Earlier this year, Norwegian expanded its long haul operations by commencing flights from London to Buenos Aires, Argentina. They also announced they would commence domestic operations within Argentina, to challenge the high prices passengers in the region have been forced to pay for travel by air. Their Buenos Aires route has been successful, and has…
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Also their PE price is the same as BA (except for the special promotion BA have until dec 2)
The only plus side for Norwegian is that they have more seat pitch.
But I think they're pricing just to test the market.
When they realize that brazilians do research prices, maybe they'll reduce the fares.
This would be a good way to position to Brazil if you wanted to take advantage of Brazil's law against surcharges to use miles in premium for one direction as Norwegian wont sting you for booking a long-haul one-way paid for flight so you can pay around 50% of the roundtrip cost.
For example: BA Avios in Business for 75K miles and about $30 for an 11 hour premium flight coupled with a one-way to Brazil on Norwegian.
You really miss the point here. Check the fares in the op direction FROM Brasil to Europe! Almost half the price.
@ criced - the one way Norwegian fares I checked this morning from GIG-LGW were more expensive than the LGW-GIG fares.
I'm seeing roundtrip fares (LGW-GIG) from £480 on numerous dates in April, May and June (same for flights originating in Rio) and, if you want to add in some creature comforts, the plus fares start at around £580 roundtrip - not sure where the price of £620 for the cheapest fares comes from.
Norwegian were never seriously considering Buenos Aires to Perth to Singapore. That was just one of 100 or so routes (across Argentina, North America and Europe) that Norwegian applied for before they started operations in Argentina. They decided to apply for as many routes as physically possible by the Dreamliner so they wouldn’t be stuck waiting for approvals in the future if their business was doing well. AvGeeks were the only ones actually talking about this route because it sounded the most exciting.
Norwegian has also announced that they will be shifting LGW flights from OAK to SFO.
https://www.sfgate.com/chris-mcginnis/article/Norwegian-Air-moves-flights-to-SFO-13409289.php
I flew LGW to SIN last week on Norwegian (the route they're dropping from January) in Premium. It was excellent. Really lovely crew. Decent seat comfort. Nice modern plane. I go to Rio a lot and definitely plan on using Norwegian.
BA does have lie-flat seats in business but they're so narrow that I'm not sure they're really more comfortable than Norwegian's recliners. I realise that's a personal view but I'm increasingly disenchanted with coffin lie-flat seats. Maybe it's just because I'm getting wider and wider... Norwegian PE versus BA PE is no contest at all -- there's far more space on Norwegian and, usually, better service. You do need to bring your own pillow on Norwegian but the duvets are good and the seats are generally in better condition.
I have BA Gold so I get to use the First lounges. From Heathrow the new super-express channel into the First lounge is a real plus. The LatAm lounge that BA uses in Rio is pretty good too. That's a win for BA (although the No 1 lounge that Norwegian uses at LGW is nice, albeit crowded)
Norwegian rewards gives you cash off on any future Norwegian booking, with no restrictions. Flying premium, the cash adds up fast. BA Exec Club gives you miles to use against a very limited inventory with massive fuel surcharges. A definite win for Norwegian
Check-in out there website i found out that their one way ticket is half price The return one and i consider it a great feature. Normally Airlines charge 70% of The rtn ticket as one way.
Mark,
I'd much rather fly BA CW than Norwegian "Premium" although I am fairly lean so the narrower BA CW seats are fine for me. A better comparison is with BA Premium Economy and I'd probably give Norwegian the edge there except, like you, I am BA Gold so the Heathrow check-in is a dream.
And LHR is more convenient for me than Gatwick. And I get miles on BA of course, and the chance of an upgrade, again as BA Gold
Come on James... either it's 13:35 or 1:35PM, took me a few seconds to figure out those times, either pick the proper way or the American (AM/PM) way, but not both.