Travel

Lack of spare parts

Sanctions-hit Russian aviation in turbulence

War-time travel

Fewer visas, more sanctions, more expensive insurance. How the border between Norway and Russia is closing

Regional airline Widerøe gets stronger after being bought by Norwegian Air

Record flights

Winter seasons will see 35 direct international flights to Rovaniemi and Tromsø

Arctic tourism

Svalbard cruise season in full swing, but unlikely to hit pre-pandemic record

Finnair starts cross-border winter flights between destinations above Arctic Circle

Murmansk-Kirkenes

Suspected drunk driver crashes with cross-border minibus, leaving five killed

From Russia:

Crowd of migrants gets ready for border-crossing to Finland

Border closing

Chaotic on Finnish border as travellers rush to cross before closure

Sail, solar panels, battery. Norwegian zero-emission cruise concept revealed

travel trends

Murmansk to get sanctions-free shopping flight to Minsk

Lack of workforce troubling Lappish municipalities

Air France launches flights to three destinations above the Arctic Circle

Airspace closure

Finnair takes North Pole detour when avoiding Russia

Tourism exit

Cruise lines remove White Sea, Murmansk itineraries after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine war

Finland to close airspace for Russian airlines

Allegro

End comes to last Russia-Europe rail link

Northern Finland

Tourism faces uncertainty due to closure of Russian air space and rising fuel costs

Christmas time

Strong signs of tourism revival in Finland’s north

Travel

Northern Scandinavia sees new air routes, as tourism begins to resume

Tornio-Haparanda

Work set to begin on cross-border Finland to Sweden rail line

Nenets connection

After 30 years of construction, a remote tundra highway nears its destination

polar tourism

New luxury ships offer choppers and subs, but the most popular Arctic destination won't allow it

Northern traveling

Lappish tourism industry expecting an upsurge in travel after restrictions eased

LNG-powered

First hybrid-electric luxury cruise ship reached North Pole

Planned since 2007

Hurtigruten launches White Sea expeditions

250 km/h

Swedish government greenlights higher-speed railway line all north to Luleå

Cross-border traveling

Kilometre-long queues as people rush to cross reopened Nordic border

Kilpisjärvi

No Arctic Railway, you said? Let's make our own

Russia allows tourists with hotel bookings to stay up to 6 months

ran out of customers

Lapland, Finland ski season ends, but not for lack of snow

Amid pandemic, Murmansk gets new flights throughout Russia

Solovki reopens for tourists and pilgrims a year after closing

Finland-Sweden train travel moves a step closer

from pollution to solution

Cold weather perfect to pioneer electric aviation says Finnair and signs intention to purchase 20 battery planes

Widerøe aims to launch all-electric flights by 2026

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