Finland to upgrade its rail link with Russia
Finnish Railways (VR) announced last week that it will be upgrading its existing rail link between the capital Helsinki and Russia’s St Petersburg. Th...
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Swedes break own world SMS record
It may still be nice to receive a Christmas card through the post – but these days the real king of holiday greetings is the mobile phone text message...
Russians keeping Finland’s tourism alive
Although tourist numbers are down in virtually every country on the planet, Finland can find some solace in the fact that their Russian neighbours are...
SAS dumps two of its airlines
The financially embattled carrier Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced that it is selling off two of its subsidiaries: Spanair and airBaltic. It ...
Stockholm to get Sweden’s first airport city
In a show of optimism for the future recovery of the air travel industry, Sweden is building the country’s first ‘airport city’ at Stockholm’s Arlanda...
Norwegian pilot busted for drunk flying
On a recent VLM Airlines flight from London to Amsterdam, a Norwegian pilot in the cockpit of a plane with 50 passengers had apparently been drinking ...
SAS wants to buy out Estonian Airlines
Despite its admitted financial difficulties, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has approached the Estonian government with an offer to buy out the 34 percen...
SAS axes 5,000 departures from Copenhagen
The financially squeezed Nordic carrier, Scandinavian Airlines, has announced it will be cutting 5,000 of its normally scheduled departures from Copen...