July 7, 2011
Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle said on Thursday the number of passengers it carried it in June rose 19 percent to 1.459 million.
Norwegian Air, which competes with Scandinavian leader SAS, said total passenger traffic, a measure of the number of passengers and kilometers flown (RPK), rose 25 percent.
The yield -- or average revenue per passenger carried and kilometer flown -- was estimated at 0.57 Norwegian kroner for June, compared with 0.54 kroner a year ago.
