Norwegian reports a 16 percent passenger growth in November

Norwegian continues to experience a considerable passenger growth in November. Close to 1.1 million passengers flew with the airline in November, a 16 percent increase compared to the same month last year. The load factor is better than last year, despite strong increase in capacity.

1,084,782 passengers flew with Norwegian in November, an increase of 151,411 passengers compared to November 2009. The load factor for November was 77 percent, three percentage points higher than the same month previous year.

”We are very satisfied that we manage to increase the load factor, despite larger aircraft and considerable more departures than the same month previous years,” said CEO Bjørn Kjos of Norwegian.

In November, Norwegian’s regularity was 99 percent and the Groups’ total punctuality was 80.5 percent. The overall punctuality was strongly affected by ground handling strike at Las Palmas airport.

Contacts:
SVP Corporate Communications
Anne-Sissel Skånvik
phone +47 97 55 43 44

CFO Frode Foss
phone +47 91 63 16 45

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 10.7 million passengers in 2009, Norwegian is the 3rd largest low-cost airline in Europe. The turnover in 2009 was in excess of NOK 7.3 billion. Norwegian currently operates 53 aircraft on 239 routes to 94 destinations and employs approximately 2 000 people.