Norwegian

LCC Norwegian has moved swiftly to access an initial tranche of state-backed aid, to enable it to negotiate the current financial crisis.

Norwegian is taking its most dramatic action yet in its effort to deal with the latest U.S. imposed travel restrictions and the fall in demand for transatlantic services.

Norwegian and Air France are altering their networks in response to the demand slump caused by the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.

Weekly capacity between New York and Manchester during the summer is set to drop by a third compared with 2019, but United Airlines is awaiting price stabilization before deciding whether to expand.

Sen. Schumer contacted Aer Lingus, JetBlue Airways and United Airlines.

Scandinavian LCC switches its focus to San Francisco.

The second part of our review of 2019 features the demise of Thomas Cook; World Routes 2019 in Adelaide: Delta's deal with LATAM; and Wizz Air's plans to launch an airline in the United Arab Emirates.

Chilean ultra-low-cost carrier JetSMART is expanding its operations in Argentina with the purchase of Norwegian’s subsidiary in the country.

Trouble is brewing in Europe’s saturated market, with many airlines collapsing this year

This week: Emirates firms Dreamliner and A350 orders; Gulf Air and SpiceJet sign cooperation agreement; Norwegian hires a new CEO; Air Astana puts faith in Max jets and more.

Fresh from signing a co-operation agreement with New York-based JetBlue, low-cost long-haul specialist Norwegian is planning to expand its alliance to other carriers, the Scandinavian airline’s co-founder has told an industry event.

Norwegian is launching 16 new direct routes from Scandinavia from spring 2020, seven of which are from Oslo, Trondheim, Stavanger and Routes Europe 2020 host Bergen. The carrier is also making further changes to its transatlantic network by adding three new routes but dropping Madrid to New York from its schedule.

This week: AirAsia X to open Okinawa service; Norwegian to add Austin - Paris non-stop; and WestJet plans seasonal flights between Calgary and Rome.

Norwegian and JetBlue are partnering to allow passengers to fly between Europe and the US and onward to multiple destinations under a single booking.

Low-cost long-haul carrier Norwegian is to boost frequencies to some of its US destinations from London next summer, but will reduce service to Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Miami and Orlando.

Argentina’s fledgling low-cost market continues to grow strongly, but political instability means the sector’s long-term future remains uncertain.

After securing Southwest's much-anticipated first routes to Hawaii, award-winning Oakland International is aiming to further develop its network with a route to Asia high on the agenda.

Scandinavian carrier Norwegian is ending flights between Ireland and North America from September, blaming the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max for making the routes “no longer commercially viable”.

The flygskam – or flight-shaming – movement is materially impacting the public’s desire to travel and radiating across Europe from Scandinavia. Ahead of Routes Europe 2020 we speak to two of the key figures in the front-line of route development in the region.

This week: Bjørn Kjos steps down as Norwegian’s CEO; Flyadeal drops Boeing order in favour of all-Airbus fleet; Lufthansa to base two more A380s in Munich and more.

Senior network planners from over 125 of the world’s leading airlines will be accepting meeting requests when scheduling opens on Wednesday 10 July.

Low-cost carrier to serve twice-weekly route to the host city of Routes Europe 2020.

Norwegian, Delta Air Lines and Hainan Airlines are among the carriers to have registered for World Routes 2019.

This week: Air Mauritius takes delivery of A330neo; AirAsia still keen on Vietnamese LCC; Norwegian delays aircraft deliveries; Ryanair starts Charleroi connecting service and more.

The region’s largest route development forum will provide attendees with unmatched insight into the critical drivers shaping the future position of several leading airlines.