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Norwegian Air to restart UK flights from start of July as airline industry fights back

Budget flights: Norwegian Airlines will introduce flights to New York for as little as £56: Shutterstock / Philip Pilosian
Budget flights: Norwegian Airlines will introduce flights to New York for as little as £56: Shutterstock / Philip Pilosian

Norwegian Air will restart flights to and from UK airports from July 1 “as a result of increased customer demand”.

The plan is to serve Gatwick and Edinburgh to and from Oslo and Copenhagen.

Norwegian chief executive Jacob Schram said: “Feedback from our customers has shown that they are keen to get back in the air and resume their travels with Norwegian beyond the current domestic services that we have been operating.

“Norwegian is returning to European skies with the reintroduction of more aircraft to serve our key destinations which will ensure that we remain in line with competing carriers.”

It comes as the airline ramps up flight capacity around Europe, resuming 76 routes in total.

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More than 300 pilots and 600 cabin crew from the company’s bases in Norway will operate 20 aircraft, with about 200 pilots and 400 cabin crew being brought back from layoffs, the budget carrier said.

Norwegian furloughed or laid off about 7,300 staff, roughly 90% of its employees, after the COVID-19 outbreak.

Norwegian completed a financial restructuring last month, handing control of the firm to its creditors, saying at the time it could wait until 2021 before resuming flights beyond Norway’s borders.