20 Facts About Norwegian Air

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, trading as Norwegian, is a Norwegian low-cost airline and Norway's largest airline.

Norwegian Air Shuttle was founded on 22 January 1993 to take over the regional airline services produced by Busy Bee for Braathens in Western Norway.

Norwegian Air was established and owned by former Busy Bee employees and initially had a workforce of fifty.

In October 2009, Norwegian had announced that it intended to start flights from Oslo to New York City and Bangkok, for which new intercontinental aircraft were required.

On 8 November 2010, Norwegian announced that it had contracted to lease two new Boeing 787 Dreamliners with delivery in 2012; and that it was negotiating the leasing of additional aircraft.

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On 25 January 2012, Norwegian announced the largest orders of aircraft in European history.

On 17 June 2020, Norwegian Air began adding additional flights for the month of July from Norway to Denmark and Sweden, as well as from Scandinavia to other European countries including Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the UK among others as demand recovered and countries reopened.

Also in August 2020, Norwegian Air warned that the company would run out of cash by the first quarter of 2021 if it had not received further funding.

In November 2020, the Norwegian government stated it would not extend further government aid to the airline, amidst fears the airline would use the funding to grow its operations that were based outside of Norway.

On 18 November 2020, Norwegian Air sought for bankruptcy protection in Ireland, where most of its remaining fleet was held, in an attempt to restructure the organization which was expected to last five months.

On 14 January 2021, Norwegian Air announced the end of all long-haul services to focus on a reduced European route network.

On 24 February 2021, Norwegian announced that it had cancelled orders for 53 Airbus A320neos and 30 Airbus A321LRs.

In May 2021, Norwegian Air exited bankruptcy protection and its Irish examinership with the completion of its restructuring, following no objections from either of the high courts based in Ireland and Norway.

In March 2022, Norwegian Air Shuttle changed its operating callsign from NORSEMAN to NORDIC, and Norwegian Air Sweden changed its callsign from NORLIGHT to REDNOSE.

Since 2007, Norwegian Air has been a signature partner with UNICEF Norway and has operated four aid flights to various war-torn countries in the world.

Norwegian Air Shuttle serves destinations throughout Europe and North Africa for both business and leisure markets.

The busiest routes in Norwegian Air's network are the Oslo to Bergen and the Oslo to Trondheim routes with 15 daily round-trips.

Norwegian Air supported the ban on point accrual that was in force on domestic flights in Norway until 16 May 2013, but when that ban was lifted, the reward programs were extended to that market as well.

Norwegian Air's policies were criticized by passengers who were left without food, drinks and blankets on board for up to 12 hours.

Between 2011 and 2013, Norwegian Air Shuttle was criticized regarding its treatment of employees.