While airlines naturally hate competition on their own turf, one carrier has proven a thorn in the side of network airlines for years. That airline in Norwegian Air, a budget carrier that has pushed transatlantic airfare sharply downward through...
Norwegian Accuses Boeing Of Fraud And Breach Of Contract
Escalating beyond harsh words, Norwegian filed a lawsuit against Boeing on Monday alleging “gross negligence, fraud and breach of contract.” Lawsuit Details: Norwegian Sues Boeing Norwegian recently cancelled orders for 97 aircrafts, a mix of 92 Boeing 737 MAX...
Norwegian Air Launches New Credit Card For U.S. Customers
Norwegian Air is entering the credit card market with a new product for U.S. consumers. Norwegian Reward Card Details + CashPoints Norwegian Air uses an award currency called CashPoints, which can be applied toward flight purchases, seat assignments, and...
Will Norwegian Add Russian Jets To Fleet?
Are 40 historically unreliable jets worth access to valuable airspace that would allow low-cost flights between Europe and Asia? That’s the question Norwegian is pondering. Norwegian is considering a lease of Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft for operations within...
JetBlue’s Win-Win Marriage Of Convenience With Norwegian
I’m not saying that JetBlue wants Norwegian to collapse…but let’s just say that the new marriage of convenience raises some questions. A friend of mine, around 30 at the time, once was asked who he was looking for in...
Norwegian Hands Iberia An Unsolicited Gift
Norwegian just gave Iberia the best gift it could have asked for: it is abandoning the majority of its routes from Madrid. Profit has been elusive for Norwegian, which is seeking to shed unprofitable routes and navigate an aircraft...
Norwegian 787-8 Spews Engine Parts Over Rome
A Norwegian flight traveling from Rome to Los Angeles encountered engine trouble after takeoff. Within minutes, the Boeing 787-8 reportedly rained down over 100 “glowing pieces of metal” on an unsuspecting town below. DY7115, operated by a 787-8 with...
Norwegian Overtakes British Airways in New York City
Norwegian Air Shuttle continues to flex its muscles. The budget carrier has now achieved a symbolic victory that demonstrates how much air travel has changed over the last several years. Flights between London and New York City have always...
Review: Norwegian Air 787-9 Premium Class London Gatwick To Los Angeles
Norwegian offers a compelling premium product for the price point. My flight from London Gatwick to Los Angeles in Premium Class represented a good first experience with Norwegian Air. After taking the Gatwick Express from London Victoria Station to...
I Just Flew 11 Hours in Norwegian Premium Class…
Yesterday I flew Norwegian from London Gatwick to Los Angeles in Premium Class. It was quite the experience… I’ve been wanting to try Norwegian Premium for years and used a Friday westbound nonstop to do it. Norwegian uses a...
Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: February 18, 2018
Good evening from Carmel, CA…I’m spending the holiday weekend at my favorite California Hyatt and have been enjoying the fresh air and beautiful weather with my family. Earlier today we drove down Highway 1 to Big Sur…it is always...
Norwegian 787 Breaks Transatlantic Speed Record…Again!
It was only last month that I wrote about a Norwegian Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner setting a transatlantic speed record from New York to London for a subsonic jet. It took less than a month to break the record. Last Thursday,...
Flight Carrying 85 Plumbers Forced to Divert…Due to Lavatory Problems
A flight carrying 85 plumbers was forced to divert after the onboard lavatories malfunctioned and could not be repaired. How’s that for irony? Norwegian Air Flight 1156 from Oslo to Munich was forced to turn around just past the...
Norwegian 787 Sets Transatlantic Speed Record
A Norwegian Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner has set a transatlantic speed record from New York to London for a subsonic jet. The jetstream is strong this time of year and was clocked as strong as 202mph on Monday during the...
Man Wears 10 Layers of Clothing to Skirt Baggage Fees, Is Arrested
A man who tried to avoid baggage fees by donning 10 layers of clothing was denied boarding and dragged out of Keflavik International Airport in Iceland. Ryan Carney Williams, who prefers to be called Ryan Hawaii, thought he was clever....
Airline Pilots Condemn Trump Over Norwegian UK Expansion
A union representing over 57,000 pilots in the United States and Canada has ridiculed President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy after the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a permit for Norwegian Air to further expand to the USA. Norwegian...
FA Sacked by Norwegian Air for Spitting in Coffee Now Fired by BA for “Racist Remarks”
Our subject today is Joanne Wickenden, who seems to have a hard time holding down a job as a flight attendant. The 23-year-old was fired by Norwegian Air after only three months on the job…for spitting in a passenger’s coffee....
United Pilots: Foreign Airlines Should Be Required to Hire U.S. Pilots
While management seems more focused on Gulf Carriers, airline unions have set their crosshairs on low-cost carriers like Norwegian. Why? Labor costs, specifically Norwegian practices to keep them low. But have United pilots taken it a step too far...
Dubious: Why Does Congress Want You to Pay More for Airfare?
The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee just voted to raise your airfare by making foreign competition more difficult. The provision allows the secretary of transportation to block foreign airlines from serving the U.S. after finding a...
Sweden Mulls Pricey New Airline Tax
Sweden’s governing coalition has proposed a tax of up to 439 Krona (~$49) on airfare originating in Sweden, a move that critics say will cripple the country’s growing and competitive aviation industry. The UK’s “Air Passenger Duty” and Germany’s “Air...
