Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
Iceland’s legacy airline Icelandair ends flying its two Boeing 767-300ERs at the end of 2026, its CEO Bogi Nils Bogason announced in the presentation of the quarterly results of 2025Q3. Despite making a profit, it was lower than the third […]
Russia has switched gear in its GPS jamming in Norway. Especially spoofing is now more often used, according to a report of the Norwegian broadcasting agency NRK. From about 1,400 metres up in the air, aeroplanes are deliberately being fed […]
Hjemmeværnet, the Danish Home Guard, commissioned two new search and surveillance plane into service. The two Twin Otters, produced by De Havilland Canada, are replacing two leased Britten-Norman Defender aircraft. The Twin Otters have been especially equipped for patrol duties, […]
Finnish airport authorities say that aeroplane flights were jammed 2,800 times by Russia over the course of 2024, Finnish media corporation Uutissuomalainen reports. A few years ago, aeroplanes mainly relied on GPS in their approach, landings and take-offs of airports. […]
For the first time ever, Greenland’s capital of Nuuk is reachable by normal long-distance passenger flights since 28 November 2024. On this day, the renewed longer runway was opened, making take-offs and landings possible with aircraft types like the Boeing […]
Estonian-based airline Nordica ceases to exist after the planned privatisation failed. On Monday 18 November, the intended investor Lars Thuesen withdrew, after which the management board was forced to file for bankruptcy, according to a company’s press release of 20 […]
The first five pilots fully certified to fly electric aeroplanes have graduated at the Green Flight Academy in Skellefteå, Sweden, earlier this month. The quintet is the first class ever to leave a Scandinavian aviation school trained in fossil-free aviation. […]
The last 24 airworthy General Dynamics (Lockheed Martin) F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters of the Royal Danish Air Force might continue their military service in Argentina. The two countries are in the final steps of closing the deal, with the […]
In six years Sweden will have its own electric passenger aircraft, made by up to 500 workers in Gothenburg. Fairytale? Legacy Swedish aircraft maker SAAB and Air Canada have already signed up as minority shareholders, and Air Canada is buying […]
Norway is that much unhappy with the European NH90 military helicopter, it wants to give them all back to manufacturer NH Industries, alligned with Airbus. It is totally insufficient in operational capabilities, needs an unreasonable amount of maintenance and the […]