In May, Norwegian had 2,178,172 passengers, while Widerøe had 349,345 passengers, bringing the group total to 2,527,517. The load factor for Norwegian increased by 1.5 percentage points in May compared to last year. Norwegian is looking forward to a very busy summer.
“We are pleased to see May coming in with good traffic figures, including increased load factor and passenger numbers compared with last year. I am also pleased with another month of excellent on-time performance and regularity. Widerøe also performed very well in May,” said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian.
Norwegian’s capacity (ASK) in May was 3,560 million seat kilometres, up 3 percent from last year. Actual passenger traffic (RPK) for Norwegian was 2,975 million seat kilometres, up 5 percent. The load factor was 83.6 percent, up 1.5 percentage points. Norwegian operated an average of 86 aircraft during May.
Widerøe’s capacity (ASK) in May was 193 million seat kilometres, up 8 percent from last year. The actual passenger traffic (RPK) for Widerøe was 132 million seat kilometres, while the load factor was 68.6 percent, down 0.8 percentage points.
Norwegian and Widerøe’s punctuality, defined as share of flights departing within 15 minutes of scheduled time, was a strong 88.4 percent and 92.9 percent, respectively. Regularity, measured by the share of scheduled flights taking place, was 99.7 percent for Norwegian and 97.8 percent for Widerøe.
Credit: Norwegian Air International
