Norwegian Air to Set Up Argentine Arm With 10 Jets by Year's End
- CEO Kjos planning to serve ‘a lot of cities domestically’
- Flights would link up with long-haul operations from Europe
A Boeing 737-800 aircraft, operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle AS, right, passes a Ryanair Holdings Plc aircraft at Gatwick airport in Crawley, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Gatwick, acquired by Global Infrastructure Partners Ltd. in 2009 after regulators sought a breakup of BAA Ltd., owner of the larger Heathrow hub, is 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of London and serves about 200 destinations, more than any other U.K. airport, according to flight schedule data provider OAG.
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergNorwegian Air Shuttle ASA will establish a unit in Argentina with 10 Boeing Co. 737 narrow-body jets by the end of this year, Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Kjos said.
The carrier has applied for an air-operating certificate from authorities in the South American country and is now seeking rights to serve domestic routes there, Kjos said in an interview. The network would link up with planned flights to Buenos Aires from cities such as London, Paris, Barcelona, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm using Boeing 787 wide-bodies.