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Post by vctr on Dec 19, 2012 10:39:49 GMT 1
As seen as there is no news section for them, Norwegian Air Shuttle to start a 3 weekly CPH from April. Rather surprising news!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 10:57:15 GMT 1
As seen as there is no news section for them, There is now
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Post by andyh on Dec 19, 2012 11:03:13 GMT 1
Website only showing twice wkly at present -Mon and Fri with early afternoon departures. Excellent news nonetheless!
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Post by ghostrider on Dec 19, 2012 11:28:11 GMT 1
Great news
Wonder if with the times and days of operations they are looking at football related traffic.
andrew
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 11:57:27 GMT 1
Excellent news, but I think we're talking about Norwegian Air Shuttle aren't we? There is no such thing as Norwegian Airlines.
Beemer will enjoy capturing those faces on the tails ;D
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Post by LPL on Dec 19, 2012 14:37:39 GMT 1
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Post by ronturner on Dec 19, 2012 18:37:38 GMT 1
This is excellent news from an airline which is well founded, sufficiently large enough to know what it is doing and to withstand predatory actions which others may engage in. Coming on top of Newquay and Nantes, and the return of Malta, it sums up an excellent respite from the downturn and congratulations are due to those responsible.
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Post by tonyspeke on Dec 19, 2012 19:42:09 GMT 1
Let's hope this is the start of a long relationship with Norwegian, with other routes in due course. Will they operate Stockholm from both MAN & LPL, or will Ryanair come back to this route?
We now have four out of the five major independent European low-cost carriers on board. It would nice to see the other one, the Air Berlin group.
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Post by columbus on Dec 19, 2012 20:12:06 GMT 1
Or maybe Norwegain would move their North-West ops from Manchester to Liverpool? They did something with the London market when they moved all their routes from Stansted to Gatwick!
I think Air Berlin are beginning to move away from the low-cost airline format and on the way to becoming Germany's No.2 and Palma's No.1 legacy carrier.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 20:15:17 GMT 1
We now have four out of the five major independent European low-cost carriers on board. It would nice to see the other one, the Air Berlin group. Just looked the Air Berlin Group up and was surprised to find it's parent company is British. www.airberlingroup.com/en/about-airberlin/airberlin-group
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 20:34:36 GMT 1
Looks like Norwegian are also entering the long-hall market with 8 Boeing 787's on order. Lets hope they are happy here and not only decide to expand but make Liverpool a stopping (or even a starting) point within it's long-hall operation. A big well done to the airports management team in attracting them to LJLA.
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Post by Speke-EZY on Dec 19, 2012 20:59:16 GMT 1
This is all very good news,but although there are a handful of remote aircraft stands capable of handling additional traffic,any new scheduled operators will expect to use civilised airbridges,not coaches which can take a long time to arrive,and which leave passengers vulnerable to rain,surface ice,etc. Are there any urgent plans to develop suitable facilities at Liverpool?
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Post by vctr on Dec 19, 2012 21:22:37 GMT 1
One thing that hasn't been picked up on, is that while the flight operates, it offers LPL passengers connecting opportunities once more.
The good thing about Norwegian, is that it isn't a 'true' low cost carrier, in that it offers free wifi and connections at the other end. Therefore, whilst its limited to Europe, and only connections that leave the same day as LPL's 3 flights, Liverpudlians have access to further points on Norwegians network using just 1 ticket.
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Post by supertramp on Dec 19, 2012 21:31:32 GMT 1
great news,thanks for the heads up wino on the mobile.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2012 21:38:11 GMT 1
This is all very good news,but although there are a handful of remote aircraft stands capable of handling additional traffic,any new scheduled operators will expect to use civilised airbridges, Are you sure about that? at a time when cost is king (or should that be lack of it) people just want to get from A to B as cheaply as possible. Airbridges are not only expensive but space consuming too and ultimately that extra cost has to be borne by the traveler. Admittedly when shared by a hundred people or so it's not that great but could still adds a significant amount to the price of a ticket. What would you rather do, pay an extra £10 - £15 (guesstimate) for an airbridge or £1 to get the bus? Don't forget too that the airline may have to pay a fixed price for using them. So, the less passengers they carry the greater the costs it has to charge/absorb (assuming that is, they set their fares on estimated loads).
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