Norwegian group flies 2.5 million passengers in May

Norwegian Group carried almost 2.5 million passengers during the month of May 2024. Norwegian carried 2,138,484 passengers, a 12% increase from last year, while Widerøe served 333,492 passengers, totalling 2,472,976 for the group. Norwegian capacity was 3,466 million available seat kilometres (ASK), up 19% from the same period last year. Actual passenger traffic measured in revenue per kilometres (RPKs) was 2,843 seat kilometres, an increase of 16% from May 2023. Throughout May, punctuality was up 1.2% from last year, to 86.1%. Norwegian load factor was down 2 percentage points to 82%. The airline operated an average of 84 aircraft this month. “I’m satisfied with the passenger numbers in May. About 650,000 of our passengers travelled to southern Europe destinations in May,” said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian. “The average flying distance increased 7 percent, demonstrating our significant capacity growth to beach destinations. Our capacity has been significantly increased overall for the summer season, and we look forward to welcoming even more passengers through the busy summer holidays”. Widerøe’s results in May show an increase almost across the board. While the airline keeps similar capacity as previous months, and identical to May last year, it has carried 10% more passengers this year. Widerøe's ASKs in May remained unchanged at 179 million seat kilometres; RPKs were 124 million seat kilometres, an increase of 10% from May last year. “I am very pleased to see Widerøe continuing to deliver good results,"" Karlsen said. “The load factor increased an impressive 7 percent, with the majority of the improvement coming on the commercial network. I want to thank the Widerøe team for the great work they are doing.”