Norwegian has welcomed news that our British subsidiary ‘Norwegian UK’ (NUK) was last night given tentative approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for a foreign air carrier permit.
The NUK subsidiary was set up in November 2015 to allow us to build on our growing UK operation by accessing bilateral traffic rights to a series of global markets – NUK has already announced plans for new flights from London Gatwick to Singapore, starting in September and Argentina starting in February 2018.
We will now be pushing for the US DOT to finalise the permit which will also allow our NUK subsidiary to operate low-cost flights between the U.S. and Europe.
Once final approval is received from the US authorities, Norwegian UK will be able to establish a seamless operation and more effectively utilise its long-haul fleet – this includes the use of the same aircraft on all long-haul routes including the U.S., Singapore, Argentina and other future long-haul markets.