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Jun 25, 2018 (newstodate): No end is in sight for talks between Norway and Russian on access for Norwegian airlines to fly via the Sibir air lanes.
A meeting scheduled for 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 has again been called off, and is now slated for November 2018, according to Norwegian press reports.
This means that the LCC Norwegian's plans for opening of a number of new routes to Asian destinations are pushed back again.
For 60 years now, SAS has 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.
Besides Norwegian's plans for launch of Asian services, Norwegian exporters of seafood would also welcome the opening of a freighter service from Norway to China.
This would, however, still be feasible if provided by a Chinese carrier operating on the country's own air services agreement with Russia.
A meeting scheduled for 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 has again been called off, and is now slated for November 2018, according to Norwegian press reports.
This means that the LCC Norwegian's plans for opening of a number of new routes to Asian destinations are pushed back again.
For 60 years now, SAS has 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.
Besides Norwegian's plans for launch of Asian services, Norwegian exporters of seafood would also welcome the opening of a freighter service from Norway to China.
This would, however, still be feasible if provided by a Chinese carrier operating on the country's own air services agreement with Russia.