Nordic banks boost Icelandic economy
Three Nordic central banks have lent Iceland credit of up to 1.5 billion euros ($2.3 billion) to strengthen the country‘s foreign currency reserves, r...
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Glitnir closes covered bond in Norway
Glitnir Bank in Norway recently announced it had successfully closed a covered bond issue of NOK 7 billion (approximately EUR 900 million). The Icelan...
Finnair’s labour dispute causes cancellations
Last Saturday the Finnish Airline Pilots’ Association instituted a ban on overtime hours for pilots, according to reports in the Finnish news agency, ...
Airports face closures if union talks break down
Airports are scrambling to conclude wage settlement talks with the umbrella union LO Stat before 16th May. If the two parties do not come to an agreem...
Icelandair names new CEO
Birkir Holm Gudnason has been named the new CEO of Icelandair. He has worked for the company for many years and was previously the Nordic countries de...
Glitnir strong on seafood
A new report from Glitnir indicates that despite cooling economic conditions, Iceland’s seafood industry has a strong outlook for the future, accordin...
Icelandair arms doors and reports for first time in Toronto
On 2nd May, Icelandair inaugurated its first flight from the Toronto Pearson International Airport. According to reports on Marketwire, the airline no...
SAS pilots flying high
Although Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is experiencing economic troubles, like many other airlines, the company has affirmed that the employment of its ...