Sweden

The airline is targeting further European route procurement contracts.

Airline steps in to restore direct routes to Thailand and the US from Arlanda.

The LCC will offer another option between Paris and Stockholm from October.

The Swedish carrier plans to begin flights to Denmark’s second-largest city later this summer.

New connections to Frankfurt and London Heathrow are planned.

An initial three routes will be served by the LCC from Stockholm Arlanda.

The LCC plans to serve Sweden’s capital Stockholm this summer.

Six new routes are being launched from Albania’s capital, increasing the number of services offered by the airline to 27.

The nine new routes will target leisure traffic between Spain and Scandinavia.

The carrier intends to fully restore its domestic networks in Norway and Sweden to meet demand over the Christmas period.

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Just eight scheduled passenger routes are currently operating from the airport and Swedavia believes Stockholm Arlanda could accommodate the traffic.

Norwegian is seeking to gain an “even stronger foothold” in Scandinavia by applying for a Swedish air operator's certificate.

After a year of work, a Swedish government-appointed commission recommended in late November 2016 that airlines operating in Sweden should pay a tax of between 80 and 430 Swedish crowns ($9- $47) per passenger per flight to compensate for climate pollution. Under the proposal, the lower end would relate to domestic and European flights while a levy of between SEK280 (for city pair markets under 6,000km) and SEK430 (for city pair markets beyond 6,000km) would be added to medium- and long-haul international services.

The creators of the bestselling video game Minecraft are to start an airline, according to Swedish media reports. Markus Persson and Jakob Porser have registered a new company with the purpose of leasing aircraft.