Norwegian closing all of its Irish routes due to Boeing 737 MAX woes

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Norwegian is pruning routes quite heavily as part of its ‘from growth to profitability’ initiative.

In simple terms, this means getting rid of routes where it is losing money. Gatwick to Las Vegas was given the chop recently, for example, as we covered here.

The airline has just announced that all of its long-haul Irish routes are closing. These are:

Dublin to Hamilton, Newburgh and Providence
Cork to Providence
Shannon to Newburgh and Providence

Norwegian closing irish routes

The last flights will take place on 15th September.

To be fair to Norwegian, this is a decision partly forced on them by the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX. It was used to fly these routes which meant that Norwegian had already temporarily suspended or sourced alternative aircraft for them.

If the Norwegian story does not end well, people will be debating for years whether it was actually the fault of Boeing.

Norwegian planned to offer low cost long haul flights by investing in ultra fuel efficient new aircraft which would let it undercut its rivals. Unfortunately, it chose two complete dogs – the Boeing 787 (Rolls-Royce engine variant) and Boeing 737 MAX – which has left large parts of its fleet unable to fly.

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Shoestring says:

14 Aug14 August 20:14

I thought we already won the argument with targeted (1 t) & focused (1 s)?

You wouldn’t gett the marketing job from me if that’s how you spell them.
Declan says:

14 Aug14 August 20:18

Norwegian is only cutting its North American routes from Ireland. It will continue its short-haul operations from Dublin to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.
The Original David says:

14 Aug14 August 22:11

Both are correct, so it depends what the HfP house style guide says. Do you have a copy for reference?
- The Original David says:
  
  14 Aug14 August 22:12
  
  That was a reply to Shoestring’s pedantry, but an intervening comment has since been removed…
Shoestring says:

14 Aug14 August 22:59

bit of a van Dyck, though
IslandDweller says:

15 Aug15 August 07:55

Greenwich to Gatwick. Assuming you mean Greenwich national rail station.
There are two Thameslink services per hour from Greenwich – if you catch one of those you’ll do a cross platform change at London Bridge over to Gatwick service. If you head up to London Bridge on a service going to Cannon Street you’ll need to go down the escalators at LBG to swap platforms. In either case, you do not go through any barrier.
(If you meant one of the other stations in the wider Greenwich area, the answer will be different)
Nicola Dawson says:

16 Aug16 August 13:33

I’m flying to Vegas 27th September and thought I might swerve any potential strike date. The longer it drags out, the more deflated I feel. I was contemplating upgrading my flight as a good price at the moment but I’m also worried it could be throwing money away if my flight is affected by the strike.

What’s a girl to do?!