Fly worldwide with easyJet and Norwegian

PASSENGERS will be able to book an easyJet short-haul flight and self-connect to a Norwegian long-haul flight in one simple transaction.

Norwegian is partnering with easyJet on the new ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ platform, allowing passengers to connect a Norwegian long-haul flight with an easyJet short-haul flight in one single booking.

Launched by easyJet, ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ allows passengers to seamlessly connect their easyJet flight with other partner airline flights, including Norwegian’s fast-growing network of affordable long-haul flights to the U.S, Asia and South America.

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NORWEGIAN is continuing its UK expansion with a new direct service from London Gatwick to Rhodes taking off just in time for a sunshine break.

Norwegian’s inaugural flight to Rhodes departed on Saturday 17th June with a weekly service throughout summer, and fares available from just £29.90 one-way. 

Rhodes will be the fifth Greek island Norwegian serves direct from London Gatwick, including Corfu, Crete, Kefalonia, and Santorini.

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Singapore Sling

NORWEGIAN will launch a new route from London Gatwick to #Singapore this winter as the airline’s growing low-cost long-haul UK network expands into Asia for the first time.

From 28th September, Norwegian will operate four weekly flights, increasing to five in the winter, from London Gatwick to Singapore Changi Airport, voted the World’s Best Airport by passengers for five years in a row. 

Flights are now on sale at www.norwegian.com from £179 one way.

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First Irish tail fin hero for Norwegian

AIRLINE Norwegian and the Crean Family have announced that Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean will become its first Irish tail fin hero – the explorer’s portrait will appear on the airline’s new 737MAX aircraft that will serve new transatlantic routes from Cork, Shannon and Dublin to the US East Coast this summer.

Born in County Kerry in 1877, Tom Crean joined the Royal Navy aged just 15, quickly becoming recognised as an accomplished sailor. In 1901, a chance encounter with Robert Falcon Scott saw Crean join Captain Scott’s ship ‘Discovery’ for an exploration into the unchartered Antarctica waters – it would become the first of several polar expeditions undertaken by Crean that led him to become known as one of Ireland's greatest Antarctic explorers.

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Norwegian expands summer 2017 flights at Edinburgh

LOW-COST airline Norwegian has put on sale an increased number of low-cost flights from Edinburgh this summer including the return of its newest route to Barcelona from £34.90.

Norwegian is placing the Scottish capital at the centre of its rapid UK growth and ahead of planned transatlantic flights to the USA to be announced in the coming weeks, the airline is also expanding its summer programme on select routes to Scandinavia and Spain.

Customers travelling from Edinburgh Airport now have more affordable choices to fly direct to some of Europe’s most popular destinations with 10 additional flight departures per week from the end of March.

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Tail fin heroes . . .

NORWEGIAN has announced that pioneering pilot Amy Johnson will become its 2nd #British tail fin hero, with the renowned pilot’s portrait set to appear on two Norwegian aircraft later this year.

Norwegian has always honoured iconic figures on the tails of its aircraft, and already has more than 80 tail fin heroes featuring personalities who symbolise the spirit of Norwegian through innovation, challenging the norm, and inspiring others.

To reflect Norwegian’s rapid growth in the UK, where it now flies 4.5 million UK passengers each year to 50 destinations, the airline has now begun a series of British tail fin heroes with Roald Dahl as the first British tail fin hero last year.

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Norwegian expands routes to Germany

NORWEGIAN the world’s sixth largest low-cost airline, continues to expand its route network in Germany with five new route launches from Düsseldorf Airport and three new route launches from Hannover Airport.

Nearly 170 000 seats are available for the summer season to and from Düsseldorf Airport and over 50 000 seats available for the summer season to and from Hannover Airport – all of them to popular Spanish destinations.
Norwegian already operates routes in Germany from Hamburg, Munich, Berlin and Cologne.

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Up in the air . . .

LOW-cost airline Norwegian continues its climb in Ireland by receiving the Aircraft Operator Award at the 2016 Aviation Industry Awards in Dublin.

Norwegian was awarded two World Travel Awards in 2016 and was named the ‘World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline’ for the second consecutive year and ‘Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe’ for the fourth year in a row at the renowned Skytrax World Airline Awards.

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THE US Department of Transportation has approved Norwegian Air International's (NAI) application for a foreign carrier permit, a Norwegian spokesperson said:

"We welcome the long overdue news that Norwegian Air International (NAI) has been awarded a foreign carrier permit by the US Department of Transportation.

"This approval finally makes it possible for us to plan the Cork to the U.S. routes we, and many others, have been looking forward to. We also now look forward to our foreign carrier permit for Norwegian Air UK (NUK) being approved next.

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Best Low Cost Airline Europe 2017 is . . .

Norwegian has been awarded the title of ‘Best Low Cost Airline – Europe’ for a fourth consecutive year by leading industry website www.airlineratings.com.

Airlineratings.com attracts over 14 million visitors from 232 countries, with the website announcing its Airline Excellence Awards each year to celebrate and promote excellence in the airline industry.

In selecting Norwegian as Europe’s Best Low Cost Airline for a fourth consecutive year, the website’s editorial team praised Norwegian for its innovation of bringing affordable and safe travel to millions of passengers across Europe and beyond.

