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Norwegian hopes to capitalize on its growing fleet to offer Europe's largest network of direct transatlantic routes. Set backs in Cork aside, CEO Kjos wants to put all the Dreamliners and Boeing 737 MAX the airline has on order to good use.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced that it will offer direct flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and New York, Los Angeles, and Fort Lauderdale starting on July 29 of this year.
Speaking with Skift, the airline’s intrepid CEO Bjørn Kjos said that the addition of this new service is only part of significant growth plans ahead both in the Transatlantic market and beyond.
The airline will launch service of four weekly flights out of New York’s JFK International Airport, two weekly flights out of Los Angeles International Airport and one flight a week from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, offering fares as low as $175 one way (including tax) during the low season which starts in September.
Norwegian already operates domestic European flights to five destinations in Scandinavia out of Paris Orly International Airport, but this is the first time it will fly out of Paris Charles De Gaulle.
Kjos tells Skift the change to Charles de Gaulle Airport was in part driven by available slots and also by issues with noise and emissions at Paris Orly airport.
Asked whether Norwegian would also change its short-haul serv
