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Re:Norwegian Air to cancel 85% of flights and temporarily la... by ucarion on Monday March 16, 2020 @02:54PM (#22596114)
This is not to contradict what you're saying, but it should be clarified that Norway's flag carrier is Scandinavian Airlines, not Norwegian Air:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines

Again: I'm aware that you haven't said anything to the contrary. But it's useful context.

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Re:Norwegian Air to cancel 85% of flights and temporarily la... by michaeljohansen on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:06PM (#22596250)
Well. We Norwegians joke that SAS stands for "svensk alt sammen" (Swedish all together). Some of us consider Norwegian Air Shuttle to be more of a Norwegian airline.

And yes, a bailout is likely. The govt will likely help keep Norwegian Air's planes flying during the Coronavirus period. Additional help is possible.

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Re:Norwegian Air to cancel 85% of flights and temporarily la... by hnarn on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:14PM (#22596373)
Looking only at state ownership, the Swedish and Danish governments own about the same share of SAS (~14%) and 1/3rd of the company stock is privately owned.[1]

[1]: https://www.sasgroup.net/annualreports/2018/assets/pdf/eng/S...

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Re:Norwegian Air to cancel 85% of flights and temporarily la... by Jhsto on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:23PM (#22597218)
Meanwhile, the Finnish government owns 55.8% of Finnair.
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Re:Norwegian Air to cancel 85% of flights and temporarily la... by gerikson on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:14AM (#22605625)
SAS is furloughing 10K employees.
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