Norwegian Long Haul is a division of the Norwegian Air Shuttle that operates long-haul flights between Europe, Asia and the United States with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. Norwegian Long Haul is registered in Dublin, Ireland, and is managed by the Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA from its headquarters in Fornebu, Norway. Its capacity is used to operate some of the Norwegian Air Shuttle's parent company routes (IATA DY code) to Asia and North America.
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History
Formed in January 2012 by Norwegian Air Shuttle to start long-distance operations, the company embarked on transatlantic flights on 30 May 2013. The first scheduled flights are from Oslo and Stockholm to New York JFK and Bangkok, originally with A340-300 aircraft hired while the airline awaiting delivery of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. In March 2013 Norwegian Air Shuttle confirmed new long-haul routes from Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm to Fort Lauderdale, which began on 29 November 2013. In September 2013, Norway announced flights from Stockholm to Oakland and Los Angeles starting in May 2014, from Copenhagen to Los Angeles and New York, and from Oslo to Oakland, Los Angeles, and Orlando.
The flight from London Gatwick to New York, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale was announced in October 2013, with service on this route starting in July 2014. In April 2015, the airline announced early flights to San Juan from Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm and London starting in November 2015. Croix, the US Virgin Islands from Copenhagen that begins on November 6, 2015. A three-times weekly flight permit between Cork and Boston has been sought in 2015. In July 2016, the airline launched flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York, Los Angeles, and Fort Lauderdale. In September 2016, the airline announced flights from Barcelona to Los Angeles, Oakland and Newark in June 2017, and Fort Lauderdale in August 2017.
In April 2017, the airline announced flights from London to Seattle, Denver and Singapore to begin in September 2017. In May 2017, the airline announced flights from Rome to Newark and Los Angeles to begin in November 2017, and to Oakland on February 2018 In June 2017, the airline announced flights from London to Buenos Aires, also to begin in February 2018. In July 2017, the airline announced flights from London to Chicago and Austin to begin in March 2018, as well as flights from Paris to Newark in February 2018, Denver in April 2018, Oakland in April 2018, and Boston in May 2018.
Norway needs cash to finance its aggressive growth because it starts many new routes that require a fleet expansion: it has to sell its stake in the Norwegian loyalty card holders and to sell and rent back planes.
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Destination
Norwegian Long Haul has 22 routes to seven countries on 4 continents from hubs across Europe. Many of these routes to the United States where Norway flies to 14 destinations and airlines plan to expand in North America with the delivery of Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
Some other areas for growth are South America and Asia, said airline CEO BjÃÆ'¸rn Kjos.
Norway has a connection deal with fellow low-cost carriers EasyJet and WestJet. The program called Worldwide by easyJet was established in September 2017 and allows passengers to connect from easyJet flights to Norwegian flights in London, Paris and Barcelona to US destinations and then to WestJet flights.
Fleet
In May 2018, Norwegian Long Haul operates an all-Dreamliner fleet:
CEO of the Norwegian Air Shuttle BjÃÆ'¸rn Kjos attended a meeting with Polish politicians in April 2013 about possible acquisition of LOT Polish Airlines, sparking speculation related to Norwegian Air Shuttle's interest in acquiring more Boeing 787 Dreamliners. During an interview with The Wall Street Journal in July 2014, BjÃÆ'¸rn Kjos hinted to buy 20 787-9 Dreamliners again, with shipments from 2018, although the company declined to confirm the plan of this order. In October 2015 the airline confirmed that they had booked 19 787-9 Dreamliner again.
Dreamliners airline was originally registered in Ireland and the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway has given Norwegian Air Shuttle a temporary exception to operate foreign registered aircraft. All 787-8 have been re-registered in Norway, while 787-9 are registered between Norway and the UK.
Awards
Norwegian Air Shuttle has been awarded several years in a row as the best low-cost airline in Europe. In 2015, their long-haul airline, Norwegian Long Haul, was awarded the world's best low-cost long-distance carrier by Skytrax World Airline Awards:
- 2015 Norway is named the most environmentally friendly transatlantic airline by the International Council on Clean Transport
- Best Long Term Lowest Cost in the World 2015 by Skytrax World Airline Awards
- The World's Largest Lowest Heavy Death Rates by Skytrax World Airline Awards
- 2017 Best Low Distance Low Cost Airport in the World by Skytrax World Airline Awards
Criticism
Flight delay
From the start-up of the airline in May 2013, 73 of 97 New York and Bangkok arrivals to Oslo were postponed until September 2013 and two of the aircraft were later convicted of technical problems. Norwegian Long Haul was widely criticized in the media for delays and lack of care for the suffering passengers. The airline's response to criticism varies from profound apologies to ignoring and blaming aircraft manufacturers and maintenance sub-contractors. Several different sources claim Norway has been using too tight fleet schedules with Boeing Dreamliners, as it only uses 3 planes for 3 different continents, but the airline disagrees. One of the airline's technical employees and head of Aircraft Engineers International, Norway, was later threatened by the airline with a work stoppage for answering publicly the cause of the many delays with the Dreamliners airline as a risk calculated by Norway's Long Haul.
Norwegian Long Haul wets two Airbus A340-300s from Hi Fly in 2013, but still peaks at the end of the year, with a 24-hour delay on the New York-Oslo route. In early January 2014, the airline refused to use their Dreamliner beyond their operational capabilities and noted that it had set timeliness as their goal for 2014.
On the recommendation of the largest Norwegian aircraft union, the Parat union, Norway, requested the Norwegian government in 2012 with the threat of exit from abroad and demanded the right to lease (and non-EU) flights in Asia and cabin crew without work permits and residence permits from Norway. CEO BjÃÆ'¸rn Kjos claimed the Norwegian [Norwegian] crew was too expensive for international routes and the airline later said it would be able to secure jobs in Norway with the right, even though the union itself was not given insight into specific questions made by airlines. Norway's largest union umbrella organization, the Norwegian Workers Union Confederation, threatened to boycott the airline if Norwegian rights requested were granted by the Norwegian government.
The permission was not granted to airlines and Norway obtained Irish registration for inter-operative operations as a separate separate airline that allowed them to hire Thai flight attendants through an employment agency (Adecco) in Thailand. This is felt by the Parat union, the Norwegian Trade Union Confederation, the Minister of Labor and the Labor Party as social accumulation, deliberately undermining Norwegian work rights. With an intercontinental plane now enrolled in Ireland, was rejected by the airline as an exit flag because it was previously threatened, the airline focused its response to critics related to trade unions and politics by comparing the salaries of crew members to the average total wage in the country. from the hired servants. In October 2013, the Norwegian Trade Unions Confederation revealed it would not renew its business deal with Norway.
References
External links
- The Norwegian official website of Europe
- Official US site
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