Norwegian Air is Norway’s largest airline and one of the low-cost carriers in the region. It has several long haul flights, which include transatlantic flights to North America. However, the airline has announced it will be cutting down their transatlantic flights down.

On Tuesday, August 13, the airline announced that it will no longer offer its North America-Ireland flights starting September 15. The announcement comes after the airline’s management change and the financial and operational difficulties it is facing. Many expect this will affect many passengers.

Why did Norwegian Air Cut Down Ireland Flights

In the airline’s press release, Norwegian Air SVP for Long-Haul Commercial Mathew Wood said that the cut was done after a review of the route. They discovered that the route is no longer commercially viable for the airline. The Ireland routes is known in the airline market as one of the most competitive routes in the world.

The affected flights will be the Cork, Shannon and Dublin flights to New York, Providence and Hamilton, Ontario.

Dublin is also the hub for IAG airline Aer Lingus, which also offers transatlantic flights to American hubs such as Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Major US airlines such as American Airlines, Delta and United also have routes to the region. This is also the same case for Canadian airlines like Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet.

Once in Dublin, passengers can connect to European hubs easily from other airlines.

Norwegian Air will still fly routes from Dublin to European cities like Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Why is Boeing 737 MAX also blamed

The press release also pointed that the airline ended its Irish flights because of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX. The airline had to hire replacement aircrafts to operate their Irish-North American routes. The hiring is expensive for the airline and with 737 still grounded, it is causing problems for the airline even further. Its expansion and finances, in particular, have been put at risk.

Prior to the grounding, the airline had ordered 100 737 MAX from Boeing. The groundings cost the airline between $568,00 to $1.76 million per day. Norwegian Air even sought financial compensation from Boeing because of the issue.

The airline had also cut down other routes outside Ireland to reduce the impact of the grounding. Recently, it announced hundreds of route cancellations due to the grounding of the 737 MAX.

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Cryptocurrency is becoming a popular alternative for many people online. It is easy to use, cheap and safe since  However, Norwegian Air believes it has a great potential in the airline industry.

On Thursday, July 25, Norwegian Air announced that they will allow their passengers pay via cryptocurrency. They will also be allowed to trade with the airline’s crypto exchange system.

Details of Norwegian Air’s New Program

According to the report from Dagens Næringsliv, Norwegian customers will be the first to try this new program. They will also be able to trade on the Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) starting next month. However, the airline plans to expand the service to nearby countries in the coming months.

The airline also said that the new payment system will make cryptocurrency a part of customers’ everyday experience. NBX is also going to include the airline’s rewards program to allow flyers to earn points as they trade on NBX.

NBX, on the other hand, also expressed their support over Norwegian’s announcement. In their website, NBX said that the system will help introduce cryptocurrency as another great way to pay. It is also very cheap to use than current methods.

Norwegian Air’s latest move follows last year’s announcement after NBX was established. One of the leaders behind NBX was Stig Aleksander Kjos-Mathisen, the son-in-law of Norwegian Air founder Bjørn Kjos, as well as the former Head of Manpower Planning at Norwegian. Around that time, he said that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin will be in NBX. Today, the Kjos family now owns a majority of NBX’s shares.

The new system is also expected to allow passengers to use cryptocurrency to pay tickets for Norwegian Air Shuttle. The shuttle is the region’s largest airline and Europe’s third largest airline.

How to Go to Norway

Visiting Norway is easy for European and Asian tourists. They can take either major or low-cost airlines to go to the country. American and Middle Eastern tourists need to take connecting flights to reach Norway.

For those who wish to visit Norway, they can check out the official travel guide of Norway for ideas. For those who wish to work in the country, we got some articles for you to check out. You can check out our article on the cost of living and the average salary in Oslo for ideas.

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