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1993
Norwegianestablished,
flyingon thewest coast
of Norwaywith Fokker
F-50s in cooperation
withBraathens SAFE.
This cooperation lasts
until 2002.
2002
Domestic routes
launched inNorwaywith
Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
2003
Norwegian listedon
theOsloStockExchange.
2005
First year inprofit. ”It
hasbeen an amazing
andprofitable year for
Norwegian,” saysCEO
BjørnKjos (
below
) in an
announcement.
2007
Stockholm
becomesNorwegian’s
Swedishbase.
BankNorwegian
and frequent flyer
programmeNorwegian
Reward launched.
2008
Deliveryof first
Boeing 737-800Next-
Generationaircraft,
setting themark as
anenvironmentally
conscious airline.
Norwegianenters the
Danishmarket andopens
Copenhagenbase.
2009
Norwegian receives the
Market LeadershipAward
from
AirTransportWorld
magazine– seenas the
Oscarsof the industry.
2011
Becomes thefirst
airline tooffer free
inflightWiFi on
European routes.
Opensnewbaseat
Helsinki airport, Finland.
2012
Norwegian signs the
largest-ever agreement
inEuropeanaviation
history for 122Boeing
aircraft, plus 100aircraft
fromAirbus.
2013
Norwegian is thefirst
airline inEurope tooffer
inflightmovieandTV
rental onall ourWiFi-
enabledaircraft.
Launches long-haul
routes toBangkok,New
York, Ft Lauderdale-
Florida, LosAngeles,
Oakland-SanFrancisco
andOrlando from
Scandinaviaand theUK.
NamedBestEuropean
Low-CostAirlineby
AirlineRatings.comand
BestEuropeanLow-Cost
CarrierbySkytraxWorld
AirlineAwards.
Opensnewhubat
LondonGatwickplus
newbases inSpain, and
expands inGermany.
2014
VotedBest Low-Cost
Airline in theWorldby
the2014Air Transport
NewsAwards.
For the second year
running,Norwegian is
votedBestEuropean
Low-CostAirlineby
AirlineRatings.comand
BestEuropeanLow-Cost
CarrierbySkytraxWorld
AirlineAwards.
Norwegianwins three
prizesat theApex
PassengerChoice
Awards, includingBest
inEuropeandBest
InflightConnectivity
andCommunications.
Theairlinewasalso
recognised for its
innovativemovingmap
onour 787Dreamliners.
2015
Announces
flights toLas
Vegasand the
Caribbean starting
November2015.
VotedBestEuropean
Low-CostAirline for the
third time running, and
theWorld’sBest Low-
Cost Long-HaulCarrier
at theSkytraxawards.
Onboard WiFi
We’reEurope’sfirst
airline toofferonboard
WiFi – just set yourdevice
to“Flightmode” to surf
theweb.
Flexible tickets
Youcanchange your
ticket up to30minutes
beforedeparture–Flex
ticketsmaybechanged
freeof charge.
New aircraft
Norwegianwill add 10
morenew737-800sand
anotherDreamliner
this year tooneof
Europe’snewestfleets.
ThreemorereasonstoflyNorwegian
Senior cabinchiefRaniaHido (
above left
),whofled
Lebanonas achildwithher family toSweden in 1976,
joined lastmonth’sFill UpaPlane trip toJordan (
see
p90
).Hidoworks inStockholmandwasnominatedbyher
collleagues tobeNorwegian’s ambassador forUNICEF. She
wasespeciallymoved tomeet thechildren in theZa’atari
camp. “Theywere so surprisedwhen I spokeArabicwith
them,”Hido says. “It felt amazing tobeable tohelp– Iwill
alwayscarry thismemory inmyheart.”
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