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Norwegian Low-cost Airline

Norwegian Air Shuttle is a low-cost airline based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1993 and has grown to be the second largest airline in Scandinavia. Norwegian Air Shuttle has bases at Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavager and Sandefjord Airports.

Norwegian Air Shuttle operates scheduled flights to 115 destinations in 36 countries. Destinations include smaller cities within Scandinavia and international destinations across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Currently, the Norwegian Air Shuttle fleet comprises exclusively of Boeing 737 aircraft. Starting in 2012, Boeing 787 Dreamliners will be used for long-haul flights.

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Current Norwegian destinations include:

Austria
Salzburg – Salzburg Airport
Vienna – Vienna Airport

Bulgaria
Burgas – Burgas Airport
Varna – Varna Airport
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo – Sarajevo Airport

Croatia
Dubrovnik – Dubrovnik Airport
Pula – Pula Airport
Rijeka – Rijeka Airport
Split – Split Airport
Zagreb – Zagreb Airport

Cyprus
Larnaca – Larnaca Airport

Czech Republic
Prague – Prague Airport

Denmark
Aalborg – Aalborg Airport
Billund – Billund Airport
Copenhagen – Copenhagen Airport Base
Karup – Karup Airport
Rønne – Rønne Airport

Estonia
Tallinn – Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport

Finland
Helsinki – Helsinki Airport Base
Oulu – Oulu Airport
Rovaniemi – Rovaniemi Airport
Turku – Turku Airport

France
Bordeaux – Bordeaux – Merignac Airport
Grenoble – Grenoble-Isere Airport
Nice – Cote d’Azur Airport
Paris – Paris Orly Airport

Germany
Berlin – Berlin Schonefeld Airport
Dusseldorf – Dusseldorf Airport
Hamburg – Hamburg Airport
Munich – Munich Airport

Greece
Athens – Athens International Airport
Chania – Chania Airport
Corfu – Corfu Airport
Heraklion – Heraklion Airport
Kos – Kos Island Airport
Rhodes – Rhodes Airport
Santorini – Santorini (Thira) Airport

Hungary
Budapest – Budapest Ferihegy International Airport

Ireland
Dublin – Dublin Airport

Israel
Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion International Airport

Italy
Milan – Milan Malpensa Airport
Olbia – Olbia – Costa Smeralda Airport
Palermo (Sicily) – Palermo Airport
Pisa – Galileo Galilei Airport
Rome – Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
Venice – Venice Marco Polo Airport

Kosovo
Pristina – Pristina Airport

Latvia
Riga – Riga Airport

Lithuania
Vilnius – Vilnius International Airport

Malta
Valetta – Valetta Airport

Morocco
Agadir – Agadir – Al Massira Airport
Marrakech – Marrakech Airport

Netherlands
Amsterdam – Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Norway
Ålesund – Ålesund Airport
Alta – Alta Airport
Bardufoss – Bardufoss Airport
Bergen – Bergen Airport Base
Bodø – Bodø Airport
Harstad/Narvik – Harstad/Narvik Airport
Haugesund – Haugesund Airport
Kirkenes – Kirkenes Airport
Kristiansand – Kristiansand Airport
Lakselv – Lakselv Airport
Longyearbyen – Svalbard Airport
Molde – Molde Airport
Oslo – Oslo Gardermoen Airport Headquarters & Main Base
Sandefjord – Sandefjord Torp Airport Base
Stavager – Stavager Airport Base
Tromsø – Tromsø Airport
Trondheim – Trondheim Airport Base

Portugal
Faro – Faro Airport

Poland
Gdansk – Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport
Krakow – Krakow-Balice John Paul II International Airport
Szczecin – Szczecin-Goleniow Solidarnosc Airport
Warsaw – Warsaw Fredric Chopin Airport
Wroclaw – Wroclaw Copernicus Airport

Russia
St Petersburg – St Petersburg Airport

Serbia
Belgrade – Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport

Spain
Alicante – Alicante Airport
Barcelona – Barcelona Airport
Ibiza – Ibiza Airport
Las Palmas – Gran Canaria Airport
Lanzarote – Lanzarote Airport
Malaga – Malaga Airport
Murcia – Murcia-San Javier Airport
Palma – Palma de Mallorca Airport
Tenerife – Tenerife South Airport
Valencia – Valencia Airport

