787 Dreamliners transferred from NLH to NAS
press release from Norwegian
Norwegian has today received approval from The Civil Aviation Authority in Norway to move all of its 787 aircraft from the Norwegian subsidiary Norwegian Long Haul (NLH) to Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS). One 787 Dreamliner will, as before, remain in Norwegian Air International (NAI).
There are several reasons why Norwegian has chosen to make this move, says Geir Steiro, Norwegian’s COO; new EASA regulations, the need for an overflight permit from Russia and the fact the NAS already has the approval to fly between Europe and the U.S.
Another reason for the transfer is the need for overflight permit from Russia. The Russian authorities do not allow wetlease over Russian airspace, and while NLH is a wet lease operator, NAS is not. This means that we hopefully soon will be allowed to fly over Russian airspace en route to Bangkok, which will save 40-50 minutes per flight with the Dreamliner because we will not have to take the detour around the Crimean peninsula,” Geir continues.
With this transfer, the aircraft will be placed in an AOC with permission from the U.S. authorities. Also NLH has had this permit, while our Irish subsidiary Norwegian Air International is still waiting for the approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Norwegian has not considered applying for registration in Norway. All our long-haul aircraft will remain on Irish register.
one of the consequences is that we do not have to wait for the DOT approval.