- Swedish state renews agreement with Finnair.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finnish airline Finnair Plc said on Thursday (19 July) that the Swedish state has renewed its agreement with Finnair for the transport of its personnel from Sweden to Asia and between Sweden and Finland. Finnair said that it won the tender, which covers official ......
- SAS Group signs new catering
contract.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Scandinavian airline SAS Group said on Tuesday (8 March) that it had signed a new catering contract in Scandinavia with LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, parent company of LSG Sky Chefs. The contract applies to catering supplies for the subsidiaries Scandinavian Airlines Denmark, Scandinavian ......
- Swedish air strike cancelled as an agreement was
reached.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD There will not be a air strike in Sweden over the weekend. The air strike, which would have included 185 employees from the regional airlines Flying Enterprise, Skyways and Highland Air, was cancelled as the trade union HTF and the airlines accepted a proposal ......
- Airlines lose bid to stop Tegel's
closure.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A bid by a group of airlines to stop Tegel, the main airport in Berlin, Germany, from being shut down by city authorities, has been rejected by a court. Officials in Berlin want to close Tegel airport, situated within the city limits, and Tempelhof, ......
- Construction of Berlin's new airport
begins.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Construction of a new EUR2bn international airport in Berlin, Germany began this week, in spite of criticism that the airport will produce noise pollution and is unnecessary. The Berlin-Brandenburg International airport is being built on the site of the East Germany Schoenefeld airport and ......
- Sweden's Save airport to
continue.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Irish airline Ryanair, among other carriers, will be able to continue using Save airport in Gothenburg, Sweden. Miljooverdomstolen, the Swedish supreme environmental court, has determined that Save airport's 58,000 aircraft movements per year may continue, despite protests from the inhabitants in the area....
- SAS welcomes initiative on insurance guarantee
extension.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD SAS, the Scandinavian airline, has said that it welcomes the Swedish government initiative to propose an extension of the state guarantee for third party insurance cover for airlines. The government has reportedly suggested an extension to the end of January next year. Denmark and ......