Sifting through the 2018 World Airline Awards for LCCs, Norwegian comes second (32nd overall), Ryanair 11th (64th overall).
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Glass of inflight wine lands Swede in Dubai jail
A Swedish woman travelling with her four-year-old daughter has just returned home after a traumatic month.
Read More »Low growth in overnights worries Danish hotels
The country’s hotel association is expressing concern, especially as thousands of new rooms are coming online.
Read More »Copenhagen Airport boosts non-aviation income
Increasing long-haul traffic leads to rises in revenues from shopping, restaurants, cafés and parking.
Read More »World’s first undersea villa to open in Maldives
Bookings have started for the suite at Conrad Maldives, which stresses “personalisation and hyper-exclusivity”.
Read More »Travel brings billions to Norway’s economy
A new survey shows that foreigners flying to Norway with Norwegian, SAS and Widerøe are boosting the economy in a big way.
Read More »Nordica subsidiary to fly Swedish route
The Estonian company has been enlisted to provide flights between Stockholm and Lapland.
Read More »How Europe’s airlines use WeChat to reach China
KLM, Finnair and Air France are among those maximising their presence among China’s outbound travellers.
Read More »Norwegian, 71, in naked anti-cruise protest
A local resident has had enough of the ever-increasing number of large ships passing by his house.
Read More »easyJet reveals new London-Lapland route
The British low-cost carrier aims to carry more than 13,000 customers in the first winter of operations.
Read More »Viking Line offers new beauty exclusive
Finland’s Viking becomes the first cruise ship in Europe to offer the US brand Benefit Cosmetics.
Read More »Flight delays skyrocket in Nordics and Europe
SAS is not the only airline struggling to keep to its timetables this summer, with Icelandair and Norwegian faring worse.
Read More »KLM pilots threaten to strike
No dates have been announced, but strikes will not take place at least until Friday, a union says.
Read More »Best “fresh” MICE cities in Europe ranked
Baltic cities do well in this ‘best meeting destinations of 2018’ roundup, although northern Europe is mostly ignored.
Read More »Hippo kills tourist in Kenya
A tourist and a local fisherman were attacked and killed by a hippopotamus, at the same lake in Kenya, on the same day.
Read More »Cook’s Club to open escape rooms, ‘rage rooms’, VR
Thomas Cook plans to open up to 15 of the millennial-focused retreats by next summer.
Read More »Amadeus to buy TravelClick for $1.52bn
The Spanish travel technology firm has signed a deal to acquire the US-based software developer.
Read More »Two new Russia routes to Nordics
The two routes include the first low-cost flights from Russia to the Nordics and a red-eye from Sweden.
Read More »Nordics’ longest zipline opens
Riders hit a top speed of 100 kilometres per hour, covering 1381 metres in little more than a minute.
Read More »Business travellers pay for extras, divided over GPS tracking
A new Travelport survey shows that although they are happy to pay for travel extras, GPS tracking is more controversial.
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