Just last month, it was revealed that Norwegian would say goodbye to 12 of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. However, the airline’s chief financial officer, Geir Karlsen, has now shared that his company will let go of all of its units of the model. An excited customer According to an interview with Norwegian publication, E24, Karlsen confirmed that his …
Over the weekend, an Icelandair Boeing 767-300ER, chartered by Icelandic firm Loftleidir, returned from an ultra-long-distance journey from Antarctica. The aircraft had been tasked with bringing home researchers who had been working at the Norwegian Polar Institute’s Troll Research Station. Since the flight’s completion, the institute’s Twitter pag …
Welcome to the first of a new, weekly roundup of the week’s top stories! As always, it has been a busy week in the airline industry, so let’s have a look at what some of our biggest articles have been since Monday. Singapore Airlines A380 leaves storage Monday saw a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 made its first flight since last June! The aircraft ha …
Struggling Norwegian Air is in front of the Irish High Court this week to assess the validity of its debt liabilities. While the outcome is yet to be confirmed, industry sources believe that cancellations of outstanding orders are likely. Both Boeing and Airbus could lose scores of aircraft orders as the airline seeks to emerge smaller and more eff …
Last month, Scandinavian low-cost carrier Norwegian announced that it would be ceasing its long-haul operations. These had previously represented a reasonably-priced alternative for European passengers on certain intercontinental routes. However, amid restructuring, it is returning to a short-haul focus, and thus needs to return its long-haul aircr …
Norwegian Air’s restructuring will see the airline slash its remaining narrowbody fleet by half, from 103 to just 53 aircraft. The fleet reduction comes weeks after the airline announced that it would stop flying long-haul routes and retire all of its 787s. With government funding now approved, Norwegian is hoping to return to its profitable, short …
Norwegian has today announced that the government of Norway is agreeable to providing the airline with the financial support it needs. The support, in the form of a hybrid loan, will be granted on the condition that more than half a billion dollars of capital is raised elsewhere. Norwegian is thrown a much-needed lifeline Following the airline’s rece …
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