Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSE: NAS), trading as Norway , is a Norwegian low cost airline. It is Europe's third largest low-cost carrier behind easyJet and Ryanair and the world's ninth largest low-cost carrier in the world, Scandinavia's largest airline, and the eighth-largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers. It offers high-frequency domestic flight schedules in Scandinavia and Finland, and for business purposes like London, as well as holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, carrying over 30 million people by 2016. The airline is known for its distinctive white livery with red nose, with different Scandinavian portraits on the tail fin of his plane.
Norway launched its long-haul operations in May 2013. Long-haul flights are operated by wholly owned subsidiaries: Norway Norway Long Haul, Norwegian Air International based in Ireland, Norwegian-based Norwegian Air UK and Norway based in Argentina. Air Argentina. Each airline with the exception of Norwegian Long Haul holds a unique air carrier certificate (AOC) but shares its branding and commercial functions with other Group members.
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Histori
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The Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) was established on January 22, 1993 to take over the regional airline service produced by Busy Bee for Braathens in Western Norway. Busy Bee, founded in 1966, is a subsidiary of Braathens that operates a fleet of Fokker 50 aircraft on charter services. This includes a regional service network between cities on the west coast of Norway operated on wet rental for parent companies. After Busy Bee went bankrupt in December 1992, the NAS took over three of the rented Fokker 50 aircraft, and began operating from Bergen Airport, Flesland to Haugesund Airport, KarmÃÆ'¸y, and from Bergen to Molde Airport, ÃÆ'â € | rÃÆ'¸ or Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget, and so on to Trondheim Airport, VÃÆ'Â|rnes. The company was founded and owned by a former employee of Busy Bee and initially has a workforce of fifty. It was based in Bergen, but later established a technical base in Stavanger.
Beginning April 1, 1994, the airline also started service from Bergen to ÃÆ'... lesund Airport, Vigra. In 1995, the company received the Fokker 50 fourth, and had revenues of NOK $ 86.6 million and NOK profit 2.9 million. It flies 50 daily services.
In 1999, the company owned six Fokker 50 and flew 500,000 passengers with 20,000 flights. The company has revenues of NOK 172 million and profit of 13 million NOK. On June 2, 2000, NAS purchased the Lufttransport helicopter operator from Helicopter Service. In 2000, the NAS fleet was expanded to seven Fokker 50s. From 2 January 2001, several Braathens routes were discontinued, including services operated by NAS from Kristiansund to Trondheim and Molde. Routes from Bergen to Haugesund, and Bergen-Molde-Trondheim were reduced.
On January 7, 2002, the NAS took over responsibility for the route from Stavanger to Newcastle, flying twice daily per day. This is the first route where the airline does not wet the aircraft into Braathens, but instead operates the route itself. After Braathens was purchased by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in November 2001, all contracts owned by Norway with Braathens for routes on the west coast of Norway were canceled by SAS, as he wanted his SAS Commuter subsidiary to take over the route. The NAS has an 18-month cancellation period in its contract with Braathens, but this is not respected by SAS; contract terminated without notice.
Low cost carrier - 2002 onwards
Following a decision by SAS to purchase the Braathens, and the subsequent termination of all contracts between Braathens and NAS, NAS announced in April 2002 that it would start domestic scheduled services as a low-cost carrier on the busiest route. From 1 September 2002, the airline was re-branded as Norway.
The airline opened its second hub at Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport in Poland, flying to Central Europe. There are two Boeing 737s operating from Warsaw. The base was closed in 2010. The Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA announced 24 April 2007 that it had purchased 100% of Sweden's low-cost airline FlyNordic from Finnair plc; becoming the largest low-cost airline in Scandinavia. As payment for shares in FlyNordic, Finnair received a 5% stake in Norway.
On August 30, 2007, Norway ordered 42 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with options for 42 others, orders worth US $ 3.1 billion. The order was later upgraded by six aircraft in November 2009. In July 2010, 15 options were changed to order, and in June 2011 15 other options were changed, bringing the total new orders, owned by 737-800 to 78 aircraft with 12 remaining options. In addition, Norway introduced Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased into the fleet. The first hired 737-800 arrived at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway, on January 26, 2008.
In April 2010, Norway began flights from Oslo-Gardermoen and Stockholm to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. During early 2011, Norway had three aircraft stationed there, introducing domestic flights to Oulu Airport and Rovaniemi Airport on March 31, 2011. In May, flights to nine additional international destinations began.
In October 2009, Norway announced that it intends to start flights from Oslo to New York City and Bangkok, which require new intercontinental aircraft. In 2010, it said it was considering up to 15 intercontinental destinations from Scandinavia, and would also consider services to South America and Africa. On November 8, 2010, Norway announced that it has been contracted to lease two new Boeing 787 Dreamliners by delivery in 2012; and that is the negotiation of additional aircraft leasing.
