Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) set a punctuality record last month and thereby became the world's most punctual airline for the second month in a row, according to Flightstats.
In August, 93.84% of all SAS flights arrived on time, the highest rate of all within the "major airlines" category, which comprise airlines of more than 30,000 departures a year.
"SAS continues to uphold our brand promise that we take care of our customers' time. We are extremely proud of this record, which contributes to our continuous position as Europe's most punctual airline. It is also an important factor to why our customer satisfaction is the highest in 11 years," says Rickard Gustafson, CEO.
The punctuality of all European airlines was 81.2% for August. All statistics are provided by the independent Flightstats.
The SAS Group carried 2.6 million passengers in September, up 3.5% from the same month last year.
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Norwegian Airlines demand that Avinor (Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration) reimburses them for a NOK 100 million loss due to delays and cancelled flights this summer.
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Labour Minister Hanne Bjurstrøm (photo) has informed the two sides in the security guard conflict that the Government will refer the dispute to the Stautory Wages Board, whose decision will be mandatory on both parties.
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The strike by security guards continued to affect air travel Thursday morning, and travellers are asked to check in extra early. Five regional airports are closed altogether.
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Consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.6 per cent from July to August 2011, mainly due to price falls in food and airline fares. From August 2010 to August 2011the CPI rose by 1.3 per cent.
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While domestic air travel in Norway is still near normal, major airfields throughout Europe are struggling with cancelled and delayed flights, and terminals crowded with frustrated travellers trying to get home for Christmas.
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Several thousand Norwegian travellers were this weekend affected by heavy snowfall which closed down major airports on the European continent and in the UK. The problems continued Monday.
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Air travel in Norway is still on the increase. In September, 3.84 million passengers travelled to and from Avinor's airfields, an increase by more than 9 per cent compared with September last year.
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SAS airlines carried 2.2 million passengers in August. This is an increase by 7 per cent, compared with August last year. The load factor improved to 78.2%, record high for August.
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The Scandinavian airline SAS has announced a SEK 500 million loss in the second quarter. SAS says the main reason is the clouds of volcanic ash which plagued European air travel earlier this year.
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The strike by musicians and dancers at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet is over, after the two sides in the early hours of Monday morning accepted a proposal from the National Arbitrator.
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Norwegian air space remained open Friday morning, and outlooks for the day were good. Early morning flights to and from Kristiansand Airport were cancelled, but were later resumed.
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Airlines SAS and Norwegian both reported losses for the first quarter of this year. SAS lost nearly SEK one million, while Norwegian reports NOK 199 in after tax losses for the first three months.
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