They've also added a building as a background object rather than using the blue gradient (or halftone dot pattern in the case of the 787s), curious how many different types of those we'll see. It's the National Theater in this case with Wenche Foss, which is relevant to her career. I imagine they'l...
Jump to postI don't understand this stuff. AF193 is flying through Russian airspace right now. But AF292 & AF112 have clearly routed to avoid it. And then yesterday SV157 appeared to be flying up and over Europe.... But decided to nip across the northern tip of Norway anyway. What is the point in a ban if ...
Jump to postSurprised Norway has not closed their airspace, Russians still have a way out to the Atlantic via northern Norway. Norway also closing. https://e24.no/internasjonal-oekonomi/i/28l18y/norge-stenger-luftrommet-for-russiske-fly?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vg.no The northern option for Russian flights to...
Jump to postOk I have to ask, is it pronounced "I-T-A" or "Ita?" do you pronounce ‘Italy’ as ‘i-t-a-ly’ or ‘ita-ly’ Thats your answer Well the ITA stands for “Italia Trasporto Aereo”, not ‘ ita -ly’, and you will find plenty of people who pronounce the airline more as e-ta (which is not how...
Jump to post“ Norse Atlantic Airways has good support from its Boeing 787 lessors. 15 Boeing 787-8/9s are due to be put into operations during 2022, by Norse. These aircrafts will be in mint condition for commercial operations by Norse, as the lessors will have performed all required maintenances incl D-checks...
Jump to postFlyr’s 3rd aircraft is still delayed, so after AirSeven, they have leased an airBaltic A220 for the next few days The 2019 (pre Corona) passengers levels oh ok - average for 2019, then? It just seems a bit strange that KEF starts at 73 (?) percent in January 2020 (pre Corona) if the graph is suppos...
Jump to postFlyr’s 3rd aircraft is still delayed, so after AirSeven, they have leased an airBaltic A220 for the next few days I'm having trouble understanding the graphs. They show percentage, but of what? What would 100% represent? The 2019 (pre Corona) passengers levels oh ok - average for 2019, then? It jus...
Jump to postYes, did notice it became a little too small Thank you! It seems like all airports except HEL follow pretty much the same path. Yes, but also note that KEF has gone from being worst to best OSL has lost it leads, as International traffic here keeps lagging behind the others I'm having trouble under...
Jump to postWhat are the chances that they will reorder the MAXs and the 787 again in the future? Low. Unless they are bought 100% by the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, that is. Which will never happen, since the funds aren't used that way. I doubt the Norwegian State/Government will invest in the airline, b...
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It is amazing though that 192 flights is top for the EU.
Lightsaber
Unthinkable one month ago, Widerøe operating more flights than Ryanair, Lufthansa, British Airways, etc. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUrshS1UwAITtje?format=png&name=small https://twitter.com/eurocontrolDG/status/1246068507059449862 According to NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) most of th...
Jump to post(...) I believe direct flights to London, Paris, Frankfurt and some other places are needed. I don't know which connections are needed. Holiday charters should also be o.k direct. Everything else via Warsaw. Or should flights which don't go to Warsaw be operated by BA, Air France, Lufthansa ...? Af...
Jump to postLet us suppose that the Norwegian Govt for whatever reason declines to provide enough monetary support to keep Norwegian Air alive, and the airline goes bust. Clearly SAS will then have a monopoly in conjunction with Wideroe, and one would expect fares to rise. Would one expect an entrepreneur to s...
Jump to postIf hundreds of neo slots are suddenly available that means either a) nobody wants planes right now or b) carriers are collapsing meaning tons of cheap used planes. Conversely if everyone is switching to Neos that gives airlines an opportunity to quickly build a cheap max fleet. As far as I’m aware ...
Jump to postUPNYGuy wrote:Do they mean immediately have positive equity? Or lower the debt.
Lars Nehru Sand, political commentator for NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) reported from the parliament today. My summary and translation, so it's probably not 100% accurate: There is currently no solution to Norwegian Air's need for money. There's no majority in the parliament to directly ...
