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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 –
Norwegian and UNICEF expand partnership
Press Releases • Jul 02, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian, UNICEF and Amadeus extend their long-term cooperation with a global agreement. The new agreement enables Norwegian’s passenger to donate funds to UNICEF’s work for children all over the world when purchasing their flights online.
Norwegian, Europe’s Best Low-Cost Airline, Launches Flights from the U.S. to the Caribbean
Press Releases • Jun 25, 2015 09:00 EDT
- Norwegian introduces service from Boston, Baltimore/Washington D.C. and New York City to Guadeloupe Islands and Martinique on December 3, 2015 - Flights available now from $79 one way (a) - Norwegian to offer more routes from JFK than any other non-U.S. airline
Norwegian Recognized as World’s Best Low-Cost Long Haul Airline, and for the Third Consecutive Year, Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe
Press Releases • Jun 16, 2015 08:00 EDT
Norwegian was today awarded the world’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline by the renowned SkyTrax World Airline Awards, the leading international airline rating system classifying airlines by the quality of front-line product and staff service standards as voted on by the traveling public.
Norwegian reports passenger growth and high load factor in April
Press Releases • May 07, 2015 08:00 EDT
Norwegian carried 2.1 million passengers in April 2015, an increase of seven percent compared to the same month previous year. The load factor was 82.4 percent, up 2.6 percentage points.
Norwegian reports strong passenger growth and high load factor in the first quarter
Press Releases • May 06, 2015 06:00 EDT
Norwegian today reported its first quarter results for 2015. The net profit is -538 MNOK, an improvement of 57 MNOK from the previous year. The quarterly results were affected by the pilot strike in Scandinavia and the weak Norwegian currency (NOK). The passenger growth outside Scandinavia is strong and the load factor is six percentage points higher than the same period last year.
Norwegian launches new non-stop routes from Las Vegas and the Caribbean to Europe
Press Releases • Apr 21, 2015 08:00 EDT
Norwegian continues to expand its long-haul network with new direct routes. Starting November 2015, Norwegian will launch a non-stop service from Las Vegas to Stockholm and Copenhagen, as well as flights from the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and London. Norwegian will also offer flights between the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Croix, and Copenhagen.
Norwegian Celebrates Inaugural Flights from Orlando to London Gatwick and Copenhagen this week
Press Releases • Mar 31, 2015 00:52 EDT
On Monday evening, Norwegian’s first flight between Orlando and Copenhagen took off from Orlando International Airport (MCO) in Florida. On Saturday April 4th, meanwhile, Norwegian’s first flight between Orlando and London is due to take off.
Norwegian changes cockpit procedures
Press Releases • Mar 26, 2015 13:27 EDT
Norwegian has decided to change its cockpit procedures so that two crew members always are present in the cockpit.
U.S. Flight Attendants Rally at the U.S. Department of Transportation
Press Releases • Feb 18, 2015 13:06 EST
This morning about fifty flight attendants from Norwegian’s U.S. bases united at the steps of the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. They took action to voice their support for Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit application and urged the Department to approve it without further delay.
Norwegian’s U.S. Based Flight Attendants Send Strong Message to President Obama
Press Releases • Feb 18, 2015 08:15 EST
Norwegian’s U.S. based flight attendants have delivered letters to the Obama Administration urging the “swift approval” of the foreign air carrier permit application submitted by Norwegian’s affiliate, Norwegian Air International (NAI), an application that has been pending for over a year. More than 300 U.S. flight attendants work for Norwegian at crew bases in New York and Fort Lauderdale.