![]() ![]() I flew Norwegian that summer, on a remarkable non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Madrid of 5800 miles.Ī Norwegian 787 Dreamliner even set a speed record for airliners from New York to London. In 2019, Norwegian had 2,057,284 customers in New York for eight nonstop routes from JFK to Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, London, Madrid, Oslo, Paris and Rome. Flying a mix of Boeing 787s and 737s (including the brand-new 737 MAX) the airline became the largest foreign airline in New York. While short-haul, low-cost airlines like Southwest and its European imitator, Ryan Air, have been profitable, previous low-cost, long-haul airlines from Tower Air to WOW to Primera have bitten the dust.īut in 2019 Norwegian was riding high. Norwegian was the latest to try to show that long-haul, low-cost airlines dependent on baggage and other fees can succeed. Millions of people were flying between continents, and demand for low-cost flights was high.Ī significant customer for the Boeing 787 was rapidly-expanding budget airline Norwegian. International travel was setting records. How did we get here? To understand why, we need to take a trip back in time to before COVID-19 upended the aircraft industry. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg © 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP. ![]() Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying to New York from London's Gatwick airport today as the Scandinavian discount carrier seeks to establish Europe's first viable low-cost long-haul operation. ahead of the company's inaugural flight to New York from the south terminal at London Gatwick airport in Crawley, U.K., on Thursday, July 3, 2014. 787 Dreamliner aircraft, operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle AS. ![]()
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