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Norwegian hires 170 American flight attendants

Norwegian Long Haul (Norwegian Air Shuttle) (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has been recruiting for American employees since October 2012 to serve as flight attendants. The airline has received over 5,500 applications for the 300 open positions. So far it has hired 170 flight attendants for based positions in New York and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood. Another 130 FAs will be hired. Some of the recruits have finished their training and are already flying as we previously reported.

All new employees work under U.S. pay standards and conditions.

Norwegian’s long-haul routes in 2014:

Bangkok: Oslo and Stockholm
New York City: Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and London
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood: Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and London
Los Angeles: Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and London
San Francisco: Oslo and Stockholm
Orlando: Oslo

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Video: New crew members talk about working for Norwegian:

Norwegian to start Stockholm Heraklion, Crete flights on June 26

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) on June 26 will 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.

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Norwegian hires and graduates its first U.S.-based flight attendants

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian Long Haul) (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has hired and graduated its first U.S. citizen and New York-based flight attendant group. Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood will soon have a base of U.S. flight attendants. The airline issued this short statement and photo on its Facebook page:

Say hi to our newest members of the Norwegian-family; cabin crew from our new base in New York. Welcome aboard!

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Norwegian launches its new route to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood with its third Boeing 787

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Norwegian Long Haul) (Oslo) today launched its first nonstop flight from Scandinavia to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood in South Florida. The first flight departed from Copenhagen. Tomorrow is the first nonstop flight to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood from Oslo and on Sunday from Stockholm (Arlanda). The flight took off with Norwegian’s third and newest 787-8 (EI-LNC, msn 34795) which was delivered on November 27.

Copyright Photo: Norwegian. Norwegian celebrated the launch with an “American-Cuban party” at Kastrup airport in Copenhagen Airport. Norwegian greeted passengers on the first nonstop flight between Scandinavia and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood. Norwegian’s CEO Bjorn Kjos cut the ribbon and declared the line open.

“It’s a milestone that we are opening our first long distance route from Copenhagen and it is with pleasure that we can now welcome the first passengers on board. Our first long-haul routes from Stockholm and Oslo earlier this year has been much appreciated and we are delighted to now offer passengers from Denmark nonstop flights to Florida in our new 787 Dreamliner, the world’s most modern passenger aircraft”, said Norwegian’s CEO Bjorn Kjos.

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Norwegian establishes its sixth Spanish base at Barcelona

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) continues to expand in Europe and will open a new base in Barcelona in the spring of 2014. The fast-growing company is launching four new routes from Barcelona to Berlin, Hamburg, Warsaw and Sandefjord Torp.

Barcelona is Norwegian’s sixth Spanish base along with Madrid, Alicante, Malaga, Las Palmas and Tenerife.

Norwegian will base three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Barcelona, recruiting 100 employees locally and launches four new routes from April 2014:

Barcelona – Hamburg: Four times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, starting
April 3, 2014

Barcelona – Berlin: Three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting April 2, 2014

Barcelona – Warsaw: Three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, starting April 3, 2014

Barcelona – Sandefjord Torp: Twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays starting on April 3, 2014

Norwegian will also expand the following existing routes from Barcelona:

Stockholm – Barcelona: 13 flights a week
Helsinki – Barcelona: Daily
Barcelona – London: Daily from March 31, 2014

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Norwegian to open a new base at Madrid next summer

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) continues its expansion in Europe and opens new base in Madrid for the summer of 2014. Norwegian will open six new routes from Madrid to Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Hamburg, Warsaw and London.

The base in Madrid is Norwegian’s fifth Spanish base along with Alicante, Malaga, Las Palmas and Tenerife.

Six new routes from Madrid from June 2014:

Norwegian will have two Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the base in Madrid. In addition, 100 employees will be recruited locally and six new routes launched.

Madrid – Stockholm
Four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, starting June 4, 2014

Madrid – Oslo
Three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, starting June 3, 2014

Madrid – Helsinki
Three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting on June 4, 2014

Madrid – Hamburg
Four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, starting June 4, 2014

Madrid – Warsaw
Twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, starting June 3, 2014

Madrid – London
Daily from June 2, 2014

Madrid – Copenhagen
Increases from three to four times a week between April and June 2014. As of July 2014 there are flights daily between Madrid and Copenhagen.

Copyright Photo: Richard Vandervord/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-86N LN-NOQ (msn 32658) departs the runway at London (Gatwick).