On January 25, 2012, Norway announced the largest aircraft orders in European history. The orders consist of 22 Boeing 737-800 and 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with options for the last 100 others; and for 100 Airbus A320neos with options for the other 50.
In late October 2012, the airline announced a new base at London Gatwick from spring 2013 with three Boeing 737-800s for use on new international routes from London to recreation destinations in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Croatia. All routes announced are flown in competition with airlines such as easyJet, Ryanair and Thomson Airways. Gatwick is also served by Norway from a large number of cities in Scandinavia.
In 2016, Norway won its first charter contract in the United States, flying three Boeing 737-800s from Chicago/Rockford International Airport and General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee to Mexico and the Caribbean from December 2016 to April 2017 for the Apple Holidays and Funjet Holidays.
On April 20, 2017, Norway announced that it would launch flights between London-Gatwick and Singapore with Boeing 787. The flight will be operated by Norwegian Air UK.
With 220 aircraft on order as of April 30, 2018, Norway has the second largest orderbook among European airlines, after Wizz Air with 273. On May 2, 2018, Norway launched its third daily New York flight to London.
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Company affairs
Overview
The company is headed by the CEO and the largest shareholder of BjÃÆ'¸rn Kjos, and the board is chaired by BjÃÆ'¸rn H. Kise. The airline is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The company's headquarters are in Diamanten, an office building in Fornebu, BÃÆ'Â|rum outside Oslo. Previously, the airline had its headquarters functions inside other buildings in Fornebu, but in 2010 moved to Diamanten, which is the former headquarters of Braathens, and then SAS Norway.
The Norwegian Group consists of the Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA parent company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle Polska Sp.zo.o and Norwegian Air Shuttle Sweden AB. All flights operated by parent company Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA; subsidiaries manage personnel, sales and marketing within a specific geographic area.
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA owns 100% of Call Norwegian US phone companies, 99.9% of NAS Asset Management owns 737-800 new aircraft purchased from Boeing, 100% of NAS Asset Management Norway USA and 100% of Long Haul Norway , and 20% of Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (Bank Norway AS).
Norway is a member of the Airline for Europe.
Business trends
The main trend for Norway in recent years is shown below (as in the year ended 31 December):
Criticism
Customer service
Norwegian Air customer has filed a record of the number of complaints, with a court judge stating to Dagens NÃÆ'Â|ringsliv , "We have not seen the scope of this complaint in one case". With over 200 complaints registered on the Transport Complaint Board alone, passengers have already created Twitter tags, #NeverFlyNorwegian.
Norwegian policy is also criticized by passengers who are left without food, drinks, and blankets for 12 hours (available for paying but only by credit card). In August 2014, 35,000 people were reportedly hit while flying with Norway, and 1,200 passengers eventually demanded compensation to Norway.
However, for the most part, the court does not agree with the complaint and in only a few cases has Norway had to compensate passenger (s).
Working relationship
Between 2011 and 2013, the Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) has received harsh criticism over its treatment of employees. The media first reported the intention of the NAS announced to open a base in Helsinki, from which it hired pilots for short-term contracts (in Estonia) rather than as employees within the company. The Norwegian tax authorities authorities suspect in August 2012 that many Norwegians work for the NAS on this contract and do not pay Norwegian taxes even though they operate on flights originating from Norway.
The Norwegian Pilot's Union (NPU) takes NAS to court on short-term contracts. CEO of NAS BjÃÆ'¸rn Kjos only inflamed the problem when he stated that the NAS will no longer employ employees with Norwegian terms.
In the fall of 2012, the NAS began using contract-contracted pilots on Scandinavian routes, which NPU deems to be a lifting of non-Scandinavian pilot-related labor requirements on Scandinavian routes. NPU immediately after the NAS prosecution.
In October 2013, the NPU announced its intention to strike as NAS forced its pilot to face dismissal or transfer to Norwegian Air Norway or Norwegian Air Resources AB, the two NAS subsidiaries. The concerned subsidiary will then lease the pilot back to the NAS. The NPU and their Swedish counterpart SPF accused NAS of using this tactic to break solidarity and pilot organizations, with the ultimate goal of encouraging pilots to turn their work into contract positions.
In mid-December NAS confronted Swedish non-contracted flight attendants with dismissal or transfer to Proffice Aviation, an external employment company. According to the Swedish cabin crew union, Unionen, it managed to save the work of 53 NAS employees, but that was not satisfied with the direction taken NAS. This situation led to the leader for the Swedish Left Party, Jonas SjÃÆ'¶stedt, to argue that more stringent regulations are required for the use of staff-firms in Sweden.
Norwegian Long Haul
Norway has also been criticized for its terms of contract with long-distance stewardesses on contracts based in Thailand. This led to the Air Line Pilots Association to further accuse Norway of unfair competition practices.
