Press release - 15 September 2011 08:27

Norwegian expands in Finland with three new routes

Norwegian, Scandinavia’s second largest airline, continues to expand in Finland and launches two new domestic routes from Helsinki to Kittilä and Ivalo and one international route from Turku to Stockholm this winter.

"We are very satisfied with the response in the Finnish market, both in terms of ticket sales and customer feedback. There is great potential in Finland, and as a growing airline it is an obvious next step for us to launch new routes this winter,” said Chief Commercial Officer Daniel Skjeldam at Norwegian.

Three weekly flights will serve the Helsinki-Kittilä and Helsinki-Ivalo routes. Four weekly flights will serve the Turku-Stockholm route.

Norwegian opened a base at Helsinki Airport in April, and currently serves two domestic routes to Rovaniemi and Oulu and 11 international routes to Stockholm, Oslo, Malaga, Nice, Crete, Rome, Barcelona, London Gatwick, Split and Alicante.

Contact:
Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen, Communications Manager, phone: +47 45 45 60 12

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Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian,” is a public low-cost airline noted on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company is the second largest airline in Scandinavia, and has a route portfolio that stretches across Europe into North Africa and the Middle East. With competitive prices and customer friendly solutions and service, the company has experienced significant growth over the previous years. With more than 13 million passengers in 2010, Norwegian is the 3rd largest low-cost airline in Europe. Norwegian currently operates 59 aircraft on 261 routes to 100 destinations and employs approximately 2 500 people.

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Norwegian lanserar ny direktlinje mellan Stockholm och Åbo

Den 3 november startar Norwegian flygningar mellan Stockholm-Arlanda och Åbo i Finland. Direktlinjen får fyra avgångar i veckan, varje måndag, torsdag, fredag och söndag.

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The Norwegian group is a leading Nordic aviation company, headquartered at Fornebu outside Oslo, Norway. The company has over 8,200 employees and owns two of the prominent airlines in the Nordics: Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe’s Flyveselskap. Widerøe was acquired by Norwegian in 2024, aiming to facilitate seamless air travel across the two airline’s networks.

Norwegian Air Shuttle, the largest Norwegian airline with around 4,700 employees, operates an extensive route network connecting Nordic countries to key European destinations. In 2023, Norwegian carried over 20 million passengers and maintained a fleet of 87 Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Widerøe’s Flyveselskap, Norway’s oldest airline, is Scandinavia’s largest regional carrier. The airline has more than 3,500 employees. Mainly operating the short-runway airports in rural Norway, Widerøe operates several state contract routes (PSO routes) in addition to its own commercial network. In 2023, the airline had 3.3 million passengers and a fleet of 48 aircraft, including 45 Bombardier Dash 8’s and three Embraer E190-E2's. Widerøe Ground Handling provides ground handling services at 41 Norwegian airports.

The Norwegian group has sustainability as a key priority and has committed to significantly reducing carbon emissions from its operations. Among numerous initiatives, the most noteworthy is the investment in production and use of fossil-free aviation fuel (SAF). Norwegian strives to become the sustainable choice for its passengers, actively contributing to the transformation of the aviation industry.