In September, Norwegian had 2,302,536 passengers, while Widerøe had 395,637
passengers, bringing the Group total to 2,698,173 passengers. On 26 September,
Norwegian announced it will exercise the option to expand its Boeing MAX 8 order
by 30 aircraft, bringing the total to 80. Norwegian also unveiled several new
[exciting] routes, including 10 from Billund Airport.
"September was a strong month in terms of both passenger numbers and load
factor. This confirms that we have an attractive network well adapted to our
customers' travel requirements. Widerøe continues to perform well, and I am very
pleased with the operational performance and regularity they are delivering.
Soon Widerøe will be a part of Norwegian Reward, and I would like to say welcome
to all their customers who are joining our award-winning loyalty programme from
16 October," said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian.
Norwegian's capacity (ASK) in September was 3,603 million seat kilometres, up 2
percent from last year. Actual passenger traffic (RPK) for Norwegian was 3,118
million seat kilometres, an increase of 3 percent. The load factor was 86.6
percent, up 1.4 percentage points. Norwegian operated an average of 89 aircraft
during September.
Widerøe's capacity (ASK) in September was 202 million seat kilometres, an
increase of 11 percent from last year. The actual passenger traffic (RPK) for
Widerøe was 148 million seat kilometres, while the load factor was 73.4 percent,
down 0.1 percentage points.
Norwegian and Widerøe's punctuality, defined as the share of flights departing
within 15 minutes of scheduled time, was 78.9 percent and 94.0 percent
respectively. Regularity, measured by the share of scheduled flights taking
place, was 99.1 percent for Norwegian and 98.4 percent for Widerøe. Both
airlines were affected by airspace closures in Denmark and Norway due to
suspected drone activity. Close to 40 percent of Norwegian's cancellations in
September occurred during and immediately after the closures at Copenhagen
Airport and Oslo Airport.
Fleet order and network growth
September brought several major developments for the Norwegian Group. In
addition to the announcement of Widerøe joining Norwegian Reward, Norwegian
launched the 2026 summer programme and exercised the option to expand the Boeing
MAX 8 order.
"This has been an especially active month. I am very pleased that we could
confirm we will be exercising our option to expand the Boeing order by 30
aircraft. This will be pivotal to our ongoing fleet renewal and underlines
Norwegian's growth ambitions in the years ahead. We launched our summer
programme on 10 September and added several new and exciting destinations,
including 10 new international routes from Billund, Denmark. The booking
momentum is encouraging, with high loads during the autumn vacation holiday
periods, and with demand for winter and Christmas travel increasing," said Geir
Karlsen.
In addition to the base summer programme, Norwegian launched eight new routes
during September and later announced 10 new routes from Billund:
Oslo - Tangier
Oslo - Palermo
Bergen - Riga
Bergen - Palanga
Stockholm - Milan
Stockholm - Hamburg
Gothenburg - Tirana
Copenhagen - Cluj
From Billund:
Barcelona, Bergamo, Chania, Edinburgh, Rome, Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), Malta,
Naples, Nice, Porto.
See detailed traffic figures in the attached PDF.
For further information, please contact:
Jesper M. Hatletveit, Investor Relations at Norwegian, Tel: +47 906 64 401
Fornebu, 6 October 2025
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