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Norwegian - new Canary Islands routes

#NORWEGIAN is launching its busiest ever winter with brand new low-cost flights from Manchester to Gran Canaria and Tenerife the perfect excuse for a winter getaway with fares available to the Canary Islands from £39.90.

Flights to Gran Canaria will operate twice-weekly starting on November 30 and the carrier’s brand new twice weekly flights to Tenerife commenced on Monday 1 November. These new routes will be exclusively serviced by brand new aircraft offering all passengers free inflight Wi-Fi and live TV on board.

The new route to Gran Canaria will operate throughout the winter while Tenerife will be a year-round service.

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Up in the air . . .

NORWEGIAN carried almost 2.8 million passengers in September, an increase of 14 per cent compared to the same month last year. A total of 2,778,806 passengers chose to fly with Norwegian in September. This is 343,566 more passengers than the same period last year.

Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos said: “September’s figures show that our positive development continues across all markets, both with more passengers and a high load factor. It is also satisfying to see that more customers are choosing Norwegian when they are flying between the US and Europe and Europe and Asia.”

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Roald Dahl takes off

ROALD DAHL'S portrait has been applied to a brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, becoming Norwegian’s first ever British ‘tail-fin hero’.

With the author’s portrait now applied to the aircraft, the ‘World’s No.1 storyteller’ will take to the skies this weekend as Norwegian’s brand new aircraft on its inaugural flight from Oslo on Saturday.

Norwegian already has more than 80 ‘tail fin heroes’ using iconic personalities who symbolise the spirit of Norwegian by pushing boundaries, challenging the norm and inspiring others. To reflect Norwegian’s rapid growth in the UK, where it now flies 4 million UK passengers each year to more than 40 destinations, the airline has selected Roald Dahl as its first British tail fin hero.

Thomas Ramdahl, Chief Commercial Officer said: "Selecting our first ever British tail fin hero is not only a mark of our huge plans for UK expansion, it is also a chance to recognise a truly heroic British figure. Roald Dahl has inspired generations of adults and children and as the world celebrates his centenary, it is a great honour to have this world-famous author adorn our aircraft.”

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In the air . . .

Norwegian has announced two new routes from London Gatwick to Keflavik, Iceland and Rovaniemi, Finland.

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NORWEGIAN has announced a partnership with No1 Lounges to offer an enhanced travel experience to the airline’s loyalty scheme members travelling from Birmingham Airport.

Norwegian Reward members flying from Birmingham will get an exclusive 15 percent discount for No1 airport lounge access, which includes complimentary premium security lane access and CashPoints that can be used to reduce the cost of future flight bookings, seat reservation, and checked baggage.

Brede Huser, vice president of Norwegian Reward, said: ‘Our partnership with No1 Lounges is significant for Norwegian Reward members who can now earn even more cost savings.’

The No1 Lounge at Birmingham Airport has a fully bar and bistro … and a living herb wall.

RYANAIR says that from September 1 it will be mandatory for adults travelling with children under-12 to purchase reserved seats, but that the children will get reserved seats free of charge.

The airline is introducing this change after a busy period, when most of its flights have been full. Many adults travelling with young children did not select reserved seats and accordingly were randomly allocated seats that were not together. This caused boarding problems as crews tried to re-seat customers with young children.

Ryanair’s chief marketing officer, Kenny Jacobs said: ‘This change will allow parents to select their preferred seats at the time of booking, ensuring that they always sit with their children.’

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Norwegian introduces two new Manchester routes

NORWEGIAN has expanded its services at Manchester Airport with the addition of two new routes to Malaga and Alicante. 

The airline is now operating four weekly flights from Manchester to Malaga on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, followed by two weekly flights – on Fridays and Sundays – to Alicante.

With the new routes, passengers in Manchester and the north-west will have access to almost 130,000 more seats in time for the summer with fares to both destinations starting from £34.90.

Norwegian, which launched its first UK flights in 2003, operates from London Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and Manchester Airports to more than 40 destinations worldwide. It also claims to be the only airline offering UK passengers direct low-cost flights to the US. Direct flights from London Gatwick to eight US destinations, including New York, Boston, Oakland-San Francisco, and Las Vegas are available from £149.

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London to Las Vegas – direct

NORWEGIAN is continuing the expansion of its low-cost long-haul network by launching a direct service to #LasVegas from London Gatwick from £179 one-way.

The twice-weekly flights – on Mondays and Thursdays – will start on October 31.

‘We are thrilled to see our partnership with Norwegian continue to expand, providing another non-stop option for European visitors to visit Las Vegas,’ said Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Says Norwegian chief commercial officer Thomas Ramdahl: ‘Las Vegas is a fantastic addition to our growing transatlantic network from the UK. Viva low-cost, viva Las Vegas!’

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Up in the air . . .

RYANAIR has further expanded its London Stansted winter 2016 schedule with a new daily service to Luxembourg from September, 2016.

WOW AIR has started its Reykjavik-Bristol route. The route will be operated three times a week year round. With the new service, WOW air becomes the second airline to link Bristol to Iceland with a direct service, after British airline easyJet.

NORWEGIAN continues the expansion of its low-cost long-haul network by launching the UK’s only direct flights to Oakland, California. Three weekly flights will depart Gatwick serviced by Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
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