All Norwegian articles – Page 15
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Norwegian moves to keep two crew in cockpit at all times
European low-cost carrier Norwegian is to change its procedures so that two crew members are always present in the cockpit in light of today's developments appearing to show the Germanwings Airbus A320 lost over the French Alps on 24 March appears to have been deliberately crashed by the co-pilot.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: European carriers' battle for profits continues
A string of one-off restructuring, labour relations, fuel hedging, and currency hits in 2014's fourth quarter – and in the year as a whole – makes for difficulty in unpicking the financial health of European carriers.
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ANALYSIS: No end in sight for Norwegian saga
For almost two decades, the Norwegian embassy has dolled up a giant Christmas tree at Washington DC's Union Station every December in what the Scandinavian country hails as a symbol of friendship between Norway and the USA.
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EU and US officials to hold 'urgent' meeting on Norwegian
European Commission and US officials will meet in Washington DC next month to discuss Norwegian Air International's (NAI) controversial application for a foreign air carrier permit from US authorities, sources tell Flightglobal.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airports evolve LCC-focused funding models
European low-cost airlines' rise to prominence over the past 10 to 15 years has brought new opportunities for airports to fund their infrastructure needs – but they have learnt that this comes with its own challenges.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lessors unfazed by airline leasing subsidiaries
Despite airlines such as Lion Air and Norwegian setting up their own leasing platforms, there is consensus that they will not pose a major challenge to the dedicated lessors.
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DOT rejects part of Norwegian's application for US flights
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has dismissed part of Norwegian Air International's (NAI) controversial application to begin flights to the USA, saying that it was not in the public interest to do so.
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Nok Air to launch free onboard wi-fi in August
Thai budget carrier Nok Air will offer complementary wi-fi connectivity onboard selected domestic flights from August in partnership with satellite operator Thaicom and Global Eagle Entertainment.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Europe’s LCCs are getting down to business
The lines between low-cost carriers and their network rivals have blurred so much over recent years as to make segmenting operators by type almost academic.
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Norwegian opens Gatwick links to Warsaw and Berlin
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to open new routes to Warsaw and Berlin Schonefeld from London Gatwick.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Ryanair slips but still the biggest European LCC
As European low-cost carriers continue to expand increasingly outside their home markets, it is perhaps inevitable that there will be more direct competition between rivals from the sector.
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ANALYSIS: Norwegian spells out pilot-employment policies
Widespread confusion about Norwegian’s pilot-employment contracting processes has been raising temperatures at flightcrew associations in Europe for more than a year – and has been having the same effect within US unions since the company applied for transatlantic services.
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Norwegian gains Irish AOC
Ireland has granted Norwegian Air International an air operator's certificate and operating licence.
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Monarch's MRO arm to support Norwegian 787s at Gatwick
Monarch Aircraft Engineering is to maintain Norwegian’s Boeing 787s under the airframer’s GoldCare aftermarket support programme.
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ANALYSIS: Pilots fight new Norwegian employment model
European and US pilot associations have met with Norwegian and US authorities in Oslo to discuss issues arising from the continuing efforts by Norwegian Air Shuttle to set up an innovative corporate model for a new subsidiary airline.
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ANALYSIS: Lessors monitor airlines’ moves into the market
More and more airlines are setting up leasing companies to manage their own fleets and some are positioning themselves to supply the needs of their competitors – steps that are under increasing scrutiny by the lessor community.
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Norwegian unconcerned by fresh 787 battery problems
Norwegian’s chief executive Bjørn Kjos says he is unconcerned by the recent battery problems experienced by Japan Airlines on one of its Boeing 787s and states no contingency plans have been drawn up should his fleet of Dreamliners need to be grounded.
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Norwegian to lease two 787-9s
Norwegian has signed an agreement to lease two new Boeing 787-9s from New York-based lessor MG Aviation.
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Norwegian near-stall to spur 737 modification
Boeing is to modify 737s to improve protection against potential freezing of elevator systems, after investigation into a near-stall by a Norwegian aircraft highlighted the risk of de-icing fluid contaminating power control units for the horizontal stabiliser.
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NewsJAL 787 receives battery fault indication on Helsinki-Tokyo flight
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 operating a flight from Helsinki on 8 November received an indication of a problem with the aircraft's auxiliary power unit battery.