Slot restrictions have been waived and won’t come back for a while. No factor.

And I don’t think Gatwick slots are going to be hard to come by. I could, for example, see BA and VS (if they make it) pull out off LGW all together and consolidate at LHR.

The rocky road goes on...
 

Does anyone know what routes, both domestically and short-haul that Norwegian *really* intends to fly in September or where this info can be found ? For many routes when trying to make a booking, up to 31 August it seems that Norwegian doesn't intend to fly at all.... and then suddenly on 01 September it looks like they revert to their 2019 schedules. If I (and presumably others) cannot see a credible schedule, it makes one nervous that the probability of flights being cancelled is high, and much more reluctant to book at all
Other airlines seem to show much steadier increases in schedules, which inspires confidence that what they say they will fly, they actually will fly

In late June it was announced that an order for 92 737MAX and five 787s had been cancelled. Some 787s (SE-RXA/B/C) are awaiting delivery. Are they part of the cancelled order or not? Doesn't look as if long haul will be back this year in any case.

Norwegian UK long haul pushed back to March 2021 now and Tampa dropped.

Is that correct? I thought flights were starting Dec?

What is your source can I ask?

Regards

BEF

VickersViscount. Are you reading the post on RoutesOnline. If you are, read it again as they are still starting in December 2020 and only BOS & SFO have been pushed back to March 2021.

No. We'll see if they start eg SFO in the depths of a UK winter...
Norwegian Ditch All long haul until March 2021

That article is from 27 April.

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...dule-into-s21/

Should I understand all routes will be resumed as mentioned earlier in December but starting 28th March only ones listed above will be flown?
What about EZE, GIG, DEN, SEA?

Above mentioned program will only require 4 aircraft.

Vickersviscount your quoted article is 3 months old.
Norwegian posted their preliminary schedule for W20 commencing 9th Dec (RoutesOnline 17th July.). Today RoutesOnline posted a further update which was titled 'Extends preliminary schedule into S21'.
As Seljuk22 says only 4 aircraft required.

Norwegian are showing LGW-OSL operating 4x per week in August and then 3x daily in September. I find such an increase in schedule somewhat dubious, and I would take with a big pinch of salt, any planned longhaul LGW schedule that Norwegian might put on sale. This is an airline that recently had a near-death experience... they are still in a severely weakened state

To be fair a lot of airlines are ramping up schedules in early September. BA, easy for example. Whether it happens or not is another matter

Expensive to have a quarter of your 787 fleet doing nothing every day!

Don't articles about that come out every quarter?

Similiar articles came out every quarter on AirBerlin for years

Even if these articles are repetitive by nature it's hard to see how Norwegian can survive. In its related companies are about 40 787s which (I believe) have all been grounded since March, thus earning no money. At the same time further new 787s are being delivered and stored. Loans and financial incentives all seem akin to pouring vast sums of money into a big black hole with the re-commencement of limited LH work still being some way off. Sympathies are with all employees affected by this.