Norwegian reported 1.5 million passengers with 81% load factor in March 2023 with an increase of 60% from March 2022. The capacity (ASK) was 2,347 million seat kilometres, while actual passenger traffic (RPK) was 1,903 million seat kilometres.
Norwegian operated an average of 67 aircraft with a regularity, share of scheduled flights taking place, of 99.2%.
The airline’s on-time performance was 81% measuring the number of flights departing within 15 minutes of scheduled time.
“March has been very solid month for Norwegian in terms of traffic figures,” said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian. “It marks the return of the summer schedule with a considerable ramp up in capacity. We very much look forward to welcoming a growing number of passengers on board over the summer months of 2023.”
To prepare for the summer season, Norwegian recently insourced parts of the ground handling service at Oslo airport Gardermoen with 150 new colleagues joining the company.
“We are heading into the summer season with a positive outlook. Our booking numbers are significantly higher than at this point last year. This indicates a continued strong demand for air travel, particularly to our many attractive beach destinations, and we expect a busy summer once more,” Karlsen added.