From June 2017, Norwegian will fly between Barcelona and four cities in the U.S.: Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York City/Newark and San Francisco. A new long-haul base will be established in Barcelona. From March 2017, we will also operate a new route between Copenhagen and San Francisco.
Norwegian already has a huge presence in Spain with seven bases, over 1000 employees and a large route network in Europe, including domestic routes.
“The launch of direct flights between Barcelona and the U.S. is a new milestone for Norwegian. Spain is an important market for us, and many Spanish passengers choose to fly Norwegian, both domestic and to other destinations in Europe. An increasing number of Americans also choose to fly with us to Europe, and we look forward to welcoming even more travellers from both sides of the Atlantic on board our brand new Dreamliners next summer,” says CEO Bjorn Kjos.
The route between Barcelona and New York will be Norwegian’s first service to Newark; other flights to and from New York City operate from John F. Kennedy International Airport, where Norwegian has year-round service to Copenhagen, London, Oslo and Stockholm, as well as season service to Guadeloupe and Martinique in the French Caribbean.
Norwegian also launched a new route between Copenhagen and San Francisco (OAK). With today's launches, Norwegian offers long-haul routes between the United States and Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Paris and Barcelona.
“New routes between U.S. and Europe is good news for tourism and the local economies, and we are pleased to contribute to creating more jobs on both continents. This is still just the beginning, with an order of more than 260 aircraft, we will launch many new routes in the future,” said Kjos.
From local to globalNorwegian launched its first long-haul route in 2013 between Oslo and New York, and as more Dreamliners have been delivered, the number of transcontinental routes has increased and our international strategy is about to be realized. In 2014, Norwegian opened routes between London and the U.S., and in August this year, the company opened routes between Paris and the U.S.. Norwegian now has 42 routes between Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Paris, Barcelona and the U.S., and between Scandinavia and Thailand. In total Norwegian now offers more routes between the U.S. and Europe than any other European airline.
Today, Norwegian have long-haul bases in New York, Fort Lauderdale, London and Bangkok, with nearly 500 employees in the United States. No other non-U.S. airline has more employees in the U.S. than Norwegian. The company is now flying to nine American destinations: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Orlando, Boston, Puerto Rico and St. Croix, and during the winter season between the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and Boston, New York and Baltimore/Washington. In addition, we offer a route from Guadeloupe to Fort Lauderdale.