Sweden
Gotland – Visby Airport
Luleå – Luleå Airport
Malmo – Malmo Airport
Stockholm – Stockholm Arlanda Airport Base
Umeå – Umeå Airport

Switzerland
Geneva – Geneva Airport
Zurich – Zurich Airport

Turkey
Antalya – Antalya Airport
Istanbul – Sabiha Gokcen International Airport

United Arab Emirates
Dubai – Dubai International Airport

United Kingdom
Edinburgh – Edinburgh Airport
London – London Gatwick Airport
Manchester – Manchester Airport

Norwegian Air Shuttle considering routes to USA, Asia

February 22, 2012 By Budget Airline News

Norwegian Air Shuttle has revealed it is considering long-haul, low-cost flights to New York, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Beijing. Currently, Norwegian Air Shuttle is the fourth largest budget airline in Europe and its furthest destination is Dubai, UAE.

The airline is considering long-haul destinations now that it will be acquiring wide-body Boeing 787 aircraft in 2013. Other possible destinations are Tokyo and the west coast of the USA.

“We’re considering all major cities,” said Norwegian CFO Foss said. “We’re doing research, looking into many destinations and how to optimize our aircraft.”

Norwegian Air Shuttle makes record-setting plane purchase

January 25, 2012 By Budget Airline News

Norwegian Air Shuttle, the Oslo based budget airline, has signed a record-setting deal with both Airbus and Boeing for delivery of 222 new aircrafts worth 127 billion Norwegian Kroner (21 billion USD).

The order includes 122 aircrafts from Boeing (100 of the new Boeing 737 MAX8 and 22 Next-Generation 737-800 aircrafts) plus an additional 100 Airbus A320neo aircrafts from Airbus. The total purchase is the largest in European aviation history.

“Today is a historic day for Norwegian,” said CEO Bjørn Kjos.”The order is the largest ever in European aviation history and marks a major milestone in the company’s 10 year history. We have secured our fleet renewal for years to come and are very pleased with the agreements with both Airbus and Boeing.”

“Norwegian has now reached a size where we will benefit from having two suppliers, both in terms of ensuring adequate flight capacity, flexibility and competition between two manufacturers,” said Kjos.

“International air traffic will keep on growing in the years ahead and Norwegian is determined to be a strong, stable and attractive player in the airline industry. We will continue to provide our customers with quality at a low fare and live up to our vision that everyone should afford to fly. The new aircraft are win-win for our passengers, the environment and the company’s costs. As we intend to replace every aircraft after seven years of operation, it is mandatory that we plan at least 10 to 20 years ahead. We will sell or rent out our older aircraft in order to keep a young fleet”.

“Norwegian’s order of 42 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft in 2007 was by many viewed as a bold investment. History has, however, shown that it was a necessary move to ensure our competitiveness and reduce costs. This order has been extended several times since 2007, proving that our need for aircraft has been far greater than we anticipated five years ago,” said Kjos.

Norwegian Air Shuttle eyes long-haul routes to Asia, USA

December 17, 2011 By Budget Airline News

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA aims to become the first European budget airline to offer long-haul flights. The company’s chief executive has announced plans to operate flights to New York, USA, and Bangkok, Thailand, beginning in early 2013.

In the same way that low-cost carriers, including Ryanair, EasyJet and Norwegian, have put other airlines under pressure within Europe “we’re going to see the same shift in long haul,” CEO Bjoern Kjos, a former fighter pilot, told The Associated Press in an interview on Friday.

Norwegian — one of Europe’s fastest-growing airlines — has ordered six Boeing 787 Dreamliners for its planned intercontinental operations. Kjos noted that Malaysian budget carrier Air Asia X already has long-haul flights from Kuala Lumpur to European destinations.

“In 10-15 years, the number of passengers flying from the East to Europe will be significantly larger than that the total number of passengers flying within Europe,” Kjos told AP at Arlanda Airport, one of Norwegian’s four Nordic hubs. “Our future competition will be the Asian companies,” he added.

Norwegian is now the No. 2 airline in Scandinavia, and aggressively challenging tri-nation carrier SAS, the market leader, rather than trying to compete with other low-cost airlines.