The airline with the lovely red and white planes wants to offer you a cheap flight to America.
Norwegian CEO Bjorn Kjos said: “Since we started flying from Edinburgh in 2009, we have grown to 6 routes and have now carried over 1 million passengers – but this is only the beginning of our plans for expansion. Edinburgh will play an important role in our future UK growth and our long-term ambition is to deliver new, direct long-haul flights from Edinburgh.
“We will also be looking into how we can create new routes from Edinburgh to feed into our fast-growing global network at London Gatwick, which would further boost the choices available to Scottish passengers.
“The new fuel-efficient aircraft we have on order will make it possible to launch low-cost transatlantic routes from Edinburgh in future, creating affordable fares and more choice for business and leisure passengers in Scotland. We look forward to continued growth at Edinburgh Airport including plans for our first low-cost long-haul routes in the future.
“It is only through greater competition between airlines and airports that Norwegian has been able to continue its growth – that is why we back Gatwick as the right choice for the UK’s next runway.
“An expanded Gatwick would deliver increased competition, allowing all UK airports to grow and creating more choice and lower fares for passengers.”
Gatwick Airport CEO Stewart Wingate said: “Bjørn and I are in Scotland today to make a basic but increasingly compelling case for more competition in the UK airports market to the long-term benefit of Scottish passengers and tourists. The success of Norwegian Air in recent years, particularly at Gatwick and Edinburgh, illustrates very clearly the fundamental changes that are taking place in the aviation world.
Norwegian started flying from Edinburgh in 2009 and now serves 6 business and leisure routes: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Barcelona, Tenerife, Malaga
Since 2009, Norwegian have now flown over 1 million passengers to and from Edinburgh and last year was Norwegian’s busiest ever year at Edinburgh with over 200,000 passengers.
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