Discount airline Norwegian Air skeleton to fly between Canada and Europe this summer
A Norwegian bonus airline skeleton to offer no-frills approach flights between Canada and Europe starting this summer — a latest entrant in a hotly contested market that’s pushing down prices for consumers.
Norwegian Air was granted a assent by the Canadian Transportation Agency to sell tickets ahead of a designed launch this summer.
Although some-more regulatory capitulation is indispensable before being entirely privileged for takeoff — including central accede from Transport Canada — the CTA assent is a pointer that a airline is on lane to get all a permits it would require.
“Transport Canada advises that it expects that a applicant will be released a [permit] in time for a due startup date,” the CTA said final week. “Accordingly, a group is confident that there is a high luck that a looseness will emanate before to a dictated startup date on Jul 23, 2018.”
The airline isn’t observant most about what destinations and prices it skeleton to offer during launch, but confirmed to CBC News in an email that it is kicking a tires on a Canadian market.
“As a world’s fastest-growing airline, we are invariably reviewing new markets and requesting for trade rights,” spokesperson Anders Lindström said. “While Canada is an engaging market, it’s too early to endorse any lane skeleton and we still need full capitulation from a Canadian authorities to announce or launch any new service.”
The pierce would make Norwegian usually a latest airline to chuck a shawl into a swarming marketplace of flights between Canada and Europe.
In 2015, Icelandic conduit Wow Air launched flights between Canada and Europe for as small as $99.
And late final year, Latvian formed conduit Primera Air announced it skeleton to fly 3 times a week between England and Toronto, and 4 times a week between Toronto and France. Those flights are now on lane to take off starting subsequent month, starting during $199 for a one-way ticket.
Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/norwegian-air-canada-flights-1.4572198?cmp=rss