Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSE: NAS), trading as Norwegian, is a low-cost carrier, the second-largest airline in Scandinavia. It offers a high-frequency domestic flight schedule within Scandinavia and to business destinations such as London, and a low-frequency service to international destinations, transporting 15.7 million people in 2011, with a turnover in excess of NOK 10.5 billion. Norwegian is not a member of any airline alliance.
As of October 2012, Norwegian operates 66 aircraft, all Boeing 737s, and is known for its distinctive livery of white with a red nose, with individual portraits of noteworthy Scandinavians on the tail fin. The airline has bases at Oslo-Gardermoen, Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Helsinki-Vantaa, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Sandefjord, Malaga, Las Palmas and will open bases in Alicante and London Gatwick.
Norwegian intends starting long-haul operations in May 2013 using Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The launch routes will be from Oslo-Gardermoen and Stockholm-Arlanda to New York and Bangkok. Tickets went on sale 8th of November 2012.
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