Kjos warns new US routes from major Norwegian towns – Aftenposten

Kjos warns new US routes from major Norwegian towns – Aftenposten

A new type of aircraft opens up a whole new world of possible routes for the Norwegian low cost company. Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the name. This aircraft is more fuel efficient and can be in the air an hour longer than the planes Kjos uses most of the day.

In English we see MAX aircraft as an aircraft that will change the competitive opportunities as much as the Dreamliner.

– Yes, this is a whole new world. With the new aircraft, we focus on a little thinner routes with an aircraft that will nevertheless provide profitable operations, says Kjos told Aftenposten.

Most the USA

He will not say much about which destinations will be talking about flying with Boeing-innovation, but reveals that there are routes to the west – to the US – he primarily has in mind. Other destinations will hardly be a passenger basis, according to Norwegian boss.

Kjos envisages that there will be talk of direct flights from Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger. Without Kjos will lock he believes that there can be talk of routes for example to Boston on the US East Coast. At the traffic heavy large US cities, like New York, it is so expensive to land the company relies on large passenger volumes for these routes to pay off.

People will fly directly

Norwegian’s future growth comes at long distance, and primarily through an aggressive commitment to innovation Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Until now Kjos established a number of routes to different parts of the US, it from Oslo. One Norwegian route bypasses Gardermoen, it is the Bergen-New York.

The smaller the aircraft, the Boeing 737 MAX, Kjos has ordered 100 of. The first will be delivered in 2017, and then look Kjos immediately for them to use some of these planes to create a larger intercontinental route network from eg Norway.

– We know that people would prefer direct flights, and those who live outside Oslo would rather not travel at Gardermoen to get far by plane. That’s how people are going to travel in the future, so we intend to create new routes from major cities where we find a market for it, said Kjos.

Savings

The longest distances today’s Boeing 737 800 aircraft series, full up with passengers and luggage, the route between Oslo and Dubai, which vest over takes nearly 8 hours. The new aircraft has a maximum flying time is 40 minutes longer determines the choice of many destinations.

The 737 MAX is also fuel consumption 10 to 20 percent lower than the planes airlines currently flying around in Norway, Europe North Africa and the Middle East with.

Apart from Norway, aircraft could be used for routes from England to the United States and Africa, and Stockholm and Copenhagen to Asia and Africa.

kem @ aftenposten .com

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