Norwegian Air International

The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue. S.E. Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx: On behalf of the undersigned affiliated unions of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD) we urge you to reject Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit that is now pending before […]

[As published by Mark Gruenberg in People’s World] HOUSTON (PAI) – Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants’ and pilots’ jobs and pay. In a scenario U.S. seafarers are familiar with, Norwegian Air International wants to become a “flag of convenience” air carrier into the U.S., by getting a flight certificate from Ireland, hiring […]

[As published by Anne Paylor in Air Transport World] Flight attendants and pilots from the US and Norway are joining forces in a bid to ensure that Norwegian Air International (NAI), the Irish-based long-haul subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, does not “bypass international labor laws” when it comes to recruiting crew. The Air Line Pilots […]

[As published by John Mulligan in Independent.ie] The long-haul arm of Scandinavian airline Norwegian has been granted a licence to operate from Ireland in a move that will infuriate US aviation unions. The long-haul unit, Norwegian Air International (NAI), has been flying routes from Scandinavia to the US and Thailand and had sought to base […]

[As published by John Mulligan for Independent.ie] Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has been asked by a US union body to “carefully consider” the implications of awarding the long-haul arm of Scandinavian airline Norwegian a licence to operate its service using a base in Ireland. In a letter sent to Mr Varadkar over the weekend and […]