Norway's largest airline, the budget carrier Norwegian reportedly carried nearly 1.7 million (1,672,455) passengers during the month of April with its aircraft 83% full on average.
The airline flew 71 aircraft during the month and appeared to operate well with around 83 percent of flights departing on time or within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
“We are satisfied with this month’s traffic figures. April is the first full month of our summer schedule with more routes and higher frequencies to our many destinations across the Nordics and Europe. We are particularly pleased with the continued strong booking momentum ahead of the summer season,” said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian.
“We are very happy to see that an increasing number of passengers choose to fly with Norwegian and I look forward to welcoming new and old passengers onboard in what looks like will be the strongest summer ever for Norwegian. We recommend that customers who need to travel on specific dates and to particular destinations book tickets as soon as possible, as our planes are quickly filling up during the busiest travel periods”, said Karlsen.
In addition, Norwegian is currently experiencing an increased demand for air travel during the public holidays in May, particularly to Spain, Italy, and France. To meet the demand, Norwegian has added additional departures to Barcelona, Palma, and Malaga.
Norwegian and Widerรธe customers can now fly on one ticket across both airlines’ networks. This marks another step towards providing seamless travel and further improving customer experience across the two airlines. Although, customers will have to buy tickets from Widerรธe or travel agents at the moment.
Norwegian has had mixed reviews from passengers in recent months, the carrier is rated 3 stars by the renowned airline quality rating site skytrax with customers giving it a 5 out of 10 score. Tripadvisor readers mark the airline 3.5 out of 5 based on 28,447 reviews.