Braathens were a full service airline, with very reasonable fares. A lot of traffic came from Norway to Newcastle for shopping. I remember a Tax Refund desk being available for Norwegians returning home.
I guess this service / services may be a success for Norwegian or possibly EasyJet if marketed correctly.
This quote is from May 2004 - guess Easy have looked and decided against it.
A spokesman for easyJet has said: "After opening up routes to Denmark from Newcastle, we are keen to open up the rest of Scandinavia. Representatives of easyJet have been talking to representatives of the airports and governments of the countries being considered, as well as tourist boards as low-cost airlines have a huge impact on tourism in the countries they serve. EasyJet is experiencing 25pc year-on-year growth, and flew 24 million passengers last year. We expect to have the new routes flying from British airports, including Newcastle to Sweden, Norway and Finland, within the next 12 months. We invested heavily in services from Newcastle, and we were unsure to begin with how they would be received. However, we have not been disappointed and the response has surpassed our expectations."
Suppose we'll get the usual comments about EZY having no imagination, not supporting NCL, pinching NCL's lunch money in the playground...
