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Norwegian was near death many many times before this hit. Coronavirus just makes the death inevitable. This is too bad, I really did love their product. Their p
by InTheArena 7y ago
Norwegian was near death many many times before this hit. Coronavirus just makes the death inevitable. This is too bad, I really did love their product. Their premium economy seats were well priced, and only on 787, which really helped with jetlag due to the higher humidity and lower pressurization of the CFRP frame.
That said, it's going to be hard to see who doesn't go bankrupt with the virus. Airlines are on limited margins at the best of time, and parking half the fleet makes their business model untenable very quickly.
The other thing is that unlike almost all of the rest of the world, airports in the US are still publicly owned, and funded by per-passenger fees. A lot of cities are going to have a massive gaping hole in their budgets because of that.
- bfieidhbrjr 7y agoCFRP :-)
- InTheArena 7y agothx. fixed.
- mihaaly 7y agoYou meant higher pressurization?
- spaceandshit 7y agoNot OP, but yes that would be correct. I think they meant lower altitude, higher pressure. 787s are at around ~6000ft pressure altitude, and most others are at 8000ft. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_pressurization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_pressurization
- refurb 7y agoNorwegian has been near death for a couple years.[1] Which is a shame as I had a great experience when I flew and the cost can't be beat ($500 return from SFO to Barcelona). [1]https://www.cntraveler.com/story/norwegian-air-is-taking-last-ditch-measures-to-avoid-bankruptcy https://www.cntraveler.com/story/norwegian-air-is-taking-las...
- londons_explore 7y ago$500 from you, but another $XXXX from the government subsidising the airports, the fuel (through zero rated tax), the air traffic controllers, the planes (through big military contracts to keep Boeing afloat), and not billing for environmental damage (CO2, noise pollution, etc.)
- InTheArena 7y agoThe fuel, the airports, the ATC are all offset by fees that are charged. The line about Boeing is a common airbus talking point, but Boeing never mixes those numbers in their financial numbers, and has actually lost the big recent contracts to Lockheed and SpaceX.
- refurb 7y agoI'm not sure what your point is. $500 on Norwegian is better than $1000 on United. They're both getting the same set of subsidies.
- TravelPiglet 7y agoNorwegian is a slightly better than average low fare airline now when everything costs extra. Modern planes and nice crews compared to their competitors.