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Norwegian Takes Flight from the U.S. to the Caribbean
Press releases • Dec 03, 2015 14:00 EST
Norwegian, the World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline and Europe’s Best Low-Cost Airline, today launched its first flights from the United States to Guadeloupe and Martinique in the French Caribbean.
Norwegian Named Most Fuel-Efficient Airline on Transatlantic Routes
Press releases • Nov 17, 2015 11:59 EST
The International Council on Clean Transportation today released a study that compares the fuel efficiency, of the top 20 airlines on transatlantic routes between the United States/Canada and Europe in 2014.Norwegian was named the most fuel-efficient airline on transatlantic routes, on average achieving 40 passenger kilometers per liter (pax-km/L) of fuel with its predominately Boeing 787-8 fleet.
‘Norwegian UK’ Set to Take Off as Airline is Granted UK Air Operating License
Press releases • Nov 13, 2015 11:00 EST
Norwegian, Europe’s third largest low-cost airline, has today been granted a UK Operating License opening up bilateral traffic rights to a series of potential new markets including Asia, South America and South Africa as the airline continues its huge growth in the UK.
Norwegian Celebrates New Nonstop Flights From Las Vegas to Scandinavia
Press releases • Nov 10, 2015 19:07 EST
Norwegian Air, the world’s best low-cost long-haul airline, today celebrated its new service from Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport to both Copenhagen, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden. The world’s fastest-growing airline now offers 25 nonstop routes to Europe (Copenhagen, London, Oslo and Stockholm) from the U.S., more than any other European airline.
Norwegian reports international growth and stable Scandinavian traffic figures for October
Press releases • Nov 06, 2015 08:30 EST
Norwegian’s October traffic figures were characterized by international growth, particularly on the long-haul routes, a trend the company has reported over the past months. The solid load factor continued this month and was 88 percent, up 6.2 percentage points from the same month previous year. The company carried approximately 2.4 million passengers in October, an increase of six percent.
Norwegian and UNICEF’s emergency aid flight is now airborne and on its way to Jordan
Press releases • Nov 02, 2015 09:00 EST
Today, Norwegian and UNICEF have sent an aircraft fully loaded with school supplies and emergency aid to Jordan to help Syrian refugee children. The aircraft is now on its way from Copenhagen to Amman in Jordan as part of Norwegian and UNICEF Norway’s efforts to help some of the two million Syrian refugee children.
Norwegian more than quadruples its current long-haul fleet with a new order of 19 787-9 Dreamliners
Press releases • Oct 22, 2015 06:01 EDT
Norwegian Air continues to expand its international operations by signing an agreement to purchase 19 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, more than quadrupling its current long-haul fleet to 38 aircraft within the next five years. The new order will enable the company to launch even more long-haul routes and expand its existing network in the coming years.
Norwegian Air Announces Third Quarter Results
Press releases • Oct 22, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian reports strong improvement in earnings and record high load factor in the third quarter
Norwegian Air’s passengers have donated more than $200,000 to UNICEF since June initiative launch
Press releases • Oct 20, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian’s passengers have donated more than $200,000 to UNICEF’s work for children all over the world since the launch of the donation programme launched in June. Customers have donated money when purchasing flights online between June and October. In October, all donations will be used to fill an airplane from Norwegian with school supplies and emergency aid to Syrian refugee children.
Norwegian reports continued passenger growth with full long-haul flights in September
Press releases • Oct 06, 2015 07:27 EDT
Continued passenger growth and solid load factors were the key factors in Norwegian’s September traffic figures. More than 2.4 million customers flew with the airline this month. The load factor was 88.2 percent and long-haul operations contributed considerably to the positive traffic figures.
Norwegian Air and UNICEF Fly Emergency Aid and School Supplies to Syria
Press releases • Oct 05, 2015 09:00 EDT
Norwegian Air and UNICEF will send an aircraft fully loaded with emergency aid and school supplies from Oslo, Norway to Amman, Jordan in November to help Syrian children living in refugee camps. Through this initiative, Norwegian and UNICEF will help the more than two million children affected by the brutal civil war in Syria. Norwegian’s CEO, Bjørn Kjos, will also be on the flight to assist.
Norwegian Named Best in Europe at the Prestigious Passenger Choice Awards
Press releases • Sep 28, 2015 23:30 EDT
Norwegian won two prestigious Passenger Choice Awards at the renowned APEX Awards Ceremony this evening at the annual ceremony which took place at the APEX EXPO in Portland, OR. The airline won the categories Best in Region: Europe and Best Inflight Publication, for n Magazine. It was the second year in a row Norwegian was named Best in Region: Europe by passengers.
Norwegian Air Announces Plans for Nonstop Flights from Boston and New York to Cork
Press releases • Sep 28, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian to launch direct, low-cost service from Boston and New York to Cork, Ireland – the only transatlantic flights to operate to Cork Airport – and service from Cork to Barcelona.
Norwegian named Europe’s Leading Low-Cost Airline 2015 by the World Travel Awards
Press releases • Sep 05, 2015 20:01 EDT
Norwegian has been named Europe’s Leading Low-Cost Airline 2015 by the renowned World Travel Awards, one of the travel industry's most prestigious awards program, rewarding leaders in the travel sector around the globe. In 2014, over 650,000 individual votes were cast by travel professionals and high-end tourism consumers.
Norwegian increases its long-haul fleet and acquires two new Dreamliners
Press releases • Aug 27, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian has signed an agreement to acquire an additional two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, enabling the company to launch even more long-haul routes. Both aircraft are scheduled to enter service in summer 2017. The 787-9 is larger than the eight 787-8s that Norwegian currently operates on its long-haul routes. With this new agreement, the long-haul fleet will consist of 19 Dreamliners by 2018.
Norwegian to Launch Service from Boston to Copenhagen and Oslo in May 2016
Press releases • Aug 18, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian announced it is launching direct service from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) and Oslo, Norway (OSL), beginning May 2016. Last month the airline also announced it would start nonstop service to London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) in May 2016. Flights to Oslo will be twice weekly and to Copenhagen once weekly.
Norwegian’s passengers donate more than $65,000 to UNICEF in first month of new online initiative
Press releases • Aug 07, 2015 09:00 EDT
Norwegian Air extended its partnership with UNICEF by launching a new function that allows passengers to donate funds when purchasing their flights online - within six weeks of launch, $65,000 has already been donated to UNICEF, more than half a million Norwegian kroner.
Norwegian reports passenger and load factor records in July
Press releases • Aug 06, 2015 07:00 EDT
Norwegian reports a continued passenger growth in July. The airline sets new passenger record with nearly 2.7 million travellers in July, the highest number ever in a single month. July was also characterised by considerable holiday traffic in all markets and a record high load factor of 94 percent.
Norwegian reports strong improvement in earnings and record high load factor
Press releases • Jul 16, 2015 01:00 EDT
Norwegian (NAS) today reported its second quarter results for 2015. The pre-tax result (EBT) was 456 MNOK, an improvement of 593 MNOK from the previous year. The load factor for this period was 85 percent with strong progress in all of Norwegian’s markets. This also applies to the long-haul operation, where the passenger number has more than doubled since the same period last year.
Norwegian Announces Flights to London from Boston
Press releases • Jul 09, 2015 06:00 EDT
– Norwegian to launch service from Boston to London in 2016 – – Expansion in Boston includes flights to Guadeloupe and Martinique starting December 2015 –