No one will care if they go under. Please help them. The two Dreamliners will be stored when they arrive, so they will not fly immediately. Currently, I'm an Aeronautical Expert and plane spotter with passion for aviation photography studying at Law University. of Justice and Public safety. If the virus is still not safe and we cannot travel – will we be able to get our money back? If I lived in Oslo, Norwegian would be my first preference of choice. Six months of emails until they paid the compensation that law stated they must pay, being one example. KLM has never screwed me over , Ever. This effectively prevents us from booking an earlier return from London to Canada as we don’t know whether we can get to London. IF Norwegian air were making alot of profit in the first place, then they probably wouldn’t have moved their company to Ireland and would have kept it in Norway. In the stock exchange notification, the company said “we need immediate concrete measures to strengthen our liquidity in the short term.” Details on the amount of money Norwegian need have not been revealed. Photo: Francesco Cecchetti. New planes and comfortable. Flex Fares are fully refundable. You should be another unethical airline CEO. I guess my only option is to wait for them to officially go bankrupt, at which point I can put a claim into my credit card in hopes they will refund???? He says the company is now doing everything they can to get through what he describes as the biggest crisis in the company's history. It would no be good for the wallet of us customers if Norwegians goes bankcrupt. “While it’s crucial to help viable companies at a difficult time, some might have to go bankrupt. Too many passengers have been scammed. of course not. I've been a fan of aviation since I was a child. In my recent experience you may be reimbursed if sick and unable to travel but not for flight cancellation. This is an emergency situation, and if the Government sit on this money now and let these companies go Bankrupt they should be kicked out . A) Go Bankrupt today Think of all the people, and tourist dollars, Norway as a nation has garnered primarily because Ametican and other tourists like me have visited you spectacularly beautiful country , in my case several times ! Morgan Stanley: can mega deals widen the gap with Goldman Sachs? It seems that the least the Norwegian government should do, given the unpredicted crisis of the coronavirus, is guaratee that Norwegian will be able to deliver booked passengers to their destinations. In a stock exchange notification on Friday, Norwegian said the turmoil in capital markets has led to the effective closure of access to loans or credit. Norweigan I hope you get thru this situation, because I will differently fly with you again. The two Boeing in question seem to be LN-LNT and LN-LNX. Curiously, these two Boeing 787 aircraft are leased from AerCap, as well as three of the four that NO has in its fleet. Risk on the customer side would be low, given that bankruptcy would be covered through credit cards or travel insurance. Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 The airline industry is very competitive and therefore you need to keep your costs down as much as possible. . Hurry and fail please. If you have a perminant residence certificate, that is acceptable according to the info released from the dept. Virtually every airline around the world is now in crisis following the outbreak of the coronavirus. Patrick Whyte of travel industry website Skift said that Norwegian's position is moving from severe to critical: “Unless it gets significant government help, it won’t survive the crisis.”. Both planes are configured with two Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines that provide a thrust of 276.96–360.43 kN each. This aircraft is also stored. Do you think that the aviation industry will recover by 2024? ! Im sure the future pensioners will be in favour of using some of this money, after all it is growing like a ticking clock. No one cares about ooor management because the government is always expected to save them. Like Evry, Telenor and others, these leaders need to understand that there are consequences for poor management. The airline is also in trouble, cancelling many flights, and have been hit by the closure of nine small airports by airport operator, Avinor. Now, one of the biggest names in European air travel is on the verge of bankruptcy once again. Norwegian Air isn’t the national airline of Norway. 