Perversely it may help insofar that they have already booked a loss based on hedge positions that were higher than they year end oil price, I think they are fairly well hedged for at least the first part of this year, but overall it won’t be helpful.
Norwegian have wet leased in capacity to cover some of the shortage of aircraft due to the max grounding, they have also delayed some airframe disposals and changed certain flight frequencies, the announcement of various base closures has already resulted in dozens of pilots leaving with many more working their notice, so the headcount is well down already.
With it looking like mid late summer before the MAX is back it will certainly make next winter a huge challenge, all the more so given the need to crew and train for S20 and just where do they think they’ll get the pilots from?