Widerøe's June performance has just been released which show the carrier, now taken over by the budget airline Norwegian, operated the month with a 6% lower capacity compared to last year. However, at the same time, it was a 4% capacity increase from May 2024. June ended with a load factor of 77% in total and sales of summer holiday tickets have been good in the weeks leading up to July. On the tender routes, passenger growth continues as a result of halved maximum prices, and June ended up with an increase of 22% compared to last year.
A lightning strike has turned out to cause problems for one of the jets, which in turn contributed to a demanding start to operations during the holiday trip this year. Regularity ended up at 97.2% and punctuality at 88.9 percent. The sea fog has spread over Finnmark, but otherwise the weather has mostly been cooperative in June.
June was another good month. The number of passengers grew by six percent. A total of 346,747 passengers chose to fly with Widerøe in June. This is also an increase of six per cent compared to last year. Production was four per cent lower than last year, but the load factor still saw an increase of five percentage points, a total of 72 per cent. Both our holiday/leisure travellers and our business customers are contributing to this increase.
Tore Jenssen took over the helm as CEO of Widerøe recently, heading the regional airline that employs around 3500. Jenssen comes to Widerøe from the position of fleet manager at Norwegian and chairman of the board of Widerøe. His aviation background stretches back to 2007 when he joined Norwegian. Jenssen has held roles as CEO & Accountable Manager of Norwegian Air International (NAI) and COO of both Norwegian's asset company and the Norwegian Group.
