No, but you'd try to use a different one, in both analogies. This isn't very hard in Belfast, it being only a short journey to Dublin.

Norwegian don't offer business class... so if you were expecting anything more than PE then you would be disappointed.

And yes, first impressions do count for a lot.

If you had a bad experience in a hospital, I would try and use a different one next time, of course I would. If you had a bad first date then I probably wouldn't go for a second - the wedding scenario isn't really the same thing.

Meant PE not business. As it happened when they managed to get us a couple of PE seats on their Dreamliner from JFK to Oslo, it was nice and Norwegian cabin crew were attentive.

However when the substituted Norwegian for HiFly, it was really very poor. The planes interiors seen better days. PE seats not working properly. Entertainment screens had either no sound, faulty headphone jack sockets, remote controls not working, in flight service was extremely low quality, food services up was not great. People's reactions in PE was dismay. It was a series of comedy errors. I suppose a lesson learned - next time I'll use an established carrier on that trans Atlantic route. HiFly just not up to par. They had more delays and pulled flights on that HiFly route. I was stuck last minute with need to book a flight urgently. The Norwegian Oslo to Gatwick was fine, no issues at all.

https://www.independent.ie/business/...-36875457.html

Not a real surprise because it appears IAG didn't really read the share register or talk to major shareholders in advance of this.

Figure if someone want to approach company direct and do a tie up it could happen while respecting the companys name, reputation and origins.

Does Norway breed racehorses ?

VickersVicount - I would expect more to come...

Try routes and if they don't work as well as expcted then can them.................... no different from any other airline

Let's add some context to this; ARN-OAK and LAS have both been pulled due to Sweden's implementation of a significant APD style aviation tax of approximately $48 to meet sustainable development targets. Presumably they were the least profitable/most loss making routes and have been canned as the additional cost has made them un-viable to operate.

https://nordic.businessinsider.com/n...s-new-policy--

No it doesn't.
If your routes are underperforming you kill them................. end of story.
Nothing gained by holding onto route where people and profits aren't there.
Frankly its a way to go bust.

Chuck it against the wall and see what sticks is a bigger risk in longhaul because of the greater costs involved.

Makes you wonder about the quality of the advance planning. Presumably this Swedish tax didn't just appear out of nowhere?

New route from Gatwick to Tampa - 2x per week starting 31 October. (Wednesday and Saturday)

new route announcement today, excellent is that on a Norwegian 787 or a leased A340/A330 or perhaps a 747.

Lots of on going issues with the 787 due to the rolls Royce engine issues.
Yes I know this is effecting every rolls Royce operator, but when you get a completely different aircraft, operating a service below what you expect it's not good for customer retention .

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Norwegian will retrofit its existing fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with an upgraded, more spacious cabin featuring new lighter and comfier slimline seats.

Is this to help increase range?

Seat width will go from 17.2" to 16.8" in the new cabin. Spacious? Comfier?

nice to see they cant even find the correct aircraft to picture

So they shave 1cm off each seat. Might just be me being picky, but would that really save much Fuel burn. Could see each seat maybe saving about 1kg each each so x 189 = upto 189kgs / around 400lb. All it takes is a few extra large passengers to undo all the hard work (assuming they could sit in the new seat in the first place

Norway disposes of remaining SAS equity

Could this pave the way for Norwegian Longhaul to get overfly permission over Siberian airspace? This was the Russian justification originally (only one airline per country allowed). Was it done deliberately for this purpose?

No. Norway has a Conservative government who want to sell off assets. As far as I am aware, there are no plans to buy into Norwegian or support Norwegian any more than SAS.