Sky high performance for Norwegian

The end of the main summer holiday season saw Norwegian Air’s August carryings more than doubled year-on-year to just shy of two million, with renewed demand expected in the autumn months, the airline says.

Norwegian carried 1,996,221 passengers last month, up from 790,220 a year ago, driven by demand during the final weeks of the summer.  However, the carrier’s load factor was 85.5%, down nearly 10% from 94.5% in July.
 
Nonetheless, Geir Karlsen, Chief Executive, Norwegian, said that the figures came as further signs of recovery, with “encouraging” autumn bookings and a return of business travellers.

Norwegian, which launched a new direct Trondheim – Manchester route in August, operated an average of 69 aircraft in August, down from an average of 70 in July, and completed 99.7% of scheduled flights – level with July.

The carrier’s punctuality – its proportion of flights departing within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure time – improved marginally in August, up from 62.2% to 63%, while 96.5% of all scheduled August flights arrived on schedule or no more than an hour late, up from 93% in July.

“August marks the end of summer and the month marked another strong performance for Norwegian,” said Karlsen.

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