Norwegian Airlines News
Passenger numbers continue to grow at Norwegian
New figures from Norwegian reveal the carrier welcomed over one million passengers in November for the second consecutive month. In addition, the load factor in November was 76 per cent.
Norwegian to welcome Boeing 737 Max back to fleet
Norwegian has continued to selectively grow its fleet and has entered into an agreement to lease two Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. They will fly during the summer season.
Wibstad to take up chief financial officer role with Norwegian
Hans-Jørgen Wibstad has been appointed chief financial officer of low-cost carrier Norwegian. He will take up the position no later than June next year.
Norwegian returns to profit in third quarter
Norwegian has reported a net a profit of NOK169 million (£14 million) for the third quarter of financial 2021. The figure compares to a loss of NOK980 million for the same period last year.
Norwegian continues to rebuild from near-death experience
Traditional booking patterns are beginning to return, while the carrier said it was seeing more people planning ahead and booking to travel to popular city break and winter sun destinations.
Norwegian to return to Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport will welcome back Norwegian today, as the airline resumes its twice weekly service to Oslo. The carrier becomes the sixteenth airline to operate from the new terminal two.
Norwegian continues to see recovery in European aviation
The number of future bookings has continued to increase in line with an expanding route network as more people are fully vaccinated and EU countries accept Covid-19 certificates for travel.
Norwegian begins to turn corner following restructuring
Norwegian has reported a profit before tax of NOK1,590 million (£133 million) for the first half of 2021 as the aviation sector begins to reopen in Europe.
Norwegian rebuilds UK & Ireland flight schedule
Norwegian has confirmed it will continue to increase flights between the UK and Ireland to destinations across Scandinavia as the airline releases the summer 2022 flying programme.
Norwegian takes first modest steps toward recovery
In June, 225,509 passengers flew with Norwegian, which is approximately 100 per cent more than at the same time last year. The carrier operated just 15 planes last month, however.
Norwegian partners with Amadeus for health verification tool
The Amadeus solution will be embedded within the passenger self-service check-in experience, whether done through the airline app or website.
Karlsen to lead Norwegian after Schram sacked
Geir Karlsen has been appointed new chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle, effective immediately. Karlsen has held the position of chief financial officer with Norwegian since early 2018.