“I’m satisfied with the passenger numbers in May. About 650,000 of our passengers travelled to southern Europe destinations in May. 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,” said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian.
The capacity (ASK) was 3,466 million seat kilometres, up 19 percent from the same period last year. Actual passenger traffic (RPK) was 2,843 seat kilometres, an increase of 16 percent from May 2023. In May, Norwegian operated with a regularity, meaning share of scheduled flights taking place, of 99.5 percent. The punctuality, meaning share of flights departing within 15 minutes of scheduled time, was 86.1 percent, up 1.2 percentage points from May last year.
Widerøe delivering good numbers
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, they have flown over 10 percent more passengers this year.
“I am very pleased to see Widerøe continuing to deliver good results. 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”, said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian.
For Widerøe the capacity (ASK) in May remained unchanged at 179 million seat kilometres. The actual passenger traffic (RPK) was 124 million seat kilometres, an increase of 10 percent from May last year. Load factor ended at 69.4 percent.
