- It’s lost revenue, we must live with, says Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos. – Aftonbladet

Norwegianstrejken lasted for eleven days before the parties agreed.

Now the airline has figured out the bill – SEK 375 million.

– It is lost revenues we have to live with, says Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos.

Over 150,000 passengers were affected by the eleven-day strike. Virtually all Norwegian domestic flights in Scandinavia was canceled in early March.

700 pilots were taken out of the strike.

Now the airline out with the bill of NOK 350 million, which Swedish kronor will be 375 million – and blaming the union Parat and the Scandinavian pilot association.

“The strike has cost the company large amounts.”

“Major expenses”

The deciding that the two parties finally agreed was that the pilots got a link to the parent Norwegian Air Shuttle in the form of legal and financial guarantees, regardless of the subsidiary pilots are employed.

– The strike by Scandinavian pilots caused the very high costs of Norwegian. It’s lost revenue, we must live with, says Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos in a press release.

In March flew 1,726,180 passengers with Norwegian – a reduction of four per cent compared with the same month last year.

helped by Easter

Traffic figures positively affected by the sale before the Easter holidays.

According to the airline, however, ticket sales recovered gradually thanks in various campaigns.

– Fortunately, we continue to attract many new customers in Europe and the US, which weighs up the fact that customers in Scandinavia had to fly with our competitors. If we had not had such a large customer base and so many hard working employees outside of Scandinavia, the situation would be even more difficult, says Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos.