Norwegian Air Shuttle
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | ||
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ICAO NAX |
Callsign NOR SHUTTLE |
| Founded | 1993 | |
| Hubs | Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Bergen Airport, Flesland Stavanger Airport, Sola Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport Trondheim Airport, Værnes Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Moss Airport, Rygge |
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| Frequent flyer program | Norwegian Reward | |
| Fleet size | 35 (54 on order) | |
| Destinations | 83 | |
| Headquarters | Fornebu, Norway | |
| Key people | Bjørn Kjos (CEO) Frode E. Foss (CFO) |
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| Website: http://www.norwegian.no/ | ||
| Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA | |
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| Type | Public company (OSE: NAS |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Key people | Bjørn Kjos (CEO) Erik G. Braathen (Chairman) |
| Industry | Transport |
| Products | Air transportation |
| Revenue | ▲ NOK 4,226 million (2007) |
| Net income | ▲ NOK 85 million (2007) |
| Employees | 1,200 |
| Website | www.norwegian.no |
Norwegian Air Shuttle (OSE: NAS) is a Norwegian low-cost airline, with headquarters at Fornebu outside Oslo and its main base at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Norwegian Air Shuttle is also referred to as Norwegian, which is the company's commercial brand.[1] It operates low-cost flights in Scandinavia and in Europe.[2]
The airline operates a fleet of 25 Boeing 737-300 aircraft, 2 Boeing Boeing 737-800 aircraft and 8 McDonnell Douglas MD82s. The company has 51 Boeing 737-800 on order in addition to 3 Boeing 737-300 that will be delivered in 2008. Its operational centres are in Oslo and Bergen and its technical center is at Stavanger Airport, Sola.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
The heritage of Norwegian is based on the airline Busy Bee, founded in 1967, and operating as Air Executive Norway in 1972-83. Busy Bee was the regional airline subsidiary of Braathens S.A.F.E, but closed due to bankruptcy in 1992, with Norwegian Air Shuttle being formed the following year to take over operations. Service was provided on the West Coast, between the airports of Haugesund, Kristiansund, Molde, Stavanger and Trondheim using Fokker 50 aircraft. At first three were taken over from Busy Bee, with additional three joining later.[citation needed]
The contract with Braathens expired in October 2003, when Braathens new owner SAS started using its fleet of Fokker 50 aircraft previously operated in northern Norway under the SAS Commuter Norlink brand, to fly on the routes on the west coast. But even before this the airline started some operations outside Braathens, including the previously Braathens contracted route from Stavanger to Newcastle, as well as the public service obligation from Bodø and Tromsø to Andøya, which they operated until January 1, 2003.[citation needed]
From 1 September 2002 the airline rebranded as Norwegian[2] and started domestic flights as a low-cost carrier with six leased Boeing 737-300 aircraft, on the routes Oslo-Bergen, Oslo-Trondheim, Oslo-Tromsø and a week later on Oslo-Stavanger. For the first few months Norwegian wet leased three aircraft.[citation needed] The company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 18 December 2004, with CEO Bjørn Kjos remaining the largest owner, with about a third.[citation needed] By 2005 the airline made a profit for the first time since 2002.[citation needed]
The airline has opened a second hub, at Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport in Poland, flying to Central European destinations. There are two Boeing 737 operating from Warsaw[3]. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA announced April 24, 2007 that they had bought 100% of the Swedish low cost airline FlyNordic; becoming the largest low-cost airline in Scandinavia. As part of the deal with the former owner, Finnair got a 5% stake in Norwegian.[4]
On August 23, 2007 Norwegian announced that it would initiate scheduled operations from February 18, 2008 at the new Moss Airport, Rygge south of Oslo,[5] with the military airport also opening for commercial traffic and located at about the same distance from Oslo as Gardermoen. Norwegian's initial 14 scheduled routes from Rygge are Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Belgrade, Bergen, Budapest, Istanbul, London, Málaga, Marrakech, Palanga/Klaipeda, Szczecin, Valencia and Warsaw. Norwegian claims flights from Rygge will generally be cheaper than those from Gardermoen.[6] In February 2008 Norwegian announced their first destination outside Europe, non-stop to Dubai from Oslo-Gardermoen and Stockholm-Arlanda.
[edit] Operations
The Oslo-Trondheim and Oslo-Bergen routes had the highest market share in 2005 with 37%.
The airline has code sharing agreements with FlyNordic (which it now owns) on the Oslo-Stockholm route, with Rossiya on the Oslo-Saint Petersburg route, and with Sterling on most of their shared routes (Oslo-Copenhagen, Oslo-Nice, Oslo-Prague and more).
Norwegian does not own its own handling services and only light maintenance is done by its own employees. Heavy maintenance (C/D checks) and engine maintenance are put out on tender. The airline is a member of European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA).
