COVID-19 heavily impacts Norwegian’s September traffic figures

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Norwegian’s traffic figures for September are heavily influenced by lower demand caused by new and stricter travel restrictions across Europe.

In September, 319,370 customers chose to fly with Norwegian in September, a decrease of 90 percent The capacity (ASK) this month was down 93 percent compared to the same period last year, while the total passenger traffic (PRK) was 96 percent lower. The load factor was 52.8 percent, down 37 percentage points.

The company operated 99.2 percent of its scheduled flights in September, whereof 97.6 percent departed on time.

Jacob Schram, CEO of Norwegian, said: “In September several European countries were classified as ‘red’ by the authorities. We have seen that as soon as the authorities impose new travel restrictions, the demand is immediately impacted. We are continuously adapting our route network depending on the situation, but the frequent changes in travel restrictions makes planning difficult, both for us and the customers. Looking ahead, the crisis is far from over.”

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