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Norwegian’s pilots call off their strike today after reaching a new agreement

Norwegian Air Shuttle’s (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) 600 pilots called off their strike today after four days of government-sponsored mediation.

The airline issued this short statement (translated from Norwegian):

Norwegian’s management and Norwegian Pilot Union (NPU) have agreed on a new contract for the pilots. This means the normal operation in the future.

Both parties are very pleased that we have reached an agreement and we can now look forward and build a strong, competitive Norwegian. The most important thing for us is that our passengers can feel safe with our flight goes as usual, said CEO Bjørn Kjos.

Copyright Photo: SM Fitzwilliams Collection/AirlinersGallery.com. Norwegian Air Shuttle’s (Norwegian.com) Boeing 737-8JP WL LN-DYU (msn 39008) with Jorn Utzon on the tail and also painted in the special “Wireless Internet on Board” scheme passes through Dublin.

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Norwegian to launch new routes from London Gatwick to New York, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian Long Haul) (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has announced it will launch three new intercontinental nonstop routes between London (Gatwick) and New York (JFK), Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood starting in the summer of 2014. In addition to these new long-haul routes, Norwegian will also launch five new European nonstop routes and is also increased capacity on existing routes.

Norwegian continues its international expansion with more Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Following the successful launch of direct routes within Europe from Gatwick earlier this year, the fast growing carrier is now launching intercontinental routes from London Gatwick.

Five new European destinations

In addition to the new intercontinental routes, Norwegian is launching five new European destinations from London Gatwick. New destinations from next spring and summer are: Santorini, Corfu, Catania, Cyprus and Budapest. Norwegian is also increasing capacity to existing destinations: Malaga, Ibiza, Split, Dubrovnik, Majorca, Faro, Tenerife, Copenhagen and Barcelona.

Norwegian currently offers 320 flights a week to 25 destinations from London Gatwick.

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Norwegian establishes a new European airline subsidiary

Norwegian AIr Shuttle’s (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) Board of Directors today approved a new structure that will ensure the company’s international growth and the necessary traffic rights. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA continues to be overall parent company. The parent company established two new wholly owned subsidiaries with their own operating certificate (AOC), one in Norway and one in Europe. The Company intends to establish hiring pilots at bases outside Scandinavia.

The most important changes:

New Norwegian operating company with its own AOC in Norway based on the current Scandinavian bases

All employees pilots in Scandinavia is transferred to the Norwegian operating company with current pay and working conditions. Other employees of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA are not affected

Creation of a separate EU operational company that ensures the necessary traffic rights to fly from Europe

In line with the development of law in Europe established wholly owned resource company with roots in the countries where the bases are

Hired pilots are being offered permanent employment locally in the respective resource companies. The first is the base in Finland, where the pilots are being offered permanent employment in the first quarter of 2014. This is followed by the bases in Spain and England.

Norwegian goes from being a Scandinavian company into an international company. The organizational structure needs to be modernized and adapted accordingly.

The new structure provides a greater degree of equality regarding career opportunities, regardless of what country they have that base.

Copyright Photo: Karl Cornil/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYU (msn 39008) with the special “Wireless Internet on Board” markings arrives at London (Gatwick).

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Norwegian wants Boeing to repair a defective 787

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) is demanding repairs from Boeing on a newly delivered Boeing 787-8 after the 787 suffered repeated maintenance breakdowns according to this report by Reuters.

Norwegian Long Haul will again lease an Airbus A340 from Hifly to maintain its schedules and will not take re-delivery of the 787 until it is more reliable according to the report.

Meanwhile Boeing is stationing a 787 repair crew in Stockholm, Sweden to handle any maintenance issues. The broken 787 is still located in Bangkok, Thailand.

Read the full report: CLICK HERE

For the 787 to be a successful airliner, it must be reliable. Right now that is in question. For small, but fast-growing carriers like Norwegian, reliability is paramount as it does not have the luxury of a spare aircraft when one breaks, in this case often.

Read the analysis of the problem by Reuters: CLICK HERE

Copyright Photo: Kok Chwee K.C. Sim/AirlinersGallery.com. Norwegian is again leasing an Airbus A340 from Hifly to fill the gap while the 787 is repaired. On the first round when the 787 delivery was delayed, the pictured Hifly A340-313X CS-TQY (msn 190) wore a red norwegian.com banner on the lower fuselage.

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