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Skift • Gordon Smith

Norwegian to buy Nordic Leisure Travel Group for about $845m to build end-to-end Nordic travel

Norwegian Air Shuttle has agreed to acquire Nordic Leisure Travel Group (NLTG) for 7.94bn Swedish krona (~$843–$845m), creating a Nordic travel platform spanning tour operations, charter aviation, and 26 hotels. The deal adds NLTG’s brands—Ving, Spies, Tjæreborg, Globetrotter and Sunclass Airlines—to Norwegian and Widerøe.

2026-06-16T03:32:55.344332-07:00
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ch-aviation • Paul Ash

Maldives' BeOnd misses staff pay amid cash crunch

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2026-06-15T22:04:24.217310-07:00
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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

AVi8 Air Capital to launch Viet Nam-based ACMI carrier

By ch-aviation: AVi8 Air Capital has announced plans to launch a branded franchise ACMI airline based at Ho Chi Minh City to provide additional wet-lease capacity in Southeast Asia, using A320-200 and A321-200(P2F) aircraft.

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2026-06-15T20:22:24.395556-07:00