The airline opposes this charge and has disclosed the scale of payments for its employees in Thailand, earning between USD 33,300 and USD 39,200 per year which is below $ 42.2K USD average pay for US flight attendants (although this comparison is made between solely Norwegian Norwegian Long Long distance flight versus domestic and intercontinental flights from US paid attendants).
Destination
Norway serves Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East for business and leisure markets. In total the airline operates 500 routes to 150 destinations in 35 countries on four continents.
European business and leisure destination in Europe, intra-Nordic and typical Europe has the most services. The busiest route on the Norwegian network is the Oslo route to Bergen and Oslo to Trondheim with 15 round trips each day. Norway's largest non-Scandinavian operation is to London Gatwick with up to 24 daily round-trips. The Intra-Scandinavian route, and in particular the "capital triangle" between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen, is attractive because of the vast traffic for business and leisure travelers. Other modes of transportation are generally slow among these cities.
Typical recreational destinations in Southern Europe are usually served once or twice a day from the major Nordic cities.
Remote operation
Norway began long-haul flights on May 30, 2013. The first scheduled Norwegian Long Haul Flights are from Oslo and Stockholm to New York City and Bangkok, initially with Airbus A340-300 wet airplane while the airline awaits delivery of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft. In March 2013 the Norwegian Air Shuttle confirmed new remote routes from Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm to Fort Lauderdale in Florida, starting on 29 November 2013.
Fleet
In May 2018, the Norwegian Air Shuttle fleet, excluding subsidiaries, consisted of the following aircraft:
History of the fleet
From 1993 to 2002, the company only operated the Fokker F-50 turbo-prop plane primarily as a commuter airline, with a total fleet of six in 2002. The company suspended all F-50 operations by the end of 2003 to focus on Boeing 737- 300 and sold the last three Fokker F-50s in early 2004. For a limited period in the early years of the 737 operation, Norway operated 737-500 as a temporary solution while awaiting 737-300 deliveries. After acquiring the low-cost Swedish airline FlyNordic in 2007, Norway inherited eight MD-80 aircraft. The last of the MD-80 aircraft was removed two years later.
Livery
Norwegian plane light is white with red nose signals. A little further down the plane is a dark blue line. Vertical vertical stabilizer in a Norwegian fleet of white with red and dark blue lines at the top with Norwegian white titles in blue or showing historically significant Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, and Swedish features. Norway also operates a single aircraft in a special promotional livery for a Silver insurance company.
Operations and services
All flight operations are performed under a single air carrier certificate (AOC) (ICAO airline designator NAX). The Group also held the Swedish AOC (ICAO airline designator NDC) until 2009, but the dual AOC operations were discontinued for efficiency purposes. The main technical base in Stavanger, despite heavy maintenance (C/D check) and engine maintenance is issued on tender.
Norway, as a low-cost carrier, operates aircraft with economy class seats (except for the Boeing 787 which offers 2 cabins, Premium and Economy). Surcharges are taken for in-flight meals and drinks, checked-in luggage, credit card payments and other non-core services.
The airline runs a frequent flyer program called the Norwegian Reward. Passengers can earn points based on ticket prices and ticket class (20% for Flex tickets, 2% for LowFare tickets). Norway supports the ban on accrual points applicable to Norwegian domestic flights until May 16, 2013, but when the ban is lifted, the prize program is extended to that market as well.
Norway also offers free WiFi for services in Europe and flights between the US and the Caribbean. WiFi is not available for international long-haul flights.
Accidents and incidents
On July 11, 2017, Norwegian Air Shuttle Flight 4287, a Boeing 737-8JP (LN-NHF), ran from the end of the runway at Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland, stopping on grass. None of the 166 passengers inside was injured. There was heavy rain at the time of the incident being investigated by the Finnish Safety Investigation Authority.
Humanitarian work
Since 2007, Norway has been a signature partner with UNICEF Norway and has 4 aid flights to various war-torn countries in the world. This is the flight where the company, its employees and passengers contribute with the money to fill the aircraft with assistance and deliver it to the country in need. Passengers can contribute when they buy tickets, food and drinks, or through the aircraft entertainment system. Previously, the airline had used one of the Boeing 737-300 or Boeing 737-800 aircraft belonging to a special UNICEF livery, but in 2017 for its mission to Yemen, the airline used Boeing 787-9 for the first time for such a mission. The airline recently also works with MegaDo and Insideflyer, auctioning off seats for this special flight with all proceeds donated to UNICEF.
Norway and UNICEF have conducted three humanitarian aid missions from 2014 to the Central African Republic, to Syrian refugees in Jordan, and to Mali. Together, the partners have brought emergency help that has saved more than 100,000 children's lives.
References
External links
Media related to Norwegian Air Shuttle on Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Official website (in English)
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