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Norwegian reveals first ex-UK long-haul routes beyond the US
Low-cost airline Norwegian has revealed its first ex-UK long-haul destinations outside of the US and Puerto Rico.
Speaking to TTG today, chief commercial officer Thomas Ramdahl said that Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Havana, Cuba, were two of the next long-haul destinations to be launched from the UK.
The new routes are subject to Norwegian obtaining the relevant traffic rights, and both will depart Gatwick. Ramdahl said that Asia is also part of its plans.
“It’s no surprise that we’ve been looking at Buenos Aires as a destination and also Havana,” said Ramdahl.
“Hopefully by the next winter programme, kicking off in November 2017, we will have that in place.
“The Asia part I am keeping to myself, but it won’t be Bangkok.”
Norwegian already flies to Bangkok from Oslo and Copenhagen.
“We have identified demand in those places,” continued Ramdahl.
“The only problem in Havana is finding beds. American [Airlines] dropped some frequency recently because of a lack of beds.
“Cuba opening up doesn’t mean it will be easy, so we need to think about how to build that market.
“Argentina is a country which has everything, and it also has a new government, which could make things easier.
“Within this industry nothing is 100% but these plans will happen if we get the traffic rights.” TTG
É giá da un po' che gira il 330 Wamos a LGW.. a fine marzo erano addirittura 2 i 330 wamos che volavano per norwegian!Spiacevole sorpresa per chi sperava di volare sul dreamliner sulla LGW-JFK da oggi fino al 24 aprile. Infatti il 787 dedicato e' stato messo out of service per 'danni' alla fusoliera. Al posto del dreamliner la compagnia norvegese ha noleggiato un bel 330 (maggiorenne) da Wamos Air.
http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/artic...-gatwick-new-york-route-after-fuselage-damage
Norwegian ha proposto moltissimi voli, ma lla fine con aerei suoi ne fa ben pochi. Stessa cosa da base Roma che altri fan voli per loro
Chi opera i voli per la Norwegian?
Norwegian hit by oil price rise and taxes in second quarter
Norwegian has blamed higher oil prices and the introduction of air passenger tax in its home country for a drop in second quarter profits. Pre-tax profits fell seven per cent to £80.5 million despite a 12 per cent increase in passenger numbers to 8.6 million, with Gatwick and Oslo showing the strongest growth. Fuel costs rose 38 per cent year on year. “I am very pleased with the high load factor for this quarter,” said Norwegian’s chief executive Bjørn Kjos. “However, we have had significant additional costs for leasing of aircraft, high oil price and the air passenger tax implemented by the government in Norway last year, which have had a negative impact on the result. Bookings and pre-sales for the coming months are looking very good.” (TTG)
A settembre Norwegian aprira' due nuove rotte negli USA: Denver e Seattle.
Norwegian launches Denver / Seattle service from Sep 2017
[FONT=&]Norwegian yesterday (05APR17; US West Coast Time) announced 2 new Trans-Atlantic routes from London Gatwick, on board Boeing 787-9 aircraft. From mid-September 2017, the airline will offer service to Denver and Seattle. Reservation for both routes opened within the last 1-2 hours. Planned schedule as follow.
London Gatwick – Denver eff 16SEP17 2 weekly
DY7171 LGW0950 – 1240DEN 789 26
DY7172 DEN1440 – 0640+1LGW 789 26
From 31OCT17, service increases to 3 weekly (Day 246)
London Gatwick – Seattle eff 17SEP17 4 weekly
DY7131 LGW0950 – 1145SEA 789 x246
DY7132 SEA1345 – 0705+1LGW 789 x246
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http://www.routesonline.com/news/38...aunches-denver-seattle-service-from-sep-2017/