Norwegian Air Shuttle
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| Founded | 22 January 1993 (23 years ago) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Norwegian Reward | ||||||
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Norwegian Long Haul Norwegian Air International Norwegian UK |
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| Fleet size | 115 | ||||||
| Destinations | 132 | ||||||
| Headquarters | "Diamanten" (The Diamond) building Fornebu, Norway |
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| Key people |
Bjørn Kjos (CEO) Bjørn H. Kise (Chairman) |
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| Website | norwegian |
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Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (: ), trading as Norwegian, is the third largest low-cost carrier in Europe, the second-largest airline in Scandinavia, and the ninth-largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers. It offers a high-frequency domestic flight schedule within Scandinavia and Finland, and to business destinations such as London, as well as to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, transporting over 30 million people in 2015.
As of July 2016, Norwegian operates 110 aircraft, of which 100 are Boeing 737s and 10 are Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The airline is known for its distinctive livery of white with a red nose, with individual portraits of noteworthy Scandinavians on the aircraft's tail fin.
Norwegian launched its long-haul operation in May 2013. The long-haul flights were intended to be operated by two fully owned subsidiaries, Norwegian Long Haul and Irish based Norwegian Air International (NAI), which has a unique air operator's certificate (AOC) but shares branding and commercial set-up with the rest of the Group. Due to delayed approval of a Foreign Air Service Permit from the U.S. Department of Transportation for NAI however, all long-haul flights have been performed by the parent company under its original AOC, NAX. Many flights from the European bases are now operated by NAI, under its unique AOC, using the IBK ICAO code to distinguish these flights. These are operated using Norwegian's Irish registered aircraft. Crew bases for the long haul Boeing 787 fleet are at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, New York JFK Airport, London Gatwick Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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