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Yes I’m truly confident of this prediction and your citizens will be justly proud just as we Americans are proud of Google, and Apple, etc. Who do they want to bail them out, the same governments, i.e. EI-NEW taking off from Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP). Words of Norway tells the stories of Norway to the world, and helps Norwegian companies do the same. The great and promising airline that bears your nation’s great name is the very best airline on the planet…among several that are elite. At least my travel insurance then covers. SAS recently announced huge winter losses, and have also cancelled thousands of flights. Iam a brittish national i have been living in norway for 16 years iam on holiday in thailand my flight to norway is the 19 of march with Norwegian i have have been told if you do have a norwegian passport you will be turned away at entry in norway thats if Norwegian air does not go bust [email protected]. Service was outstanding. Fed’s Powell is chief cheerleader for fiscal stimulus, Vatican sells charitable assets to repay €242m Credit Suisse loan, OECD drafts principles for $100bn global corporate tax revolution, Donald Trump must not be how American democracy dies, EU targets Big Tech with ‘hit list’ facing tougher rules. “It hurts me to have to push the button on about 5,000 people, about half our employees,” said Schram. Ok remove ‘bigoted’ but an also practice is the national airlines have a privilege of being closer to airports serving Major Cities/Capital. I think alot of the comments are silly. Timothy Ernest K., a proud and LOYAL Norwegian airlines customer. I wish the management would loose all of theirs personal wealth & face hardship just like their poor employees must endure when bankruptcy hit them! Luckily we customers can help Norwegian as well. Featured image: Neos Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner reg. Following a turbulent couple of years, Norwegian are once again on the brink of failure. Norwegian Air isn’t the national airline of Norway. The corona virus attacks and kills the weak. I don’t blame them for the decisions they have made. Let’s hope all airlines will manage to go through this crisis. Another point, example really, Norwegian are selling flights from Norway to Turkey in the following days and weeks, prices much higher for one. we have flights from Denver to Paris in May that we have planned and saved for 2 years. The government has already taken some steps to ease the pressure on the airline industry. One of the thousands of customers here with a long-haul flight on Norwegian scheduled in days, in which my party of 5 cannot travel due to restrictions mandated by the CDC, WHO, and governments; yet nothing can be done for the paying customers who DID invest in this failing company. Matthew, Norwegian are a good airline but not until a problem arises, in my experience. In addition, around 5,000 of their staff have been laid off. Long-haul flights finally started in December 2004 and are currently performed by four Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Apple’s new iPhone poised on threshold of 5G era, Banks call back stayaway staff abroad amid tax warning, BA chief Alex Cruz steps down as airline reels from pandemic, Premier League retaliates against football restructuring plan, Electric car sales triple in race to meet Europe CO2 rules, Ofgem chief seeks to calm row over UK energy groups’ returns, EU targets Big Tech with ‘hit list’, EM countries call for ambitious debt relief, EU countries on Brexit progress, Emerging economies plead for more ambitious debt relief programmes, Sudan’s PM says US sanctions hurting move to democracy. Second, Turkey aren’t allowing flights from Norway… So please John, explain how that is right? They then required agreement from creditors to extend the period of bond repayments, which was far from certain. A crowd gathered around the airport to watch the... © Copyright 2020 Airways International, Inc. All rights reserved. This is the second time . He now works as a. And now they want the Norwegian government to bail them out.. Wow so many rude comments here. This practice guarantees the first and business classes and of course a much higher profit margin. After a year, the framer entered the fleet with Norwegian Long Haul (DU). From what I can see the airlines will most likely be out of business by that point. Well im afraid now is the time to use some of that fund for the benefit of Norwegian people, The fund is worth Trillions of Nk. Many people would disagree with you regardless – Norwegian makes most of its revenue into its Irish subsidiary on routes such as London-New York. 5 million kroner??? On the basis of a I’ll scratch your back as long as you scratch mine. Finally, I like NA, BUT they are terrible when a problem arises. “What we need is now is a modern form of Marshall aid, which can take us further and get the wheels going again,” said Schram, referring to the European Recovery Program in the years following World War II. Punishing the hard working employees for the company’s decisions hardly seems an appropriate option. Furthermore, NO has transported several tons of medical material destined for Civil Protection, the Red Cross and the National Health System, throughout the pandemic. If your flight has been cancelled, check with your credit card company, if you paid with credit. LONDON – According to internal sources, Neos Air (NO) is set to conclude an agreement with Norwegian Air (DY) for the acquisition of two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners stored in Oslo.. With the arrival of these two Boeing 787-9, NO fills the void left by the Boeing 767-300 (ER) that left the fleet and returned to the lessors.