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Norwegian Air back to pre-pandemic passenger carryings

Air
James Chapple
4 August 2022

Norwegian Air carried more than 2.2 million passengers in July, the highest number since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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In total, Norwegian flew 2,206,424 passengers in July, three times more than it did a year ago (700,000).


Norwegian also recorded its highest load factor – 94.5% – "in many years", up 10 percentage points on its June load factor. The carrier deployed 70 aircraft in July, operating 99.7% of its scheduled flights.


”This has been a great summer for Norwegian," said chief executive Geir Karlsen. "In July, we had the highest load factor in many years, and we operated close to all scheduled flights despite the many demanding challenges the industry has faced.