Norwegian has recruited 150 individuals into its Pink Dealing with workforce, which assists with flight check-in, boarding and arrival, the airline mentioned in a press launch Tuesday. “We’re happy that the transition has gone easily. Insourcing floor dealing with at our largest base is a vital step in bringing key capabilities again in-house to make sure higher service and smoother service supply,” mentioned CEO Geir Karlsen.
The airline will proceed to recruit new workers this yr to be nicely ready for the summer season. The variety of bookings for the summer season interval is significantly greater than a yr in the past for the time being, particularly for solar and sea locations. The community could have 114 locations and 300 routes within the coming months. The variety of vacationers was 1.5 million in March, 60 % greater than in the identical month final yr.
Norwegian expects to broaden its fleet by 11 Boeing MAX 8s earlier than the summer season. Of those, 6 are being leased via Air Lease Company, which had leased the plane to Flyr till its chapter on the finish of January.
