Norwegian Ending Transatlantic Flights From Ireland

The beginning of the end

Thank god. I want tatl to be a profit for USA.

An “Irish” International airline without any Irish international routes.

If Norwegian fails, it is at the hands of Boeing.

Very dissaponting, we had been enjoying a period of very low transatlantic fares here, across all airlines but started by Norwegian. That's the end of that for now.

I still do not see them re-establishing their seasonal service out of LAX to the Nordics (calendar only showing direct flights until October). I honestly think their ending the flights to LAX from places other than the bigger airports like CDG, Gatwick, Barcelona, Rome...

Aer Lingus about to increase fares now with no competition from Wow or Norwegian anymore. Shame - really liked the ~$500 RT fares that I could get from NYC to DUB.

Just last night I was looking at Newburgh-Dublin in November. It wasn’t on google flights and was almost $2,000 on Norwegian’s site.

Now I understand that they were pricing to avoid bookings on flights to be canceled.

Their stock price is down 80% this year alone, from Jan 1. RIP Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA.

I have a feeling that this may be the beginning of Norwegian phasing out all transatlantic flights.

@DKB

I wouldn't say it went this low because of Norwegian. It went this low because of WOW. Scored a sale CLE-BCN-BOS for cheaper than $200 all in. That's almost like paying CLE-BOS with a stopover in Europe.

@RR
Not the only Irish airline which doesn’t operate in Ireland. SAS Ireland is an Irish Airline with no routes to/from Ireland. SAS’s 3 routes to/from Dublin are operated by the Scandinavian company. ‍♂️

I scored a $260 RT fare all-in from Newburgh to Dublin back in March. Originally scheduled on a MAX to and from Shannon, it ended up on a wet leased Evelop A330 to Dublin instead. No frills and a max 10kg luggage limit, but for $260 I ain't complaining!

This is a huge blow for both the NYC and Boston markets where demand to Ireland is always high, even in the off-season as I discovered. By comparison my flight to Dublin tomorrow night on United (Premium Econ. outbound on a 78-X, regular economy return from Shannon on a 757) was $1500/pp. Granted that's highest of high season but still, $1300 more than for dates in early May, purchased late March.

I'm glad I got that low fare. I doubt I'll ever be able to afford to go back with a 4-digit price tag for a 5-day trip. LCCs and ULCCs are still desperately needed in the trans-Atlantic market to keep the majors in check.

I'd still fly D8 in a heartbeat, but yeah, they can't seem to catch a break. Like others, I'm laying this *squarely* at the feet of Boeing. With the exception of trying to score a flight on a 747 (still never had the chance in the 50-odd years they've been in the air), I'm completely boycotting any and everything from that company until sufficient heads have rolled, reforms have been accomplished and recompense paid as needed.

Is it just me or does there seem to be a lot of signs pointing to Norwegians fait;
-RR 787 engine issues
-Late 737 MAX deliveries (Had to sub in different aircraft for new transatlantic routes)
-Iran 737 MAX diversion
-737 MAX grounding
-Recent 787 engine failure in Rome
-Recent 787 pushback collision at Gatwick
They now have two 787s and a whole lot of 737 MAXs out of service. While it was a nice concept I just don't think Norwegian was meant to be.

@Declan

I was on SAS Ireland today from Dublin to Copenhagen, with English crew.

And then SAS Ireland from Copenhagen to Stockholm, with Scottish and English crew. A most bizarre experience.

The race to the bottom continues....

Am I the only one who thinks that the IAG 737 max order had something to do with Norwegian. If they are acquired by IAG then it'll be much easier to harmonize their fleets if there is a large fleet of Max's to slot them into, whilst the 787's at Gatwick will get BA's iconic Chatham Dockyard livery. I really hope that does happen in the near future.

BC

Are the English and Scottish really that bad?

@aniron: well, their food is. 😀

The idea at Norwegian of long haul was very innovative, but as usually with Norwegians, poorly executed and in this case also flawed by the bad luck of the MAX issues. All the press about Norwegian makes me believe they're going where MCAS tries to push them...