Some 1.4 million passengers travelled with Norwegian in November, up more than a third year-on-year, on a load factor of 79.5%, rising to 90% on some routes to southern Europe.
"While we are now in the low-season, demand for air travel continues to be persistent, particularly to our many popular beach destinations," said Norwegian chief executive Geir Karlsen.
Norwegian operated an average of 64 aircraft in November, completing 99.7% of scheduled flights. Punctuality, measured by the number of flights departing within their scheduled time, was 90.3% in November, which Karlsen said was the strongest measure to date this year.
Karlsen said that while demand for air travel was "solid", Norwegian had made adjustments for low-season. "We are well positioned to respond to seasonal variations," he continued. "We have adjusted our capacity to meet the lower demand during the winter season and have hedged a total of 15% of our estimated fuel consumption for 2023.
"Looking ahead, we continue to see a pent-up demand for air travel, especially to sunny beach destinations. We recently launched several new routes to destinations across Europe, and we are eager to welcome both passengers and new colleagues during what we expect to be a busy summer of 2023."
Norwegian plans to take on another 750 staff across its Nordic and Europe bases ahead of summer 2023, when it plans to increase its fleet to 85 aircraft. Norwegian said the additional aircraft would allow it to offer more departures on popular routes. It currently has 239 routes on sale for summer 2023.
