Travel & Accommodation
More passengers fly Norwegian
Low fare airline Norwegian carried 1 224 958 million passengers in June. This was a new record for a single month, and a 25 per cent increase compared with the same month last year.
Norwegian is particularly pleased that the new record came in a month when a strike by security guards affected several Norwegian airports.
The airline reports that 90 per cent of the June flights were booked via the Internet
Source: Norway Post
Ryanair reinstates Oslo service from Newcastle
Flights between Tyneside and Norway are to be reinstated, a low-cost airline has announced.
Ryanair will be flying from Newcastle to Oslo-Rygge - about 31 miles (50kms) south of the city - three times a week from May.
The budget airline used to operate a similar route but axed it in 2007.
The company said it had been working to strengthen its relationship with the airport and it hoped the move could bring up to £7m into the local economy.
Source: BBC
Western Norway the world's best travel destination
If the tourism and hospitality companies and developers in Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal Counties have anything to say about it, the Norwegian winter will soon become a major tourist attraction and Western Norway will be the world's best travel destination.
Source: Research Council of Norway
New connection links Durham Tees Valley with Bergen
Eastern Airways will link Durham Tees Valley Airport with Bergen, offering an early morning connection to Norway's second largest city.
From Monday 29 March 2010, early morning daily weekday flights from Durham Tees Valley via Aberdeen provide an alternative option to Bergen from the North East.
Weekday flights with the UK regional airline depart Durham Tees Valley at 6.40am via Aberdeen, arriving in Bergen at 11.10am local time. Services leave Bergen at 2.40pm arriving in Durham Tees Valley at 5.10pm local time.
Roger Hage, Eastern Airways' ground services manager, said: “The north east has had strong trade links with Norway for many years. This new connection from Durham Tees Valley allows us to provide an alternative early morning link from the North East, enabling passengers to reach Bergen just after 11am.
“This early morning departure from the north east is aimed primarily at business travellers."
Richard Whitehouse, aviation project manager for Peel Airports, said: “I'm sure that the introduction of this quick and convenient link will be warmly welcomed by business people, both in the Tees Valley and in Norway.
Source: Durham Tees Valley Airport
More Norwegians travel by air
An increasing number of Norwegians travel by air. In January, just over 2.87 million passengers travelled to and from AVINOR's airports, an increase by 4.2 per cent compared with January last year.
The traffic to destination abroad increased the most, by 5.9 per cent. Domestic traffic increased by 3.6 per cent, according to Avinor.
The number of passengers travelling via Oslo Airport Gradermoen in January increased by 6.2 per cent, compared to the same month last year. Here the increase to domestic and foreign destinations was nearly equal.
Source: Norway Post
Norway air fares dropped 10 per cent
The cost of traveling by air in Norway has dropped by 10 per cent during the past year. In December it cost 20 per cent less to fly than in the same month the previous year.
The airlines have the last few months competed for passengers, and that is good news for the travellers, says marketing chief of the travel agency HRG Nordic, Simen Johannessen to NRK.
He believes the demand for the expensive air tickets will continue to drop in the coming year.
Source: Norway Post
New flight between Newcastle and Bergen
Eastern Airways is further expanding its network of routes to Norway with the launch of two new routes to Bergen from Newcastle and Aberdeen on Monday 5 October 2009.
The new Bergen routes are the latest additions to the UK regional airline's Norwegian network, which includes Stavanger services from Aberdeen and Newcastle, and Oslo flights from Aberdeen.
Chris Holliday, Eastern Airways chief operating officer, said: "Bergen is a major centre for the oil and gas industry and both our convenient, non-stop Newcastle and Aberdeen services will be of benefit to business travellers. Norway's second largest city is also the gateway to the world famous fjords and our new services provide the ideal link for tourists taking short breaks."
Source: www.easternairways.no