Norwegian Air to end transatlantic flights, seeks state help

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Norwegian Air will now focus on Nordic and European routes. Around 2,000 employees will be affected by job cuts.

, which less than a decade ago challenged British Airways and other long-established rivals by launching transatlantic flights, said on Thursday, January 14, it will end those services, with 2,000 job losses, and seek government help.

"We have decided that long-haul is no longer in our business plan," chief executive Jacob Schram told an online news conference. "The brutal reality is that [they] will be declared bankrupt...2,000 employees are affected," said Schram. "We are in the process of carefully considering the new business plan and Norwegian's request to us to participate in a restructured company," the industry ministry said in a statement to Reuters.

 

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