All Norwegian articles – Page 5
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AnalysisNo one-size-fits-all for European LCC approach to crisis capacity
If the narrative among pan-European low-cost carriers over recent years has been one of consistent rapid growth, the approach to restoring capacity of the leading players since the pandemic has been anything but uniform. Analysis of traffic data released by EasyJet, Norwegian, Ryanair and Wizz Air over recent days ...
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Braathen to launch new Norwegian airline
A team led by experienced industry executive Erik Braathen is planning to launch an airline in Norway that reflects “the new economic reality”.
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Norwegian September passenger numbers at just 10% of 2019 levels
Norwegian carried just 320,000 passengers in September, less than 10% of the number it flew in the same month last year as the airline remains in hibernation mode. The low-cost carrier had flown 3.3 million passengers in September 2019. The reduction is even starker as measured in RPKs, ...
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Norway extends airline loan guarantee scheme until year-end
Norway is to set extend its aviation loan guarantee scheme until the end of the year in a move it hopes will make it more attractive to airlines.
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Analysis
Winter of disconnect ahead for Europe’s airlines
There are few crumbs of comfort for European airlines as they look back on a worse-than-expected summer season and forward to what could be a bleak winter.
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Norwegian keeps faith in slimmed down long-haul model
Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian aims to stick with a scaled-back version of its long-haul business when it moves out of the hibernation phase it has been in since the coronavirus crisis hit. While the airline continues to work on financial restructuring to secure its future – and today confirmed ...
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Norwegian warns more cash needed to survive crisis
Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian has warned it will require further financing next year to survive the winter as coronavirus-related travel restrictions continue to hamper the recovery in air travel
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Swedish debt office denies credit guarantee to Norwegian's local operation
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian’s Swedish division has been denied a credit guarantee by the Swedish national debt office. The office states that it has “decided to reject” the application because guarantees can only be granted to airlines considered financially viable on 31 December 2019. It says there was ...
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Norwegian cancels 97 Boeing aircraft orders
Norwegian has cancelled orders for 97 Boeing aircraft including examples of the troubled 737 Max and the 787 Dreamliner, and is claiming compensation for financial losses related to the two jets.
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Norwegian to restore some European short-haul flights from July
Norwegian is to deploy a further a dozen aircraft from the start of July as it reopens short-haul European links from Scandinavia The restructuring low-cost carrier has been operating only a network of 13 domestic routes since the pandemic hit using eight aircraft. But it now plans to expand ...
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Albrecht and Browne proposed for Norwegian board
Experienced airline executives Jaan Albrecht and Chris Browne, together with Aercap’s chief risk officer Anton Joiner are among nominations to join the board at Norwegian.
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European carriers aim to cut their way through the crisis
While the short-term focus among European carriers has been on finding ways to survive the crisis and resume services, airlines have been quick to signal sizeable cuts to their operations with few expecting traffic to return to previous peaks before 2023
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Norway to extend airline loan guarantee scheme
Norway’s government plans to extend its state loan guarantee scheme for airlines until the end of October saying the crisis is lasting longer than envisaged when the programme was intially launched.
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Norwegian clings to restructuring hopes as Q1 losses widen
Norwegian’s first-quarter losses have widened significantly to NKr3.28 billion ($331 million) and the company remains in “hibernation mode”, in the hope that its recent financial restructuring and state-aid lifeline will enable it to have a future.
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Major lessors now hold substantial interests in Norwegian
Chinese-linked interests will hold significant shareholdings in Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian following a debt-to-equity conversion scheme established to shore up the company’s financial position. Norwegian’s new share capital amounts to nearly 3.07 billion shares following the conversion scheme. Leasing firm BOC Aviation – which is Singapore-based, but ultimately ...
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Norwegian secures key state loan after sealing equity restructuring
Norwegian has completed its financial restructuring under which it converted NKr12.7 billion ($1.27 billion) debt into equity to enable it to access NKr3 billion in lifeline state aid.
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Norwegian shareholders approve survival plan
Norwegian ’s shareholders have voted in favour of its plan to convert debt to equity and relaunch operations with a smaller fleet and fewer destinations from 2021. The airline should now be able to access the rest of its NKr3 billion ($288 million) bailout package from Norway’s government, which ...
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Norwegian secures bondholder and lessor support ahead of crunch vote
Norwegian expects to convert more than Nkr10 billion in debt to equity after reaching agreement with more lessors and bondholders, clearing the path to unlocking crucial further state aid.
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Talks continue as Norwegian fails to get bondholder majority for debt conversion plan
Norwegian is holding “constructive dialogue” with bondholders over whether a majority in favour of its debt-to-equity conversion plan can be reached, after it was rejected in an initial vote on the proposal.
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Norwegian sets out survival plan and sounds warning on cash
Norwegian will run out of cash by mid-May if it does not secure the remainder of its state aid package, the Scandinavian budget carrier has warned in a report to bondholders which lays out plans for a “new Norwegian” that will not start to take off until 2021.
