Mortyman From Norway, joined Aug 2006, 3228 posts, RR: 2 Posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 4046 times:
Norwegian to "carpet bomb" Denmark w/12 new routes
The Norwegian airline Norwegian is to " carpet bomb " Denmark with 12 new routes, starting next year.
The Norwegian airline goes straight into a price war with KLM owned Transavia who has also announced massive comitment on the Danish market.
Norwegian is to start routes to places where Transavia has already announced it will fly.
The Dutch airline Transavia has been surprised by the interest and has sold over 12 000 tickets in the last few days wich has led to the Dutch airline to announce further routes.
The Dutch contender is to start routes on 8th of December this year.
However with all together 18 routes, Norwegian will be the biggest and will start new routes
Joost From Netherlands, joined Apr 2005, 3128 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3604 times:
Quoting Bennett123 (Reply 3): Is the Danish market really that buoyant?.
They're just fighting for the market share that was left by the demise of Sterling. I guess some routes will see some cuts on either side next year.
Quoting AJO (Reply 2): That's a good thing, as HV is rarely really cheap IMHO, at least compared to FR, U2 and the likes.
True, HV typically doesn't offer the real low fares, but instead offers quite a large amount of seats that are reasonably-priced (EUR 130-160 return fares).
HeeBeeGB From Finland, joined Sep 2007, 423 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3541 times:
Is it only me that thinks HV aren't really very cheap, whenever I search I'm never impressed at their fares, exapmple, AMS-PMI in late may/early June (even with a horrendous 05:05 AMS departure, all in costing €180 rtn is hardly cheap, on top of that, meals, luggage etc I guess?
I hope Norwegian give HV a real run for their money.
Joost From Netherlands, joined Apr 2005, 3128 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 3316 times:
Quoting HeeBeeGB (Reply 5): Is it only me that thinks HV aren't really very cheap, whenever I search I'm never impressed at their fares, exapmple, AMS-PMI in late may/early June (even with a horrendous 05:05 AMS departure, all in costing €180 rtn is hardly cheap, on top of that, meals, luggage etc I guess?
Looking at earlier posts, it's not only you
However, 180 rtn for May-June on AMS-PMI (incl. luggage, excl. food) is not strange. AB's lowest priced flight around the dates is 168 rtn (but it depends on the exact dates if AB or HV ic cheaper), FR from NRN is around 150 rtn (excl. luggage).
HV is just not using the very low fares-concept as a marketing concept. They are not really a LCC anyways, and do not pretend to be it; they advertise themselves as a holiday / feel good-carrier. Their pricing model is similar to Air Berlin, for example. And, like AB, they do sell seats to tour operators.
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4088 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2994 times:
Quoting Joost (Reply 7): HV is just not using the very low fares-concept as a marketing concept. They are not really a LCC anyways, and do not pretend to be it; they advertise themselves as a holiday / feel good-carrier.
Throughout the Summer they have far more charter flights than 'low-cost' flights.
Planesarecool From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 4088 posts, RR: 13 Reply 11, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2556 times:
Quoting SKAirbus (Reply 10): I hope someone that isn't FR will pick up from BLL... Sterling left a massive hole there..
Cimber have already started a daily service to Gatwick. Granted, one daily CRJ doesn't exactly fill a gap left by three 737s. I believe Transavia and BH Air have been doing a few of the charter flights left by Sterling.
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