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Norwegian Granted Slots At London Heathrow Airport - Simple Flying
Add to this Norwegians announcement in October that it was signing an interline agreement with American low-cost carrier JetBlue and the pieces all begin to fall into place.
JetBlue just happens to be the largest airline at several of the cities in North America that Norwegian flies to. This includes New York JFK, Boston Logan, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Norwegian to launch Heathrow services from March 2020
This means 16 additional weekly slots (ie 8 flights). Six went to Norwegian, two to Virgin Atlantic, two to Tunisair (partly offsetting the eight they gave up), two to Shenzhen Airlines and four to China Southern.
JetBlue asked for 70 slots – enough for five daily flights to the US – and got nothing. Virgin Atlantic asked for an extra 114 slots which must have caused a few giggles at Heathrow, given that it ended up with a grand total of two, allowing it to add just a single additional departure per week.
Add to this Norwegians announcement in October that it was signing an interline agreement with American low-cost carrier JetBlue and the pieces all begin to fall into place.
JetBlue just happens to be the largest airline at several of the cities in North America that Norwegian flies to. This includes New York JFK, Boston Logan, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Norwegian to launch Heathrow services from March 2020
This means 16 additional weekly slots (ie 8 flights). Six went to Norwegian, two to Virgin Atlantic, two to Tunisair (partly offsetting the eight they gave up), two to Shenzhen Airlines and four to China Southern.
JetBlue asked for 70 slots – enough for five daily flights to the US – and got nothing. Virgin Atlantic asked for an extra 114 slots which must have caused a few giggles at Heathrow, given that it ended up with a grand total of two, allowing it to add just a single additional departure per week.