Yet another Spanish base for Norwegian, their 5th - and this time it is Madrid Barajas.
“We have decided to open a new base in Madrid to meet the demand for direct flights between the Spanish capital and important cities in Europe. We see a major passenger potential from the main airport in Madrid. At the same time, it is strategically important for Norwegian to have a base in the Spanish capital in light of our presence in the Spanish market and not least, in term of our future plans,” says Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos.
The base seems to be operative the first days of June 2014 - and the destinations flown from MAD are:
OSL - 3x weekly
ARN - 4x weekly
HEL - 3x weekly
HAM - 4x weekly
WAW - 2x weekly
LGW - 1x daily
CPH will increase to 4x weekly in April and from July increase to 1x daily
Norwegian are saying two Boeing 737-800 will be based at MAD and they will recruit 70 pilots and 140 cabin crew locally.
Source:
Newsdesk - Norwegian