Jump to postI very much doubt that the Norwegian Govt will want to spend a single NOK on helping the transatlantic routes that do not touch Norway. The Norwegian Govt is answerable to the Norwegian people - and it would be very difficult for the Norwegian Govt to explain why taxes should be spent on flights be...
Jump to postThe office of the prime minister has summoned Norwegian and Parat (union representatives) to a meeting today at 1 pm, so we'll probably get some news in a couple of hours.
https://www.borsen.no/nyheter/hastemote ... g/72263640
Does anyone know, what proposal was put to the Norwegian Government on Friday? I can't find any details on the web. Is the suggestion of nationalising Norwegian serious? If so, all of it, or just the Norwegian AS party of it? Nothing public, except that the CEO said that Norwegian needs economic he...
Jump to postI personally think it's also a hand from Trump towards Johnson; can't prove it, it's my opinion. I don't think you're wrong. Travel hasn't been restricted between Continental Europe (Shengen) and the British Isles; there are trains, planes and boats everyday between the 2 areas. Honestly, Iceland h...
Jump to postI'm sure the US Government will shut that down real quick. The official reasoning behind leaving the UK and Ireland out of the ban is that COVID-19 is much less spread there than in Continental Europe (less than 500 in the UK as of 3/12/20). So, offering to reroute passengers from Continental Europ...
Jump to postNorwegian to suspend more than 4000 flights and implement layoffs 40 percent of long-haul capacity to be cancelled [...] All routes between London Gatwick and the U.S. will continue to operate as normal. Our goal is to reroute as many of our customers as possible through London during this difficul...
Jump to postWould you be willing to pay a premium for the ULR flight via HEL or LHR compared to a cheaper flight via Asia or the Middle East if it doesn't safe you any travel time or stop-overs? I would not, I just didn't agree with this: "to fly to most places in Europe, flying via HEL would add quite a ...
Jump to postSecondly, HEL is at the far North of Europe. So, to fly to most places in Europe, flying via HEL would add quite a bit of additional flying time and therefore not save travel time overall. HEL is at the far north but the earth is not flat ;) HEL is the closest hub in EU from SYD, you need to add 98...
Jump to postSecondly, HEL is at the far North of Europe. So, to fly to most places in Europe, flying via HEL would add quite a bit of additional flying time and therefore not save travel time overall. HEL is at the far north but the earth is not flat ;) HEL is the closest hub in EU from SYD, you need to add 98...
Jump to post@someone83 Maybe my knowledge regarding work permit is not up to date. I still remember when that was required ... Since a huge number of jobs in a number fields remains vacant with no change of situation in sight I can understand that Norway may have opened their employment sector to EU-citizens ....
Jump to postThere's a good video interview with Bjørn Kjos at this page, where he explains his reasons. I don't have the time to make an English translation now, but maybe someone else can do it. He says he believes Geir Karlsen could become a great CEO, but that it's up to the board. He says his new role in th...
Jump to postfactsonly wrote:Not surprising with these financial results for Q2 (...)
On Schengen flights (except for CH) it’s not duty free anyway... This has nothing to do with Schengen, but EU or not-EU. Thus you can sell tax free to/from Norway as Norway is not in the EU, but are part of Schengen True. On the other hand, most people flying into Norway will do their shopping afte...
Jump to postI'll still avoid 737 MAX like a plague, until the aircraft is proven safe. Screw boeing PR. Why did you feel the need to opine? Your signature already states that you will never fly on a Boeing. So everyone already knows your feelings about the Max. We wouldn't see his signature if he didn't post a...
Jump to postThanks for your reply, par13del. I think it's necessary to look at the different markets SAS operate in. For the international market (in and out of Scandinavia) you might be right that the higher cost of living in Scandinavia is a competitive disadvantage, and maybe it's not viable long term. (The ...
Jump to postpar13del wrote:Just a thought.
