With the summer holidays just around the corner, travel plans for next year may seem far in the future, but today Norwegian is opening for tickets from the basic program which means that tickets for trips in the spring and early summer are open for booking. This initial launch includes tickets on 234 routes to 99 destinations from 30 March to 1 June 2025.
In May, Norwegian had 2,138,484 passengers, while Widerøe had 333,492 passengers, totalling 2,472,976 for the group. Capacity for Norwegian was up 19 percent compared to May last year, while the load factor was down 2 percentage points to 82 percent. The airline operated an average of 84 aircraft this month, as the summer programme is approaching cruising speed.
After two days of mediation, Norwegian and the Norwegian Pilot Union (NPU) have reached a positive conclusion with a new collective bargaining agreement. As a result, the risk of strike action has been removed.
Norwegian and Strawberry have agreed on a joint platform for their 10-million-member strong loyalty programmes Norwegian Reward and Strawberry. Following the initial announcement in June last year, the arrangement has now been fully agreed and the jointly owned company is up and running.
In April, Norwegian had 1,892,362 passengers, while Widerøe had 315,495 passengers, totalling 2,207,857 for the group. Capacity for Norwegian was up 18 percent compared to April last year, while the load factor was 80.3 percent. The airline operated an average of 81 aircraft this month, up from 73 in March, as the summer programme gets up to full speed.
Norwegian recorded an operating loss (EBIT) of NOK 763 million for the group in the first quarter of 2024. The results were significantly improved compared to first quarter 2023, even though this quarter was impacted by a weaker Norwegian krone. Norwegian’s liquidity position improved to NOK 10.4 billion in a quarter which includes the successful acquisition of Widerøe.
In March, Norwegian had 1,544,289 passengers, while Widerøe had 276,413 passengers, totalling 1,820,702 for the group. The load factor for Norwegian increased to 85 percent, up 4 percentage points compared to March last year. Norwegian recorded a strong regularity of 99.6 percent in March, while on-time performance also improved compared to previous months.
On April 2. 2004, the first ever Norwegian flight bound for Italy, took off from Oslo at 16.20 with 144 passengers of board headed to Pisa. Since then, Norwegian have flown more than 3,5 million passengers between Norway and Italy.
In February, Norwegian had 1,281,212 passengers, while Widerøe had 257,826 passengers, totalling 1,539,038 passengers for the group. Norwegian increased its load factor to 86 percent in February, up 2 percentage points compared to the same period last year and close to the highest ever load factor Norwegian has recorded for the month of February.
Norwegian today reported its fourth quarter and preliminary full-year results for 2023. For the full-year of 2023, Norwegian delivered an operating profit (EBIT) of NOK 2,232 million, the highest operating profit in company history. The liquidity position improved through the quarter to NOK 9.5 billion at year-end.
Norwegian improves and receives the highest possible score in several categories for its emission reduction initiatives in this year’s global climate ranking from the international organisation CDP.
In January, Norwegian Air Shuttle had 1,138,621 passengers, while Widerøe had 246,326 passengers. This means that the Norwegian Group had 1,384,947 passengers in total. Norwegian increased its load factor to 83.1 percent in January, up 5 percentage points compared to the same period last year.
