Norwegian Confirms Route Additions

Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to further expand its European network with new routes between Copenhagen and Trondheim and between Oslo and Manchester. The new flights will commence from October 30 at the start of the Northern Winter schedule.

Norwegian will offer five flights a week from the Danish capital Copenhagen to the Central Norwegian city of Trondheim, the third most populous area in the country and located on the south shore of the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. The route is already served with high frequency flights of regional carrier and SAS Scandinavian Airlines affiliate Widerøe's Flyveselskap AS. The Norwegian airline offers up to 25 flights per week on route travelled by around 93,000 O&D passengers in the past year, up 5.0 per cent on the previous 12 months.

On the route between the Norwegian capital Oslo and the UK city of Manchester, the low-cost carrier will offer a three times weekly schedule. It will go head-to-head with SAS on the route; the latter offering five flights per week with a mix of Classic and Next-Generation Boeing 737 models. An estimated 45,000 O&D passengers travelled on the route in the past year and their remains a lot of slippage with 39 per cent of travellers flying on indirect services during the period.

Schedule:

Copenhagen – Trondheim
DY903 CPH0925 – 1050TRD 737 56
DY911 CPH2225 – 2350TRD 73H 147
DY902 TRD0730 – 0855CPH 737 56
DY910 TRD2030 – 2155CPH 73H 147

Oslo – Manchester
DY1348 OSL0840 – 0950MAN 73H 13
DY1348 OSL1200 – 1310MAN 733 5
DY1349 MAN1020 – 1330OSL 73H 13
DY1349 MAN1340 – 1650OSL 733 5