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Norwegian Air Shuttle Flew Too Close to the Sun
The no-frills airline’s filing for bankruptcy protection this week is a sad moment, but it comes as no real surprise.
Pushing it.
Photographer: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP
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Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA introduced a generation of travelers to $65 one-way transatlantic airfare and the idea of hopping from New York to the Caribbean, with wifi, for even less.
The no-frills airline’s filing for protection from creditors this week isn’t the end of that low-cost dream, but the company that emerges from creditor protection is likely to be smaller and less swashbuckling than before.