Finnish air traffic controllers have warned that they could begin strikes this month over a dispute about pay and working conditions. Read the full story
Posted on 08 July 2011.
Finnish air traffic controllers have warned that they could begin strikes this month over a dispute about pay and working conditions. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 June 2011.
Monday saw Finnair commence its new non-stop daily flights between Helsinki and Singapore. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 May 2011.
“It is not over but it has slowed right down,” says University of Iceland geomorphologist Bjorn Oddsson. The intensity of the volcano at Grimsvotn has been reducing fast since last night. Read the full story
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Posted on 23 May 2011.
The erupting Grimsvotn volcano in southeast Iceland forced the closure of Icelandic airports yesterday to avert any possbile danger posed to aircraft by volcanic ash. The country’s biggest airport is now scheduled to re-open this afternoon with extra flights to clear the backlog. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 May 2011.
Rikke Pedersen, director of the Nordic Volcanological Centre Institute of Sciences, does not expect that the current volcanic eruption in southeast Iceland will last long. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 May 2011.
Aviation authorities across Europe do not expect major delays caused by the erupting Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 May 2011.
Icelandic authorities have taken the unusual step of restricting air traffic over central Reykjavik this coming Saturday. The reason for the disruption? An aerial acrobatics performance as part of this year’s Reykjavik Arts Festival… Read the full story
Posted on 17 May 2011.
So far this year seven Icelandic air traffic controllers have started working in Iraq and another is due to go there in the near future. Read the full story
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Posted on 16 March 2011.
There is still no consensus on whether or not the damaged Air Iceland plane which crash landed in Nuuk, Greenland at the beginning of the month can economically be repaired. Read the full story
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Posted on 05 March 2011.
An Air Iceland Dash 8 plane has crash landed at Nuuk Airport. The aircraft is severely damaged but all on board escaped unharmed. Read the full story
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