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Icelandair moves US headquarters to Boston area

Icelandair, the national carrier of Iceland, has moved its North American headquarters from Columbia, Maryland, to Quincy, Massachusetts, effective August 17, 2009. This transition helps embrace new opportunities for Icelandair in the Boston area and has created a number of additional jobs that will become a part of the local Massachusetts workforce. In addition, Robert [...]

Norwegian Air receives U.S. loan for aircraft

OSLO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said on Monday it had received financing for seven Boeing 737-800 aircraft from U.S lender Export-Import Bank and secured a commitment to support the purchase of up to 20 more planes. The seven aircrafts are scheduled for delivery between summer 2009 and winter 2010, while [...]

Norwegian Air Shuttle To Provide High-Speed Broadband

n addition to its current fleet, Norwegian has orders for nearly 50 new planes-all of which the airline will equip with Row 44

Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced that it is equipping its entire fleet with high-speed in-flight broadband. The airline will use a satellite-based broadband solution from Row 44. Norwegian, winner of Air Transport World’s 2009 Market Leadership Award, will be the first European airline to equip its fleet with high-speed in-flight broadband. Norwegian will be [...]

SAS reports major loss for 1st quarter

The SAS Group has reported a loss of SEK one billion for the first quarter of this year, in line with what experts had predicted. In the same period last year the reported loss was SEK 875 million. Income before tax amounted to SEK 1,024 million.The number of passengers fell by 15.5 per cent, compared [...]

Norwegian Air Shuttle will fly Boeing’s 6,000th 737

Seattle April 16 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] celebrated a special program milestone with the delivery of the 6,000th 737. It was delivered to International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) which will lease the 737 to Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. The airplane’s tail features a special decal denoting this milestone. “We couldn’t be more pleased about [...]