Norwegian continues its long-haul expansion with new Boeing 787 routes

Norwegian Long Haul (Norwegian Air Shuttle) (Oslo) continues its long-range expansion and is launching new routes from Stockholm (Arlanda) to Los Angeles (twice-weekly starting March 2, 2014) and San Francisco (twice-weekly starting on May 3, 2014). Additionally, the carrier will launch nonstop services between Copenhagen and Los Angeles (twice-weekly starting on March 1, 2014) and New York (twice-weekly starting February 28, 2014),  along with Oslo and Los Angeles (weekly starting on June 1, 2014) , Oakland (three flights a week starting on May 28, 2014) and Orlando (MCO) (twice weekly starting on May 29, 2014).

Meanwhile, the company is increasing its capacity between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Copenhagen, from two to three flights a week. In addition, Norwegian is adding a new direct route to New York (JFK) from Copenhagen.

Norwegian started flying long haul services in May  and now offers six flights a week between Scandinavia and New York (JFK) and five weekly flights between Scandinavia and Bangkok. In November, the company will start flights to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood from Stockholm (Arlanda), Copenhagen and Oslo.

Copyright Photo: James Helbock/AirlinersGallery.com. The pictured Boeing 787-8 EI-LNB (msn 35305) was delivered on August 25, 2013 and will soon have a famous person on the tail.

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3 thoughts on “Norwegian continues its long-haul expansion with new Boeing 787 routes”

  1. Oliver

    Hey Bruce I know this may sound like a really stupid question but it’s just on my mind. Why aren’t Norweigian providing these services direct from Oslo, their main hub and capital? You’d think since they are Norweigian Air Shuttle (or Norweigian Long Haul in this case) that their services would be from there. It’s probably something to do with slots or something

    1. Bruce Drum

      Hello Oliver. For the past few years Norwegian has been expanding across most of Scandinavia, much to the chagrin of legacy carriers like SAS which are cutting costs in order to better compete. The initial high load factors for the new 787s is also probably encouraging Norwegian to add more routes from the Baltic capitals. The 787s are a strong competitor to SAS’ older A330s and A340s. I also suspect Norwegian may be considering a name change in the future as they continue to expand beyond their traditional Norwegian routes. They are even considering a base here in the USA.

      All the best.

      Bruce

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