01475
Correct Sir.
Starting with LGW to the US in a couple of months with presumably other European to US routes to follow. Interestingly the only major airline group who have not opposed Norwegian's route licence application appears to be IAG, one wonders whether this is because the damage that Norwegian may do to yields is of a greater threat to SAS,Lufthansa and the US legacy carriers.
This also published yesterday.
BA came first for its food and drink, its on board experience, its style and its customer service in short-haul flights according to the survey by travel search site, Skyscanner.
But Norwegian was a surprise contender coming second in most of the categories and first in the value for money one.
EasyJet came second in the 'best value for money' category, with British Airways taking third place, while Ryanair failed to make it to the top five.
Skyscanner's Mary Porter said: "Being a Superbrand and one which Brits are very proud of, it's perhaps not surprising that British Airways has scooped the top spot in our survey.
"However it is particularly interesting to see such strong results for a far less well-known airline, with Norwegian taking second place and goes to show that low cost does not necessarily mean an inferior product or service."
The survey was of 4,000 British traveller, surveyed on their opinion of airlines flying short haul from the UK.
I was surprised that Norwegian did so well in this UK survey, not because the product doesn't justify the result, but more the fact that Norwegian's UK market share is tiny and is virtually unknown outside of LGW