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New US-Caribbean service from Norwegian

Old Jun 25, 2015, 7:14 am
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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

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Old Jun 25, 2015, 7:29 am
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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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Old Jun 25, 2015, 8:59 am
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This is terrific. I've been hoping to visit those very islands this winter, but getting there was kind of difficult.
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 10:32 am
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Always good to see some new options for things, thanks for the info.
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 10:53 am
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Flights already loaded.
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Richard Anderson has got to be pulling his hair out now, oh wait....
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 12:19 pm
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There's no "catch". Martinique and Guadaloupe are legally part of France, they are called Overseas Departments - Dpartaments d'Outre Mer. Its the same as Hawaii being one of the 50 states.
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 1:08 pm
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New US-Caribbean service from Norwegian

I dare them to start service USA-Tahiti .
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 1:36 pm
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Originally Posted by nmh1204
There's no "catch". Martinique and Guadaloupe are legally part of France, they are called Overseas Departments - Dpartaments d'Outre Mer. Its the same as Hawaii being one of the 50 states.
So is Puerto Rico, except when it is not.

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I dare them to start service USA-Tahiti .
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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Old Jun 25, 2015, 1:40 pm
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So is Puerto Rico, except when it is not.
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 Colectivits of France, which are unincorporated territories.
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 1:51 pm
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Hope they add JFK-NOU and PPT next week.
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by erik123
Hope they add JFK-NOU and PPT next week.
That'd be nice, but I don't think they'd have the right aircraft for it
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 3:14 pm
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Originally Posted by nmh1204
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 Colectivits of France, which are unincorporated territories.
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.)
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 3:31 pm
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So which one of these can they fly to?

BDA, SXM, AUA, EIS, PLS, GCM, BON, CUR

Good luck to them! Competition is great.
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Old Jun 25, 2015, 3:32 pm
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I wondered if Norwegian might also like to fly to St. Pierre and Miquelon, but I see that they are a collectivit territoriale, not an overseas department.
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