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Wideroe President and CEO, Lars Kobberstad
Wideroe President and CEO, Lars Kobberstad
IATA Code
WF
ICAO Code
WIF
Corporate Address
Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
Langstranda 6
P.O Box 247
8001 Bodø
Norway
Website
http://www.wideroe.no
Main hub
Bergen Flesland Airport
Country
Norway
Business model
Regional/Commuter
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Widerøe is a Norweigan regional airline - the largest regional in Scandinavia - with its main base at Bodø, Norway, and six other bases throughout Norway. Owned by the SAS Group, Widerøe operates an extensive domestic regional network, operating to both domestic and international destinations. In addition to commercial service, the carrier also operates on many Public Service Obligation services.

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Blue1 to become feeder for SAS' Copenhagen and Stockholm hubs in move against Finnair and Norwegian

5-Jan-12 2:21 PM

SAS subsidiary Blue1 will undergo network changes that will see it drop its non-Scandianvan European routes in order to bolster services from secondary Finnish cities.

This will allow the SAS group to build greater feed into its Copenhagen Kastrup and Stockholm Arlanda hubs, a competitive move against Finnair and its Helsinki hub, as well as LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle and its Scandinavian hubs.

This development is only the first in what will be a number of changes across the group’s carriers up to 2015 under the new strategy as SAS seeks to become a more formidable force. Meanwhile low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Services continues to grow and threaten SAS’ dominance in the Nordic market.

SAS to increase leisure share under ‘4Excellence’ strategy

21-Sep-11 5:43 AM

SAS has unveiled “4Excellence”, the group’s new strategy that replaces its successful “Core SAS” turnaround programme, which will be brought to an end in 2012. 4Excellence will build on the foundations of its predecessor by concentrating the group’s resources on four key areas: commercial, sales, operational and people excellence. SAS has staged a remarkable turnaround in recent years under the Core SAS programme, which culminated in a strong 1H2011 (six months to 30-Jun-2011) performance from the Scandinavian carrier, outperforming the majority of its rivals.

SAS has best quarter in three years; set for annual profit

18-Aug-11 6:15 PM

SAS Group delivered an unexpectedly strong result second-quarter result, reporting net income of EUR60 million which saw the group finish the first half in the black, in sharp contrast to some of its full-service rivals to the south. The result is a significant turnaround for SAS and is even more remarkable in light of the various challenges faced by European airlines. Its profitability may finally make it an attractive acquisition or merger partner.

Nordic Airlines: Scandinavian Airlines yields remain weak, SAS downgraded by Moody’s

14-Dec-09 4:16 PM

SAS Group (comprising SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Widerøe or Blue1) continues to suffer in a tough Scandinavian marke. SAS Scandinavian Airlines reported a 11.3% yield contraction for Oct-2009, for seven consecutive month of yield reductions and the second largest reduction (after Apr-2009’s 11.7% reduction) in the over 18 months.

Avinor announces Norwegian aviation charges to be frozen in 2010

11-Sep-09 3:30 PM

Norwegian airports operator and air navigation service provider (ANSP), Avinor, announced in early Sep-2009 that it will request the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications hold off increasing aviation charges in 2010. Avinor’s move follows that of several other European ANSPs that have frozen charges as they seek to minimise the impact of the financial crisis on airlines.

Norwegian Air Shuttle CEO, Bjorn Kjos Norwegian Air Shuttle the best positioned Nordic carrier

11-Aug-09 2:32 PM

Scandinavia’s largest LCC, Norwegian Air Shuttle, reported an improved yield estimate of NOK0.59 (EUR 6.80 cents) for Jul-2009, a 4% year-on-year gain, and a unit revenue improvement of 6% to NOK0.52 (EUR 6.00 cents). The LCC, which reported the most profitable second quarter in its history this year, with a net profit of EUR20.0 million, has shown that it is the best positioned Scandinavian carrier in the current global economic recession.

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