Press release - 29 October 2008 08:00

Norwegian etablerer base i København

København, 29. oktober 2008: I forbindelse med konkursen i Sterling har Norwegian besluttet å etablere en ny base i København. To fly etableres på basen i København fra 6. november og skal fly seks ruter. De nye rutene er København-Aalborg, Stockholm, Oslo, Alicante, Malaga og Nice. Ytterligere ruter blir fra København til London, Amsterdam, Roma, Krakow, Praha, Barcelona og Pisa. Salget av disse rutene vil starte i løpet av kort tid. Basen vil øke til 8-10 Boeing 737-800 innen mai 2009.

- Norwegian beklager at Sterling er konkurs og føler med de mange ansatte og passasjerer som er berørt av denne. Sterling har hatt en viktig rolle i lavprismarkedet ut fra København og vi ønsker å bidra videre. Norwegian blir nå den nye lavprisaktøren ut fra Danmark, sier adm. direktør Bjørn Kjos.

- Vårt sterke resultat for 3. kvartal viser at vår forretningsmodell er bærekraftig også i tøffe tider, og med en egenkapital på over en milliard norske kroner er vi godt rustet for en økning i Danmark, sier Kjos.

Rutetabell:http://www.norwegian.no/sw36097.asp

Flygning fra København til Oslo og Stockholm er i salg. København til Aalborg, Alicante, Malaga og Nice er i salg fra torsdag 30. oktober kl. 1200.

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The Norwegian group is a leading Nordic aviation company, headquartered at Fornebu outside Oslo, Norway. The company has over 8,200 employees and owns two of the prominent airlines in the Nordics: Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe’s Flyveselskap. Widerøe was acquired by Norwegian in 2024, aiming to facilitate seamless air travel across the two airline’s networks.

Norwegian Air Shuttle, the largest Norwegian airline with around 4,700 employees, operates an extensive route network connecting Nordic countries to key European destinations. In 2023, Norwegian carried over 20 million passengers and maintained a fleet of 87 Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Widerøe’s Flyveselskap, Norway’s oldest airline, is Scandinavia’s largest regional carrier. The airline has more than 3,500 employees. Mainly operating the short-runway airports in rural Norway, Widerøe operates several state contract routes (PSO routes) in addition to its own commercial network. In 2023, the airline had 3.3 million passengers and a fleet of 48 aircraft, including 45 Bombardier Dash 8’s and three Embraer E190-E2's. Widerøe Ground Handling provides ground handling services at 41 Norwegian airports.

The Norwegian group has sustainability as a key priority and has committed to significantly reducing carbon emissions from its operations. Among numerous initiatives, the most noteworthy is the investment in production and use of fossil-free aviation fuel (SAF). Norwegian strives to become the sustainable choice for its passengers, actively contributing to the transformation of the aviation industry.