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Old 14th Jun 2012, 13:23
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Norweigen

Good to hear of them further expanding their extensive LGW operation, what with them ordering over 200 aircraft recently does anyone think we could see a base at LGW, I believe it is their largest 'non-base' currently and a base with say, 3 aircraft would allow early morning flights to; OSL, ARN and CPH all of which currently have 3 flights per day.

It would also allow for further routes into other airports in the nordic region, Billund springs to mind seen as it was recently dropped by Climber Sterling, who flew the route up to 3 times a day. Obviously on a 733/738 there would probably only be 6/7 flights per week but lower fares offered by Norweigen compared to Climber should help them to fill the extra seats!

I could not see Easyjet being too much of a threat to them either as they are already strongly established in their market and although ezy compete on CPH with 2/3 daily flights their previous inroads into Scandinavia/Nordic Countries has not worked too well (GOT, HEL). Ryanair's reasonable presense in the Nordic market is a further deterrent to any ezy expansion in the region.
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