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Norwegian to start Stockholm Heraklion, Crete flights on June 26

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) on June 26 willย launch the Stockholm (Arlanda) – Heraklion with one weekly flight. Norwegian will now have two destinations in Crete, Chania and Heraklion. In addition to a new route to Crete increased number of flights to Tel Aviv, Larnaca and Riga.

Copyright Photo: Arnd Wolf/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYO (msn 40868) arrives in Salzburg.

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Norwegian takes delivery of its 50th new Boeing 737-800, dedicates the aircraft to UNICEF

Norwegian Air Shuttleย (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) continues to phase in brand new aircraft. The airline has taken delivery of its 50th new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The aircraft is painted in the children’s rights organization UNICEF’s colors and logo to mark the Norwegian’s signature and UNICEF partnership.

Boeing 737-8JP LN-NGE (msn 39050) in the UNICEF livery and named “Commemorative Air”, was handed over yesterday (October 1) and landed at Gardermoen in Oslo today dedicated to UNICEF. Norwegian has been working with UNICEF since 2007. In connection with the Norwegian’s 10th anniversary on September 1, Norwegian gave ย NOK 1 million to UNICEF. ย The aircraft will fly throughout the Norwegian’s European route network.

Copyright Photo: Norwegian Air Shuttle.

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Norwegian Air Shuttle to open a Helsinki base

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has announced it will open a new Finnish base at Helsinkiโ€™s Vantaa airport. At the same time it will also introduce two Finnish domestic routes and expand the current international destinations from two to eleven. Three Boeing 737 aircraft will be based in Helsinki.

As the second largest airline in Scandinavia and the third largest low lost airline in Europe, Norwegian serves a total of 238 routes to 93 destinations both domestic and international.

By entering the Finnish domestic market, Norwegian further increases its foothold as a major Nordic player. Today, the airline has domestic operations in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The new Finnish routes include Helsinki-Oulu and Helsinki-Rovaniemi. Four daily flights will serve the Helsinki-Oulu route and one daily flight will operate between Helsinki and Rovaniemi. The first flight departs on March 31 2011.

Norwegian has since late April 2010 operated several daily flights between Helsinki and Stockholm and Helsinki and Oslo. In the spring of 2011 Norwegian will introduce nine new international destinations departing from Helsinkiโ€™s Vantaa airport: Copenhagen, Malaga, Nice, Crete (Chania), Rome, Barcelona, London Gatwick, Split and Alicante.

Copyright Photo: Stefan Sjogren. The latest new Boeing delivery is this Boeing 737-8JP LN-NOX (msn 37818) with the tail of Christian Krohg. The new airliner was accepted on September 8 and prepares to land on runway 01R at Stockholm (Arlanda).

Norwegain continues to expand after a profitable 2009

Copyright Photo: Alejandro Hernandez Leon. Pictured at Gran Canaria, Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYB (msn 39163) was acquired on October 8, 2009 but never carries the tail likeness of Norwegian writer Bjรธrnstjerne Bjรธrnson (1832-1910). Winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, Bjรธrnson is considered one of "The Great Four" Norwegian writers.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) continues to expand and add new routes in Scandinavia especially Sweden. The fast-growing low-fare airline will add a weekly Stockholm (Arlanda)-Tel Avia route in March followed by new Helsinki service from both Stockholm (Arlanda) and Oslo.

The company reported its best yearly financial results in 2009 when it posted a net profit of over $75 million.

Norwegian introduces its latest tail image

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has added the image of Norwegian artist Erik Bye to the tail surface of Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYA (msn 39162). The company is also better identifying the image on the tail with new titles.

Copyright Photo: PlanecrazyUK.