[edit] Destinations
[edit] New routes
- Bergen - Split [seasonal, starts April 22, 2008]
- Oslo/Rygge - Antalya [starts May, 2008]
- Oslo - Kristiansand [starts June 5, 2008]
- Stockholm/Arlanda - Düsseldorf [Starts June 12, 2008]
- Oslo - Korfu [Starts June 13, 2008]
- Stockholm/Arlanda - Istanbul/Sabiha Gökçen [Starts June 15, 2008]
- Stockholm/Arlanda - Belgrade [Starts June 16, 2008]
- Oslo/Rygge - Pristina [starts June 17, 2008]
- Kraków - Stavanger [Starts June 18,2008]
- Oslo-Wroclaw [restarts June 18, 2008]
- Stockholm/Arlanda - Sarajevo [Starts June 21, 2008]
- Warsaw - Trondheim [Starts June 21,2008]
- Oslo/Rygge - Sarajevo [starts June 21, 2008]
- Warsaw - Split [Starts June 21,2008]
- Bergen - Alicante [seasonal, starts June 30, 2008]
- Stavanger - Alicante [seasonal, starts July 2, 2008]
- Trondheim - Alicante [seasonal, starts July 2, 2008]
- Oslo - Dubai [Starts October 26,2008][1]
- Stockholm/Arlanda - Dubai [Starts October 27,2008][2]
- Bergen - Las Palmas [Starts November 2008]
- Stockholm/Arlanda - Aleppo [seasonal, starts June 9, 2008]
[edit] Fleet
As of April 2008, the Norwegian Air Shuttle fleet consists of 8 MD-80 series, 25 Boeing 737-300 and 2 Boeing 737-800[7]. All the 737-300 have 148 seats in one class and the 737-800 have 189. The MD80s have between 149-164 seats. All but two aircraft are leased.
The aircraft livery is white with a red nose. Most aircraft have a picture of a notable Norwegian person on the tail.
| Aircraft | Registration | Tail art |
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| Boeing 737-300 | LN-KKA | Prev reg SX-BTO |
| LN-KKB | ||
| LN-KKC | ||
| LN-KKD | ||
| LN-KKE | Prev reg G-ZAPM | |
| LN-KKF | Fridtjof Nansen | |
| LN-KKG | Gidsken Jakobsen | |
| LN-KKH | Otto Sverdrup | |
| LN-KKI | None (previously Helge Ingstad) | |
| LN-KKJ | Sonja Henie | |
| LN-KKL | Roald Amundsen | |
| LN-KKM | Thor Heyerdal | |
| LN-KKN | Sigrid Undset | |
| LN-KKO | Henrik Ibsen | |
| LN-KKP | None (previously Kirsten Flagstad) | |
| LN-KKQ | Alf Prøysen | |
| LN-KKR | ||
| LN-KKS | Unicef Logo Jet | |
| LN-KKT | Self promotion | |
| LN-KKU | ||
| LN-KKV | Niels Henrik Abel | |
| LN-KKW | Self promotion | |
| LN-KKX | Logojet advertising for Network Norway | |
| LN-KKY | ACTA logojet | |
| LN-KKZ | Logo jet advertising for the insurance company Silver | |
| LN-KHA | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | LN-NOB | Edvard Grieg |
| LN-NOC | Ole Bull | |
| SE-RHA | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | SE-RDR | ex. flyNordic |
| SE-RBE | ex. flyNordic | |
| SE-RFC | ex. flyNordic | |
| SE-RFD | ex. flyNordic | |
| SE-RFB | ex. flyNordic | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | SE-RDV | ex. flyNordic |
| SE-RFA | ex. flyNordic | |
| SE-DLV | ex. flyNordic |
On August 30, 2007, Norwegian ordered 42 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with an option for 42 more, an order worth $3.1 billion[8]. The planes will enter the fleet between 2008 and 2014, approximately 10 each year. The first Boeing 737-800 arrived at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway, on January 26th 2008. The 737-800 is registered LN-NOB and has a tail picture of the Norwegian composer and pianist Edvard Grieg. Norwegian Air Shuttle ordered winglets on the new aircraft and it will be stationed at Rygge Airport.
On February 1, 2008, the airline's first Boeing 737-800 LN-NOB made its maiden flight from Oslo to Kraków.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ About Norwegian
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 57.
- ^ Quartely report 3rd quarter 2006
- ^ Norwegian to strengthen Scandinavian network with FlyNordic acquisition ATW Daily News, April 25, 2007.
- ^ Aftenposten: Norwegian Air plans new southeast hub
- ^ Aftenposten: Rygge success for Norwegian (Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian's fleet
- ^ Reuters: Norwegian Air places $3.1 bln Boeing order
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