In 2021, only 6.2 million passengers chose to fly with the low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle or Norwegian, as it is commonly called. This was a decrease of nearly 67 thousand passengers when compared to 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic brought most travel to a halt, the number of passengers at airports in Norway decreased significantly. Between 2021 and 2022, passenger numbers at Norwegian airport doubled again to to nearly 45 million but did not reach pre-pandemic levels.
An expanding airline?
Norwegian's number of aircraft increased concurrently with the number of passengers — from 57 aircraft in 2010 to 156 aircraft in 2019. In a similar vein, the number of destinations has increased during this period, reaching more than 150 different locations worldwide via 500 routes in 2019. This was an increase of more than 20 new destinations when compared to 2016. Nevertheless, Norwegian had to cancel some of the less profitable routes and shut down several air bases in Europe and the U.S. in 2018, due to financial circumstances. Most of the company’s revenue is generated from international flights to destinations in Europe, Asia, and North America. As many other airlines, Norwegian was severely affected by the travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Norwegian began to recover from this shock and increased passenger numbers and revenue.
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Norwegian. (April 26, 2023). Number of passengers of Norwegian Air Shuttle from 2010 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/686590/passenger-number-of-norwegian-air-shuttle/
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Norwegian. (2023). Number of passengers of Norwegian Air Shuttle from 2010 to 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/686590/passenger-number-of-norwegian-air-shuttle/
Norwegian. "Number of Passengers of Norwegian Air Shuttle from 2010 to 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/686590/passenger-number-of-norwegian-air-shuttle/
Norwegian, Number of passengers of Norwegian Air Shuttle from 2010 to 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/686590/passenger-number-of-norwegian-air-shuttle/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Number of passengers of Norwegian Air Shuttle from 2010 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Norwegian, April 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/686590/passenger-number-of-norwegian-air-shuttle/