Originally Posted by
Ldnn1
But that's precisely not the case in Europe. In very simple terms, Europe has a single market and there is a single treaty between the members of that market and the USA. That's really the fundamental point.
Which is also why Norwegian did not need the Irish subsidiary to fly between LGW and the US. They could do that based on the Norwegian AOC and airline. And thus they also started the LGW flights before they had received the Foreign Air Operator Certificate from the US for the Irish subsidiary. What they needed the Irish company for was to lower the costs by using more flexible hiring practises than they could apply in Norway. Which caused the flag of convenience complaints.