Norwegian Air Reports 16 Pct Passenger Growth For October

Norwegian Air reported a 16 percent increase in passenger numbers for October to 2.77 million.

In October Norwegian added 23 percent more capacity (in available seat km), and saw a traffic gain of 24 percent in revenue seat km.

Load factor was up 0.6 percentage points at 88.4 percent.

“Our long-haul routes are more or less full, which proves that customers on both sides of the Atlantic appreciate high quality and low fares,” Norwegian Air’s chief executive Bjørn Kjos said.

Separately, Norwegian Air said Sweden and the United States have signed a bilateral agreement to introduce US border control at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport, which means passengers will not have to go through immigration procedures on arrival in the US.

Norwegian said the agreement could lead to additional traffic growth at Arlanda.

The agreement is subject to approval by the Swedish parliament.