Finnair to end flights to five regional airports, including to Kemi, Lapland
National airline Finnair has announced plans to end domestic commercial flights to five regional airports after the upcoming winter season,
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Health authority OK’s Air Inuit, Canadian North to resume bookings to Nunavik, Quebec
The health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, has given the OK for sister airlines Air Inuit
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Canada to help small airlines deliver essential services to remote northern communities
The federal government says it will help support small airlines that bring essential services and goods to remote communities. In
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Greenland aims to encourage domestic tourism with latest aid package
With the summer tourism season looking grim, Greenland’s government has announced further financial assistance to help travel companies weather the
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Nunavut airlines get $24M governmental aid for COVID-19 in Arctic Canada
The government of Nunavut is spending over $24 million to support Canadian North and Calm Air during COVID-19. At a
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Canadian government providing nearly $130M to help Arctic territories during pandemic
The federal government says it’s providing $129.9 million specifically for Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories to not only help
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Northern Finland’s tourism industry divided over flight tax proposal
Lapland (Arctic Finland) tourism players are divided over a proposal to mitigate carbon emissions by introducing a flight tax. On
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Finnair gets domestic competition with Norwegian’s new Helsinki-Vaasa route
Norway-based budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced it will roll out regular flights between Helsinki and Vaasa, a city
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Ottawa approves merger between Canadian North and First Air
The Canadian government has approved the merger between northern airlines First Air and Canadian North. In a press release Wednesday
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Scandinavian Airlines and pilots union reach agreement to end strike
The 7-day pilot strike at SAS Airlines has ended after late night talks saw the company and unions in Denmark,
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Scandinavian Airlines pilots on strike, thousands of passengers stranded
Airline passengers found themselves stranded at airports around Scandinavia on Friday, after the pilots for SAS Airlines went on strike
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Canadian couple among stranded passengers after Icelandic budget airline WOW Air folds
An Ottawa couple currently in Iceland says it’s going to cost them an extra $2,000 to get back home after
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Flights at Stockholm airport disrupted after Boeing jets grounded
Stockholm’s Arlanda airport is experiencing disruption with an estimated 20 departures affected by the ban on Boeing 737 Max jets
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EU Boeing aircraft ban affects Norwegian Airlines flights in Helsinki
Norwegian Airlines has announced the cancellation of four flights from Helsinki to Stockholm and one flight to Helsinki to Oulu
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Report saying airline merger would jack up prices in Arctic Canada ‘ignorant’ of northern realities, say Inuit orgs
The Inuit organizations behind two of the major airline companies serving the Canadian Arctic lambasted a report from Canada’s Competition
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