Norwegian budget long-haul [news and experience reports]
Dec 18, 2013, 4:23 am
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For the leisure market the timing is not too unreasonable, leaving Friday after having a full work day, returning the following Sunday morning after a week's vacation. Would work for a lot.of people. For a long weekend, find a connection home via Arlanda or Copenhagen. Plus the Swedes and Danes connecting through BGO. I think they can make work in terms of load. Can still wonder a bit if it works in yield and profit, but that is general for their long haul operation. Time will tell.
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Dec 18, 2013, 2:12 pm
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With sea cruise traffic, filling up the plane in the summer should be a breeze, especially if it helps reduce the expense on hotel nights for such leisure passengers.
Dec 19, 2013, 5:21 am
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Just learned it is summer only, so they should be able to sort-of fill up 20 some flight. Agreed. Where they can do it with a profit I doubt very much.
and I would not rely on DY to bring me to BGO in time for a cruise - given their frequent and lengthy delays on long-haul and no willingness what so ever to provide alternative options.
and I would not rely on DY to bring me to BGO in time for a cruise - given their frequent and lengthy delays on long-haul and no willingness what so ever to provide alternative options.
Dec 23, 2013, 3:43 am
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Here we go againg - massice DY IC delays
5 7+ hours delays on Norwegian's C routes the past couple of days.
One case of 28 hours of delays
What would really infuriate me if I was one of these flight is Norwegians complete lack of willingness to rebook pax on alternate flights.
Added:
Norwegian has now cancelled their original FLL-CPH flight yesterday - and put in a new flight with new flight numers nd new scheduled departure and arrival times, that match that ofthe delayed flight.
So the flight is not delayed - it is on time!
What a crap airline
http://www.check-in.dk/newselement.c...3#.UrgSpf6A3Dc
One case of 28 hours of delays
What would really infuriate me if I was one of these flight is Norwegians complete lack of willingness to rebook pax on alternate flights.
Added:
Norwegian has now cancelled their original FLL-CPH flight yesterday - and put in a new flight with new flight numers nd new scheduled departure and arrival times, that match that ofthe delayed flight.
So the flight is not delayed - it is on time!
What a crap airline
http://www.check-in.dk/newselement.c...3#.UrgSpf6A3Dc
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Dec 30, 2013, 11:12 am
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12/29 JFK-OSL cancelled, passengers rebooked for 1/1.
[Swedish only]: http://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/article18100909.ab
[Swedish only]: http://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/article18100909.ab
Dec 30, 2013, 4:51 pm
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12/29 JFK-OSL cancelled, passengers rebooked for 1/1.
[Swedish only]: http://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/article18100909.ab
[Swedish only]: http://www.aftonbladet.se/resa/article18100909.ab
Jan 2, 2014, 2:03 am
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http://www.standby.dk/kaos-pa-norwegians-langruter/
Sorry Danish only.
I am puzzled by their many, frequent and long delays
- and worried about their inability to address the passengers properly in these situations.
Sorry Danish only.
I am puzzled by their many, frequent and long delays
- and worried about their inability to address the passengers properly in these situations.
Jan 2, 2014, 4:42 am
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http://www.standby.dk/kaos-pa-norwegians-langruter/
Sorry Danish only.
I am puzzled by their many, frequent and long delays
- and worried about their inability to address the passengers properly in these situations.
Sorry Danish only.
I am puzzled by their many, frequent and long delays
- and worried about their inability to address the passengers properly in these situations.
Jan 3, 2014, 12:49 am
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I suspect that their bare minimum approach to the operations is a contributing factor. The push the utilisation to the max, the maintenance and the spare parts on hand to the minimum. Which is fine when they have the experience in the operations, but for the start up phase it seems to be a disaster. The Boeing Gold Care package seems to be insufficient, however other operators have gotten their fleets running smoothly. Maybe they should ask Lufthansa Technik to take over maintenance... Air Canada went for LHT.
Well, I am for one not a potential customer for DYs long haul operations - despite using them almost weekly in Europe.
Jan 3, 2014, 8:28 am
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I am an unlikely customer of DY long haul, at least until they have a proven track record, and are willing to rebook to other carriers on irrops.
Jan 4, 2014, 2:22 pm
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According to DY flight attendants speaking to Aftonbladet, DY's food is suppose to have a 6 month shelf life.
With some luck, you'll get worms in the food...
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18114068.ab
With some luck, you'll get worms in the food...
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article18114068.ab
Jan 5, 2014, 2:47 am
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My three flights with them so far, have proved to be OK'ish (that's far from being professionaly executed in my book), with only an hour or so delays every time, but I still have one more flight booked with them in late february, so I guess I have to keep my fingers crossed real hard until then ...
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Jan 6, 2014, 1:42 am
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I wrote this (and more) about three months ago, but looking back on the last year, I guess I was terribly wrong about Norwegian's absolutely pitiful attempt at flying long haul. Most all aspects of their operation, not just the humongous regularity issues, have been far from satisfactory. I believe the first few months of this year will determine if they have a place in this business.
My three flights with them so far, have proved to be OK'ish (that's far from being professionaly executed in my book), with only an hour or so delays every time, but I still have one more flight booked with them in late february, so I guess I have to keep my fingers crossed real hard until then ...
Snacky
My three flights with them so far, have proved to be OK'ish (that's far from being professionaly executed in my book), with only an hour or so delays every time, but I still have one more flight booked with them in late february, so I guess I have to keep my fingers crossed real hard until then ...
Snacky
Food for thought: How unhappy would each of us be if we for our three most recent IC trips with e.g. BA or SK have had a 1 hour delay?
Jan 6, 2014, 2:58 am
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DYs CEO is scolding Boeing again:
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-...service=mobile
The Gold MRO package via Monarch is clearly not working....
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-...service=mobile
The Gold MRO package via Monarch is clearly not working....
Jan 6, 2014, 4:29 am
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I would be annoyed. More about the frequency of the delays than the actual hour. 1 hour usually don't loose connections or destroy plans.