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Apr 28, 2017 (newstodate): Despite rising criticism among seafood logistics providers and not least the LCC Norwegian, Norway is seemingly intent on maintaining a joint Scandinavian position in aviation talks.
The issue is particularly hotly debated in the case of overflight rights through Russian airspace on routes between Scandinavia/Europe and Asia, where SAS upholds its grandfather's rights against the interest of other parties in the region.
Under the existing agreement, SAS thus preserves its rights as designated carrier from Scandinavia on routes to Asian destinations, forcing Norwegian to put its plans for direct flights on new Asian routes on hold as this would require long detours to bypass Russian airspace.
newstodate has asked Samferdselsdepartementet under Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications to comment on these issues.
-Samferdselsdepartementet has been working on these issues for several years. Prior to a ministerial visit to Moscow, the case was negotiated with Russia in June 2016, and renewed negotiations have already been planned to take place by late summer or early in the autumn, says Henrik Jonassen, consultant at Samferdselsdepartementet.
In response to the question if Norway will work for taking back rights to own aviation talks with Russia, the answer is:
-We are preparing the coming negotiations as usual together with our Scandinavian colleagues!
The issue is particularly hotly debated in the case of overflight rights through Russian airspace on routes between Scandinavia/Europe and Asia, where SAS upholds its grandfather's rights against the interest of other parties in the region.
Under the existing agreement, SAS thus preserves its rights as designated carrier from Scandinavia on routes to Asian destinations, forcing Norwegian to put its plans for direct flights on new Asian routes on hold as this would require long detours to bypass Russian airspace.
newstodate has asked Samferdselsdepartementet under Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications to comment on these issues.
-Samferdselsdepartementet has been working on these issues for several years. Prior to a ministerial visit to Moscow, the case was negotiated with Russia in June 2016, and renewed negotiations have already been planned to take place by late summer or early in the autumn, says Henrik Jonassen, consultant at Samferdselsdepartementet.
In response to the question if Norway will work for taking back rights to own aviation talks with Russia, the answer is:
-We are preparing the coming negotiations as usual together with our Scandinavian colleagues!