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"several unforeseen misfortunate events" As far as I know the only misfortunate event was starting all those silly transatlantic routes in the first place. 'Cobbler, stick to your last', they should have sticked to the Scandinavian holiday business, like they have been doing for 14 years.
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Sad news as already mentioned especially for the employees but it was obvious to some of use that it was just a matter of time, just rank bad management. Might give two other airlines which fly transatlantic services who are in a poor state financially some breathing space if they can get over the winter period.
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EWR / BOS / IAD AND YYZ, Were all due into Stansted Tomorrow morning, most of the inbound passengers still have not got a clue they are stranded, but good news for the inbound AGP passengers en-route to STN I wonder what the aircraft will do once on the ground at STN.
rank bad management
Late deliveries and one not capable of delivery at all seems like a contributory factor, at the very least?
The Inbound AGP will likely be impounded like the others?
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I assume one of these you refer to is white and red and from Norway, if so crossover with Primera is minuscule so not sure what Primera has to do with anything. Who is the other one?
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Well hate to say I told you so when someone asked about time to command and I replied that is the least of your worries.
Having been involved with Norwegians narrow body long haul ops from the start I know only to well the costs involved, yes we drivers made loads of money out of it, but and it’s a big but we started with brand aweness and long haul experience.
Fortunately no no shortage of jobs right now and most will be hovered up within a few days.
Norwegian are not out of the woods yet with sky high fuel prices but we have the newest greenest fleet out there.
Having been involved with Norwegians narrow body long haul ops from the start I know only to well the costs involved, yes we drivers made loads of money out of it, but and it’s a big but we started with brand aweness and long haul experience.
Fortunately no no shortage of jobs right now and most will be hovered up within a few days.
Norwegian are not out of the woods yet with sky high fuel prices but we have the newest greenest fleet out there.
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My condolences to all staff involved as well and I hope they find new jobs soon enough, Its a shame to see this airline go as I feel there was some potential to do well, but alas the quick expansion and base announcements coupled with the late aircraft arrivals may have proved to be too much.
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Obviously best wishes to all those who now need to find gainful employment.
What surprises me most, however, is talk of late deliveries, etc. leading to this situation. Wouldn’t there have been a penalty clause regarding late delivery? A clause which would cover unexpected leasing costs? Or am I just too naive???
What surprises me most, however, is talk of late deliveries, etc. leading to this situation. Wouldn’t there have been a penalty clause regarding late delivery? A clause which would cover unexpected leasing costs? Or am I just too naive???
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Gut wrenching reading that our crews stranded downroute are paying out of their own pockets (IAD/NYC/YYZ-LON) to get themselves home.
Absolutely disgusting, and not cheap either. All phone lines to the company no longer work, just left to fight for themselves.
Absolutely disgusting, and not cheap either. All phone lines to the company no longer work, just left to fight for themselves.
Looked at them only last week for booking a T/A flight from Stansted............. wondered about success rate as remember Maxjet etc from there.
I think oil at $100 a barrel plus is going to start biting very quickly across all airlines.
I think oil at $100 a barrel plus is going to start biting very quickly across all airlines.
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The second airline airportplanner is Icelandic with three letters. An article in a holiday trade paper last week they admitted they had not paid any fees to Icelandic airports this year amounting to nearly $14 million. With the the rise in oil prices I hope they had hedged some fuel.
What surprises me most, however, is talk of late deliveries, etc. leading to this situation. Wouldn’t there have been a penalty clause regarding late delivery? A clause which would cover unexpected leasing costs? Or am I just too naive???