At least Delta CEO Ed Bastian is not unhappy with the A350's range:
"We have Airbus 350s, which is our ultra long haul widebody aircraft. [...] it's got all the range capability you'd ever want in an aircraft."
https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status ... 6887710720 (at 5:26 and 6:34)
impilot wrote:As to why it showed up before typing anything I have no idea.
Norwegian is actually comprised of seven different airlines, each with a local AOC Norwegian Air Argentina Norwegian Air International Norwegian Air Norway Norwegian Air Shuttle Norwegian Air Sweden Norwegian Air UK Norwegian Long Haul Can anyone explain to me how Norwegian Air Norway fits into eve...
Jump to postDieuwer wrote:Do other European LLCs do this as well? EasyJet-UK, EasyJet-France, Easyjet-Germany?
Amazing to see just how far ahead of the curve they really were. They were ready for Brexit way before anyone else. Eh, that's more of a happy coincidence. Their interest with all these AOCs is more in making sure their labor groups can't possibly organize. Did you make that up? As far as I know, m...
Jump to postAlready a thread on this here: http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1414855&p=21070885#p21070885 Ok, thanks. But... I don't really see the need to start new threads for every little development of the same subject. It's all about Norwegian trying to improve their financial sit...
Jump to postAnd yesterday, sale of two A320NEOs: https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/468709 Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA - Sale of two A320neo aircraft Arctic Aviation Assets, a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA ("the Company"), has signed an agreement for sale of two Airbus 320neo aircraft. The ai...
Jump to postAt today's press conference Bjørn Kjos said that some of the airplane deliveries will be slowed down. He didn't go into details, but he said it will include more than one type of airplane, and my impression was that it involved both Boeing and Airbus. He said that Norwegian will receive 5 more Drea...
Jump to postFrom post #52: This paragraph isn't ambiguous: Now, Airbus is looking closely at closing A380 factories sooner than expected as part of a reshuffle of orders, with Chief Executive Tom Enders unlikely to leave the situation unresolved when his mandate ends in April, they said. Whether it's true or no...
Jump to postI don't take much from this in terms of bad news. Given their stock performance today, I'd say you're firmly in the minority there Isn't a reduction in stock price a natural consequence of any rights issue? (Bjørn Kjos said so at today's press conference, after he was asked about the stock performa...
Jump to postAt today's press conference Bjørn Kjos said that some of the airplane deliveries will be slowed down. He didn't go into details, but he said it will include more than one type of airplane, and my impression was that it involved both Boeing and Airbus. He said that Norwegian will receive 5 more Dream...
Jump to post"(...) existing destinations from smaller airports" - I'm wondering if they are willing to weaken their hubs at OSL, ARN and CPH. How about these: BGO-EWR, 3,043 nm SVG-EWR, 3,078 nm TRD-EWR, 3,145 nm TOS-EWR, 3,210 nm http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=BGO-EWR%0D%0ASVG-EWR%0D%0ATRD-EWR%0D%0ATOS...
Jump to postBreathe wrote:(...) he believed Norwegian's decision to populate its fleet with Boeing 787s was the wrong one.
... AVVIKLING. This means "liquidation" in Norwegian. Overexpansion and cockiness is what ruined them. Goodbye, Norwegian. Sad to see. No, it does not (usually) mean "liquidation" in Norwegian. The meaning of the word "avvikling" is very dependent on context. "Win...
Jump to postTTailedTiger wrote:seahawk wrote:If the quote about the 2024/25 service entry is from the last weeks, this is really brave. A completely new plane certified in 5 years is a challenge.
Not really. The 747 was launched in April 1966 and entered service in January 1970.
Norwegian is toast. I expect their domestic Norwegian core operations will continue in some form (they are rather vital to the Norwegian government) and IAG to purchase some of the distressed assets. The rest will go under. How are they "rather vital to the Norwegian government"? As a Nor...
Jump to postThat said, Norwegian is a significant player in a country (perhaps Sweden as well as just Norway) which by virtue of a modest population spread over a large area whose geography (ie mountainous terrain and bad weather in winter) makes air transport a social and commercial necessity. Sure Wideroe pe...
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