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An Ethiopian Airlines MAX 8 with 157 people on board crashed minutes after take-off, the same new aircraft type as the Lion Air crash last year.

The Swedish airport operator is stressing sustainability in response to growing concerns over air travel in the country.

Even if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, both sides guarantee that air travel will continue unbroken.

A little more than two million people flew SAS in February, while flight cancellations still pose a problem.

The new lounge – the eighth Star Alliance branded lounge – has Dutch design twists and is open starting from today.

The art rebel has incorporated his artworks in the luxury suite, including butterfly designs and two sharks in formaldehyde.

Tribe is a lifestyle brand to be in 150 destinations by 2030, while The House of Originals is a network of unique global properties.

The chief executives of five of Europe’s biggest airlines were asked which of their rivals they would choose to run for a week.

Airports in the Nordic and Baltic countries are among the winners of the ACI’s airport service quality awards.

Carin Kindbom, president and chief executive of the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre and Gothia Towers, lists past and future news.

Three Swedish museums, dedicated to mountains, women’s history and the artistic process, are up for the 2019 award.

The low-cost carrier’s winter 2019 schedule includes a new route for each of the country’s three international airports.

The comparatively new brand’s footprint will grow from ten to around 100 hotels by as early as summer 2020.

As the effects of climate change bite, only one airline appears to be taking carbon emissions seriously, a new report suggests.

Northern Europe’s biggest holiday rental company is closing its UK office and agents will have to connect with Copenhagen.

Three small “improvised explosive devices” were found at London’s Heathrow and City airports and at Waterloo rail station.

The group plans to deploy additional Eurowings long-haul capacity to its Frankfurt and Munich hubs from October.

MS Finnmarken, built in 2002, is to be transformed in a premium refurbishment ahead of a 2021 debut along Norway’s coast.

A new campaign urges travel agents to use a booking code to alert airlines about travellers who may need assistance.

A new codeshare makes it easier to plan a journey across the Atlantic using Virgin Atlantic, Air France, KLM and Delta flights.