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Thanks EIFFS, good to know. I love (cliche warning) business who can disrupt the market in favour of us consumers but attacking the terms and conditions of employees has become an art form amongs MBA clone in the industry IMHO.
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Bondi wont be happy......final approval from the US
Tonight we have welcomed news that our British subsidiary ‘Norwegian UK’ (NUK) has been granted a foreign air carrier permit by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The permit allows NUK to operate flights between the UK, Europe and the United States.
Tonight we have welcomed news that our British subsidiary ‘Norwegian UK’ (NUK) has been granted a foreign air carrier permit by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The permit allows NUK to operate flights between the UK, Europe and the United States.
Join Date: May 2009
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Has norwegian launched/announced BHX to EWR or MAN to EWR? Havent paid much attention but their site has
EWR - MAN listed 9th, 16th & 23rd Oct
BHX to EWR 15th & 22nd Oct
But cant see any other dates or directions?
EWR - MAN listed 9th, 16th & 23rd Oct
BHX to EWR 15th & 22nd Oct
But cant see any other dates or directions?
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Just tried Norwegian transatlantic for first time. A mini-review.
As SLF with no weekend stay, BA and VS fares were astronomical. DY was a nobrainer at a fraction of the cost, with lounge access.
Via Twitter, they advised me that they did not offer Fastrack security access in PE, but this was not the case and it was indeed included. After me paying Ł4.99 to Gatwick Airport separately for the privilege.
At check-in, they told my friend that he might be refused access to USA because his passport was invalid. This was absolute nonsense but made for a fretful flight. I was fairly relaxed because I think DY would have been fined if they got it wrong, but still... its not nice to board a flight with doubts in your mind, knowing how awful US immigration at BOS can be.
The seat was comfortable with excellent legroom (proviso at the bottom)
Food was an issue in PE - the included portions were tiny and all our party were ravenous by the time we landed in Boston.
The sandwiches were wet, and basically unedible.
Norwegian were also extremely strict about standing near the galley (and by default, loos) claiming US law forbade people standing there. Funny, no one has told VS or BA that!
And don't pick a window seat unless you really know the person next to you - when seat in front is reclined it is extremely difficult go get out for a loo break...
Would I use them again? Probably. And pick and aisle seat.
But I'd really try to rearrange my dates to include a Saturday night stay and use BA or VS.
As SLF with no weekend stay, BA and VS fares were astronomical. DY was a nobrainer at a fraction of the cost, with lounge access.
Via Twitter, they advised me that they did not offer Fastrack security access in PE, but this was not the case and it was indeed included. After me paying Ł4.99 to Gatwick Airport separately for the privilege.
At check-in, they told my friend that he might be refused access to USA because his passport was invalid. This was absolute nonsense but made for a fretful flight. I was fairly relaxed because I think DY would have been fined if they got it wrong, but still... its not nice to board a flight with doubts in your mind, knowing how awful US immigration at BOS can be.
The seat was comfortable with excellent legroom (proviso at the bottom)
Food was an issue in PE - the included portions were tiny and all our party were ravenous by the time we landed in Boston.
The sandwiches were wet, and basically unedible.
Norwegian were also extremely strict about standing near the galley (and by default, loos) claiming US law forbade people standing there. Funny, no one has told VS or BA that!
And don't pick a window seat unless you really know the person next to you - when seat in front is reclined it is extremely difficult go get out for a loo break...
Would I use them again? Probably. And pick and aisle seat.
But I'd really try to rearrange my dates to include a Saturday night stay and use BA or VS.
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It is indeed a US requirement that a PA be made during boarding, requesting that people do not congregate in the galley or toilet area, all airlines operating inbound to/from the US are required to comply with this instruction.
My prepaid economy food looked rather better than yours.
On my route premium was full, but towards the back a number of rows were empty, providing 3 seats across sleeping!
My prepaid economy food looked rather better than yours.
On my route premium was full, but towards the back a number of rows were empty, providing 3 seats across sleeping!
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Seems all MAN-Spain routes have been canned (as has BHX).
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I imagine they'll be looking at former Monarch bases, particularly BHX and MAN especially since so far, Ryanair hasn't made any pitch to fill the gap, and I guess with the trimming of services and the bad publicity they have suffered as a consequence any announcement may be badly received by the press and media, if not by the public at large.
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I'm not surprised about the cuts to a few of the sun routes at MAN. Even with Monarch now out of the picture, it's those sort of routes where there's plenty of well established competition already. Time will tell whether there's big capacity gaps on the ex-Monarch routes, but I appreciate it's more down to yields.