Norwegian Air stability through summer?
Aug 13, 2019, 10:32 am
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsl...cid=spartanntp
A Norwegian Airlines Dreamliner loaded with passengers has been involved in an accident at London's Gatwick Airport, just days after another incident involving the airline and its Dreamliner fleet.
The latest incident happened early Monday morning (local time) when an aircraft due to depart from London for New York was being pushed back from its gate by a tug, before its tail struck a fence on the perimeter of the airport.
The cone of the aircraft's auxiliary power unit was damaged in the collision.
The latest incident happened early Monday morning (local time) when an aircraft due to depart from London for New York was being pushed back from its gate by a tug, before its tail struck a fence on the perimeter of the airport.
The cone of the aircraft's auxiliary power unit was damaged in the collision.
Will they ever get some good news?
Aug 13, 2019, 11:54 am
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Aug 13, 2019, 4:51 pm
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Aug 13, 2019, 6:11 pm
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I am still buying tickets to fly DY this quarter. Including for special events.
Aug 13, 2019, 6:23 pm
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Aug 13, 2019, 11:47 pm
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Aug 14, 2019, 1:43 am
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They recently changed my December KTT-HEL flight schedule significantly. I took advantage of that and requested full refund, even though the same flight on AY is much more expensive.
Aug 14, 2019, 4:00 am
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Norwegian Air Argentina is a financial disaster in the making. For those that don't follow Argentina, they're in the midst of a financial collapse. Norwegian could only have done worse if they had decided to start a South American operation in Venezuela. https://markets.businessinsider.com/...9-8-1028443209
Norwegian MUST shed aircraft quickly and shrink the airline significantly if they ever want to return to profitability. Of course their reticence to shrink probably won't stop dumb money from recapitalizing Norwegian.
Aug 14, 2019, 5:38 am
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Aug 14, 2019, 7:26 am
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I am only buying Norwegian tickets for flights being taken in this quarter. In October, I will get a re-evaluation and decide how I continue.
Aug 14, 2019, 7:40 am
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Norwegian Air Argentina only has 3 planes, all 3 being Boeing 737. That’s minimal exposure given the overall fleet of Norwegian group airlines.
And as anyone who knows Argentina well should know, the collapse of the peso isn’t necessarily the collapse of all travel demand. The people who have money to fly tend to have their assets parked in a way that they can still afford to fly in dollar-denominated terms. Using Norwegian Air Argentina as grounds to question the lifespan of NAS is the weakest of the possible grounds to try to sow anti-NAS panic and sentiment.
And as anyone who knows Argentina well should know, the collapse of the peso isn’t necessarily the collapse of all travel demand. The people who have money to fly tend to have their assets parked in a way that they can still afford to fly in dollar-denominated terms. Using Norwegian Air Argentina as grounds to question the lifespan of NAS is the weakest of the possible grounds to try to sow anti-NAS panic and sentiment.
Aug 14, 2019, 7:52 am
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Norwegian Air Argentina only has 3 planes, all 3 being Boeing 737. That’s minimal exposure given the overall fleet of Norwegian group airlines.
And as anyone who knows Argentina well should know, the collapse of the peso isn’t necessarily the collapse of all travel demand. The people who have money to fly tend to have their assets parked in a way that they can still afford to fly in dollar-denominated terms. Using Norwegian Air Argentina as grounds to question the lifespan of NAS is the weakest of the possible grounds to try to sow anti-NAS panic and sentiment.
And as anyone who knows Argentina well should know, the collapse of the peso isn’t necessarily the collapse of all travel demand. The people who have money to fly tend to have their assets parked in a way that they can still afford to fly in dollar-denominated terms. Using Norwegian Air Argentina as grounds to question the lifespan of NAS is the weakest of the possible grounds to try to sow anti-NAS panic and sentiment.
Aug 14, 2019, 7:56 am
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The three routes dropped yesterday now mean that PVD-DUB flyers will be rerouted out of some other airport, likely BOS and then connect onwards to DUB through CPH or somesuch. Not only the added time & inconvenience of flying xBOS, but the extra time and inconvenience of a connection requiring overflying DUB to double back.
Aug 14, 2019, 7:58 am
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Aug 14, 2019, 8:00 am
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While it currently doesn't have much impact on Norwegian's losses, it is an indicator of Norwegian's very poor strategy. They entered a market where the likelihood of profitability is near zero. And their plans called for significant expansion into Argentina prior to the Max grounding.
I'm more interested in what's going on with their "core" transatlantic service. They've just pulled all the Dublin transatlantic service on very short notice. The "great experiment" of making Stewart a big NYC gateway (that's funny to even say) is now kaput. Does anyone have a chart of what's actually left in their transatlantic portfolio right now, and what's actually scheduled to operate after the summer season?
