COVID-19 heavily impacts Norwegian’s September traffic figures

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, a decrease of 90% compared to the same period last year. The capacity (ASK) this month was down 93%, while the total passenger traffic (PRK) was 96% lower. The load factor was 52.8%, down 37 percentage points. The company operated 99.2% of its scheduled flights in September, with a 97.6% on time departure. Jacob Schram, CEO of Norwegian, said: “In September several European countries were classified as ‘red’ by the authorities.