Originally Posted by
slf001
Norwegian Air UK was actually formed in 2015, long before the Brexit vote. Their first aircraft B738 G-NRWY was registered in November 2015.
It was always operated on behalf of Norwegian Air International (Ireland) from early 2016.
When the UK registered 787s arrived in summer 2016, they initally operated on behalf on Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norway).
They started operating their own flights (with DI/NRS codes) in October 2017.
KT
G-NRWY was an AOC sitter (one registered aircraft required to maintain an AOC) for the NUK AOC, which was created once the U.K. government pledged to have the Brexit vote as part of the Election victory and Queens Speech in May 15. If the referendum result had been remain, this aircraft would’ve returned to the Irish register. Whilst the aircraft was operated under D8 flight numbers, the aircraft had dedicated routes and crew. Only NUK crew could operate on G-NRWY and couldn’t operate other aircraft in the fleet (and vice versa).
And thus, NUK was only created because of Brexit.