Norwegian carried more than 3.1 million passengers in April, an increase of 3% compared to the same month in 2018.
The figures for April are not directly comparable with the same month last year due to the Easter effect. However, the combined development for March and April, is positive.
A total of 3.137 million passengers chose to fly with Norwegian in April; an increase of 88,359 than the same period last year.
The total traffic (RPK) increased by 11%, while the capacity growth (ASK) was 7%. The load factor was 86.1%, up 3.1 percentage points.
Norwegian operated 98.9% of the scheduled flights in April. Despite the company’s Boeing 737 MAX aircraft being taken out of production, the passenger impact was limited. The airline combined flights and offered passengers alternative departures. In April, 83.4% of Norwegian’s flights departed on time.
“I’m very pleased with the positive development in April, as well as the last two months as a whole; both in terms of passenger numbers, revenue and on-time performance. Going forward, we will continue to work on returning to profitability and at the same time offer our customers a high-quality product at a low fare while operating the industry's newest and most environmentally friendly aircraft fleet,” said CEO of Norwegian, Bjørn Kjos.
The company took delivery of one Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in April.