New US-Caribbean service from Norwegian
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New US-Caribbean service from Norwegian
The US/EU(+Iceland/Norway) Open Skies treaty is getting a workout these days. Norwegian announced today that it will use the 7th Freedom rights included in that treaty to launch service between the US and France. With the catch being that "France" in this case is Guadelope and Martinique, two islands in the Caribbean. Service from BOS/JFK/BWI will be 2-3x daily for each route for the winter season.
http://blog.wandr.me/2015/06/norwegi...ibbean-routes/
http://media.norwegian.com/us/#/pres...ibbean-1184050
n.b. Link above goes to my blog. You've been warned.
http://blog.wandr.me/2015/06/norwegi...ibbean-routes/
http://media.norwegian.com/us/#/pres...ibbean-1184050
n.b. Link above goes to my blog. You've been warned.
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Excellent news. I love this airline, even though I'm not sure if I'll ever be in position to take one of their flights.
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Would be legal based on the 7th Freedom rules, though less likely to happen until they get more 787s in house. HNL-PPT is probably at the edge of the range, but it might be possible.
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no, Puerto Rico is an unincorportated territory, not part of the 50 US states, whereas Guadaloupe and Martinique are legislatively Departments of France, the same as a US state. Puerto Rico is the same as the Colectivités of France, which are unincorporated territories.
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I thought the French Region was more akin to a U.S. State than the Departments. (Of course, those two are Regions as well...so yes, agree the Hawaii analogy is closer than the Puerto Rico analogy.)