skywalk of the huge new King Power Mahanakhon Building.

Drones have forced London’s Gatwick Airport to ground all flights, with few planes taking off or leaving since last night.

Uniquely designed hotels have opened, and will continue to open in 2019, across the country from north to south.

There could be consequences for SAS, as Norwegian prepares to launch a number of new routes to the south.

Iceland is an example of a destination facing a growing trend of tourists visiting volcanoes during eruptions.

The secretive street art collective AnonyMouse has unveiled a new mini-attraction, adding to a growing range of venues.

Kai Albrigtsen has been named as the captain of Hurtigruten’s new hybrid-powered expedition ship.

Police are reported to be hunting for more suspects after the bodies of two women from Denmark and Norway were discovered.

The Ethiopian Airlines 787-9 with 75 passengers would have flown to Addis Ababa via Stockholm but was stopped in its tracks.