Norwegian daughter companies seek bankruptcy protection in Ireland
Norwegian initiates a reorganisation plan with its daughter companies Norwegian Air International and Arctic Aviation Assets seeking protection under Irish Examinership Following the government of...
Decimated Norwegian forced to furlough an additional 1,600 employees
Norwegian is forced to furlough employees and reduce capacity considerably following the government’s decision to not support the company financially to get through the...
Uncertain future for Norwegian after government turns off the money tap
The government of Norway today announced that Norwegian will not receive further financial support, which Norwegian had clearly communicated was necessary to maintain operations...
COVID-19 continues to heavily impact Norwegian’s traffic figures: 90% fewer passengers in October
Norwegian’s traffic figures for October are heavily influenced by lower demand caused by continued travel restrictions across Europe, with several new red zones. In October,...
COVID-19 heavily impacts Norwegian’s September traffic figures (-90%)
Norwegian’s traffic figures for September are heavily influenced by lower demand caused by new and stricter travel restrictions across Europe. In September, 319,370 customers chose...
Norwegian commits to reduce CO2 emissions by 45 percent by 2030
Today Norwegian has launched a new environmental sustainability strategy that will begin immediately and deliver several industry leading targets. Cutting CO2 emissions by 45...
Norwegian August 2020 traffic figures heavily influenced by travel restrictions and drop in demand
Norwegian’s traffic figures for August are heavily influenced by the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent travel restrictions and drop in demand. In August, capacity...
Norwegian posts first half year 2020 results: 71 percent passenger decline, 8,000 furloughed or laid off employees and 140 grounded aircraft
Norwegian today reported its results for the first half year of 2020. The figures are as expected heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with...
Norwegian extends cooperation with Lufthansa Technik
Five more years of Total Base Maintenance Support (TBS®) for the Boeing 737NG Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and Lufthansa Technik have extended their cooperation for...
Off from Berlin Schönefeld to Scandinavia with Norwegian from 1 July
Norwegian Air Shuttle has resumed flights to Oslo and Copenhagen. Starting on 1 July, there will initially be three flights a week...
Norwegian cancels order for 92 Boeing 737 MAX and five Boeing 787-9 aircraft
On the day the Boeing 737 MAX starts re-certification flights in the U.S., low-cost airline Norwegian cancels an order for 92 Boeing 737 MAX...
Norwegian to restart short-haul flights from the UK and serve a wider European network from July
Norwegian is pleased to announce that in line with other European carriers and as a result of increased customer demand the airline will begin...
Norwegian finalises recapitalisation and secures state aid
Norwegian confirms that the restructuring is completed and that the state loan guarantee of in total NOK 3 billion (€ 274 million) has been...
Norwegian presents rescue plan
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle released the details of its bailout plan on Monday. If approved, the plan will dilute the share of existing shareholders...
Norwegian Air lays off 4,700 pilots and crew members, declares Swedish and Danish subsidiaries bankrupt
Due to the ongoing spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) most countries have advised against or have banned non-essential travel. The closure of borders and...
[Coronavirus] Norwegian March traffic figures heavily influenced by COVID-19 measures
The global outbreak of COVID-19 that took hold across the aviation industry throughout March has heavily influenced Norwegian´s traffic figures. The company experienced a...
[Coronavirus] Norwegian to cancel 85 percent of its flights and temporarily lay off approximately 7,300 employees
The COVID-19 situation is escalating by the hour and due to stagnating demand and enforced travel restrictions by authorities worldwide, Norwegian will gradually cancel...
Coronavirus: Norway to close all its airports, as well as seaports, from Monday at 08:00
Norway announced on Saturday that it will close its ports and airports and tighten its land border controls starting Monday, due to the Covid-19...
[Coronavirus] Norwegian positive to the government’s tax cut – further measures with immediate liquidity effect are crucial
The global spread of coronavirus has had an enormous impact on the global aviation industry. At the beginning of the year, Norwegian expected to...
Norwegian suspends more than 4000 flights and implements layoffs
Following the U.S. ban on travel from most of Europe and the escalating coronavirus situation, Norwegian has decided to ground 40 percent of its...