https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norwegian Air been ranked the world's most fuel efficient major airline in a new study released on Tuesday, thanks to its growing fleet of fuel efficient Dreamliner aircraft. https://www.thelocal.no/20151118/norwegian-ranked-most-fuel-efficient-airline Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:20:50 +0100 norwegian-ranked-most-fuel-efficient-airline Norwegian Air founder Bjørn Kjos saw his employees’ attempt to get Norway’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ban cheaper foreign crew as “a betrayal”, he has revealed in his new autobiography 'High and Low '. https://www.thelocal.no/20151028/norwegian-founder-kjos-felt-betrayed-by-staff Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:19:27 +0100 norwegian-founder-kjos-felt-betrayed-by-staff Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has ordered 19 more Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, more than doubling its risky but so far successful bet on long haul budget air travel. https://www.thelocal.no/20151023/norwegian-orders-19-more-dreamliners Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:27:20 +0200 norwegian-orders-19-more-dreamliners Europe's third largest low-cost carrier, Norwegian Air Shuttle, on Thursday reported a rise in quarterly profits as it flew with fewer empty seats. https://www.thelocal.no/20150716/norwegians-long-haul-bet-pays-off Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:33:05 +0200 norwegians-long-haul-bet-pays-off Last month’s 11-day pilot strike cost Norwegian Air Shuttle a massive 350 million kroner ($43m) as it cancelled almost 2,000 flights and cared for stranded passengers, the budget airline has revealed. https://www.thelocal.no/20150410/pilot-strike-cost-norwegian-350m-kroner Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:04:32 +0200 pilot-strike-cost-norwegian-350m-kroner One of Norway's most respected entrepreneurs was left stuttering on Friday as superstar French economist Thomas Piketty asked him more than ten times in succession to give numbers on the extent of his wealth and the amount of tax he pays on it. https://www.thelocal.no/20150317/piketty-hammers-norwegian-owner-on-air Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:44:11 +0100 piketty-hammers-norwegian-owner-on-air Pilots working for Norwegian Air have been given an ultimatum on the seventh day of the bitter pilots' strike: agree to the new terms or lose your jobs. https://www.thelocal.no/20150306/norwegian-ultimatum-accept-our-terms-or-leave Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:30:11 +0100 norwegian-ultimatum-accept-our-terms-or-leave Scandinavian budget airline Norwegian is transferring all its pilots in Sweden, Norway and Denmark to three new daughter companies, it announced on Thursday afternoon, as tensions grew on the sixth day of industrial action. https://www.thelocal.no/20150305/norwegian-surprises-with-mid-strike-reshuffle Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:24:56 +0100 norwegian-surprises-with-mid-strike-reshuffle Norwegian Air Shuttle has averted a crippling strike by reaching a last minute agreement with unions to grant them a form of collective bargaining across its new Danish and Norwegian arms. https://www.thelocal.no/20140519/norwegian-averts-strike Tue, 20 May 2014 00:22:00 +0200 norwegian-averts-strike Norwegian Air Shuttle announced soaring losses for the first quarter on Wednesday amid controversies over measures to cut staff costs. https://www.thelocal.no/20140507/norwegian-airlines-announces-soaring-losses-on-emergency-rentals Wed, 07 May 2014 16:23:00 +0200 norwegian-airlines-announces-soaring-losses-on-emergency-rentals Norwegian Air Shuttle staff announced a strike on Wednesday morning, after the airline's management brought weeks of negotiations to an angry conclusion with a threatening text message to all company staff. https://www.thelocal.no/20140507/norwegian-shocks-union-with-sms-threat Wed, 07 May 2014 11:48:00 +0200 norwegian-shocks-union-with-sms-threat Norwegian Air Shuttle last year filled nine out of ten seats on its new long-haul routes to the US And Thailand, despite the highly publicised delays faced by its new Dreamliner aircraft. https://www.thelocal.no/20140423/nine-out-of-ten-dreamliner-seats-filled-last-year Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:29:00 +0200 nine-out-of-ten-dreamliner-seats-filled-last-year Shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle tumbled on Thursday morning after the company announced that growing competition had driven down its yields, which reflect average fares, by 21 percent in February, compared to the year before. https://www.thelocal.no/20140306/shares-in-norwegian-tumble-as-margins-take-a-hit Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:28:00 +0100 shares-in-norwegian-tumble-as-margins-take-a-hit Norwegian Airlines has been named the best low-cost airline in Europe in the annual AirlineRatings awards, with the judges praising it for its "non-stop innovation" and "class". https://www.thelocal.no/20140116/norwegian-names-europes-best-budget-airline Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:01:00 +0100 norwegian-names-europes-best-budget-airline Norwegian Airlines has sacked all of its directly employed Swedish cabin crew less than a week before Christmas. "What a way to say Happy Christmas!" one of the laid-off employees told Aftonbladet. https://www.thelocal.no/20131219/norwegian-sacks-staff-a-week-before-christmas Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:07:18 +0100 norwegian-sacks-staff-a-week-before-christmas Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said on Wednesday that it had ordered two new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in a vote of confidence in the aircraft, despite a series of initial problems. https://www.thelocal.no/20131218/norwegian-adds-to-dreamliner-fleet Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:57:29 +0100 norwegian-adds-to-dreamliner-fleet Norway's new transport minister has joined the attack on Norwegian Airline's restructuring plans, saying it is wrong for a European airline to use an Asian crew with Asian wages on its routes. https://www.thelocal.no/20131101/transport-minister-joins-attack-on-norwegian-airlines Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:43:00 +0100 transport-minister-joins-attack-on-norwegian-airlines Norwegian Airlines is to start employing hundreds of its pilots and other crew in new operating bases across Europe, as it seeks to shift towards being a truly international airline. https://www.thelocal.no/20131016/norwegian-to-shift-pilots-outside-norway Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:39:25 +0200 norwegian-to-shift-pilots-outside-norway Bjørn Kjos, the founder of Norwegian Airlines, has apologised to customers delayed or stranded by problems with its two Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft. https://www.thelocal.no/20130926/norwegian-founder-apologises-to-stranded-customers Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:52:00 +0200 norwegian-founder-apologises-to-stranded-customers Bjørn Kjos, the man who built Norwegian into one of Europe's biggest low-cost airlines, has written an autobiography telling the story of the carrier's meteoric ascent. https://www.thelocal.no/20130816/norwegian-boss-to-tell-the-true-story Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:41:00 +0200 norwegian-boss-to-tell-the-true-story