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Jan 10, 2018 (newstodate): Norway is to pursue the issue of obtaining more access through Russian airspace at a high-level ministerial meeting in 2018.
A meeting has been scheduled in June between the transport ministers of Russia and Norway to follow up on the latest round of planned aviation talks in 2017 between the Russian and joint Scandinavian delegations.
As matters stand now, SAS has for 60 years been the only designated carrier in the agreement between Russia and "Scandinavia", blurring the fact that today SAS is not alone in providing intercontinental services from Scandinavia.
Russia has so far stuck to the wording of its aviation agreements with European countries, allowing for only one designated carrier from each side. Only the UK and Italy have so far managed to designate more than one carrier for rights to fly over the Sibir airspace.
The issue is especially crucial to Norwegian that has obtained rights to fly through Russian/European airspace on flights to Thailand but remains barred from flights on the Siberian air lanes that would allow for opening of flights to other Asian destinations including Singapore and China.
As one early sign of a possible thaw in Russia's attitude towards the Norwegian wish for more access, Norwegian has however now obtained rights to fly over Russian territory on two more routes to Bangkok from Copenhagen and Stockholm.
The right to fly over Russia on the route between Oslo and Bangkok was granted in November 2016.
A meeting has been scheduled in June between the transport ministers of Russia and Norway to follow up on the latest round of planned aviation talks in 2017 between the Russian and joint Scandinavian delegations.
As matters stand now, SAS has for 60 years been the only designated carrier in the agreement between Russia and "Scandinavia", blurring the fact that today SAS is not alone in providing intercontinental services from Scandinavia.
Russia has so far stuck to the wording of its aviation agreements with European countries, allowing for only one designated carrier from each side. Only the UK and Italy have so far managed to designate more than one carrier for rights to fly over the Sibir airspace.
The issue is especially crucial to Norwegian that has obtained rights to fly through Russian/European airspace on flights to Thailand but remains barred from flights on the Siberian air lanes that would allow for opening of flights to other Asian destinations including Singapore and China.
As one early sign of a possible thaw in Russia's attitude towards the Norwegian wish for more access, Norwegian has however now obtained rights to fly over Russian territory on two more routes to Bangkok from Copenhagen and Stockholm.
The right to fly over Russia on the route between Oslo and Bangkok was granted in November 2016.