Naaah I have been in the industry too long to believe company propaganda.... :cool:

NAS B787
 

EI-LNA reg delivered according to another forum , so EI reg going ahead...

EI-LNA fly away from BFI is scheduled for 29 June. B1 was flown on 13 June - video here:

9 days has now gone since this first flight and still no B2 has been flown. Boeing may be working on this bird?

Hello all.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but has anybody any info re the calibre of applicants for this new Dreamliner operation.

I recently applied via Rishworth. I have maybe 8500 hrs now of which 4500 hrs are on the B737. I am also NG qualified but have no wide bodied or long haul experience!

So far I have not heard a thing. It seems my present experience meets only the basic requirements for the job?? :ugh:

Does anybody here have any inside info?

Many thanks.:)

Jetjockey145, you may find better answers here:
Nordic Forum - PPRuNe Forums

Thanks for the heads up.

Phew!

They are a bit tetchy over on that thread! :rolleyes:

Wish I hadn't bothered. :ugh:

Still not a dicky bird from Rishworth, despite me significantly exceeding the min requirements.

They must have Dreamliner wannabes lining up in the streets! :confused:

Thanks again.

They aren't always that rude. :rolleyes:

June Traffic
 

TRAFFIC FIGURES JUNE 2013 NORWEGIAN AIR SHUTTLE ASA
TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT
The total number of passengers flown in June 2013 was 1 911 841 compared to 1 583 735 last year, an increase of 328 106 passengers (21 %).
Compared to the same period last year:
Total passenger traffic (RPK) increased by 35 % Total capacity (ASK) increased by 31 %
The load factor was 79.6 %, up 2.7 p.p.
The increase in passenger traffic, production and passengers is related to the Group’s expansion in established markets and to the introduction of new routes from July 2012 to June 2013, as well as adjustments to production capacity.
The production increase was driven by the establishment of new European short-haul bases and long-haul operations to North America and Southeast Asia. The new long and short-haul routes contributed positively to the load factor.
A third party industrial action in Norway last year had a negative effect on the comparable load factor for June.

In June Norwegian turned a milestone - 19 million passengers the last 12 months.

There also a second milestone today - Norwegian flew the new B787 for the first time in revenue service. This first flight went from Oslo to Malaga, but right now the B787 EI-LNA is heading for LGW as DY1310 and it's less than half an hour to touch down.

And very nice EI-LNA looked too:) Lovely to see that at LGW...it had a NAS Aircraft in front and behind it going down the approach..good advertising for NAS ..shall enjoy watching it depart soon as well:)

Future NAS bases? analyst report
 

For FY2013, Norwegian plans an increase in ASK capacity of “in excess of 30%”, higher than the previously planned “in excess of 25%”. This will come from 14 additional 737-800s joining the fleet this year, increased short-haul utilisation and distances driven by the Gatwick and Spanish bases and the launch of long-haul operations. It plans to add a new base in Tenerife in the winter and is also reportedly talking to AENA about opening bases at Madrid and Barcelona in spring 2014 (El Confidencial, 12-Jun-2013).

I think you can probably add an additional base in the UK to that list from internal vibes.

DY
 

With he arrival of the 4th based B738 at LGW in September there are now rumours of up to 8 based for summer 2014 .

What new routes do we expect DY to be looking at from LGW on the short haul front ?

Would like to see some routes down to the Greek isles and Turkey to supplement their already growing route structure from LGW and give Easyjet some real completion on the sun holiday routes

Bagmanlgw

LNIDA, I was made aware some months ago of a second UK base, bizarrely it involved long-haul from an airport close to the M1!

I understand that the 787 can easily operate to destinations far away and the runway length is not an issue!

Thomson reckon the 787 can make Hawaii non-stop!

Nothing like a good (or bad) rumour!

Bagmanlgw
 

A combination of new routes and increased frequency on med routes, LPA increase to 4 weekly from 1st of September with TFS starting around the same time.

The number of aircraft based in LPA/TFS this winter is now planned at 3/2 from 6/2 previously, but no change in flying program which is much larger than last winter implies more night stops and need for a further aircraft at LGW

NAS have reported an average load factor of 85% on LGW to Med+ LPA, so guess they will follow the loads

LGW has around 27 direct routes in October but some of the seasonal stuff stops or slows like IBZ PMI but frequency picks up elsewhere

Rumour has it the two main North West airports are battling it out for that next 2nd UK base...

...so definitely not BLK then?!

Norwegian
 

Has anyone any info. on the rumour that NAX are interested in operating Gatwick - Jersey after BEE quit ? I would have thought that a B737-800 was a little too big for the route 1
does anyone have any views ?

Just to stir the rumour pot a little, Belfast City, who will lose their 4x daily service to Gatwick on the 195s next year, has now got B737 markings painted on a stand, yet no 737 operators fly there.. Odds that it is Norwegian, KLM, or Ryanair??

Blimey - EMA will struggle given its limited passenger facilities! :E