An LGBT+ advocacy group has ranked 49 countries on their treatment of such travelers, and the Nordic countries came high on the list.

The UK website Clubmed rates Nordic nations as places for the happiest family holidays, though comparatively expensive so better left for short trips.

New passenger facilities and double the aircraft stands are being added, filling “a large hole” in the terminal building.

The new Stockholm Arlanda-based carrier grows at a modest pace, shadowing some of the routes of now-bankrupt NextJet.

Regional authorities in Lapland are going ahead with zoning for a rail line that would cut through traditional Sámi reindeer herding areas.

Finland-based MeetingPackage promises to accelerate international growth with €1.5 million in additional investment.

Air Serbia, Tibet Airlines and Juneyao Air will start operations at HEL in 2019, while Finnair is also starting new routes.

The budget carrier will clash against arch rival Wizz Air on Budapest-Gothenburg, while Lappeenranta is also in its sights.

An investigation into a troubled emergency evacuation incident over a year ago found serious faults.

Northern Finland welcomed record visitor numbers from overseas in December, despite the initially un-snowy weather.

A growing chain of 17 hotels, most of them in Finnish Lapland, recently opened its first property in the capital city.

As the Helsinki-Tallinn ferry stats tumble, studies are being lined up to provide an understanding of passengers’ needs.

EU-funded cross-border cooperation and marketing is about to take off with the aim of attracting Chinese and other visitors.

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

The low-cost carrier Wizz Air is increasing its presence in southwestern Finland with three new routes.

Turkish Airlines’ direct flights from Istanbul will bring the first-ever business-class seats to Rovaniemi.

Tour operators in the UK have been frantically calling customers after they were forced to cancel Lapland experiences.

An ongoing investment project is jazzing up Finnish Lapland’s airports in response to a rapid growth in passengers.

The year began very strongly for Finnish airports, but the monthly stats reveal an abrupt slowdown in September.

Traffic at Helsinki and Finavia’s airports’ continues to grow – to 19 million passengers so far in 2018.