Norwegian expansion

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Norwegian applied for around 160 routes from Argentina, offering flexibility for its ambitious Argentinian operations

· Norwegian reportedly applied for regulatory approval to operate around 160 routes from Argentina, on international and domestic routes.

· This application includes around 60 intercontinental routes from Buenos Aires to Europe, US, Australia, plus around 100 domestic and continental routes operated by its subsidiary, Norwegian Air Argentina across several Argentinian airports

· The carrier plans to use Boeing 737-800, 737 MAX 8, 787-8, 787-9 and Airbus A321neoLR aircraft on the routes. Sources: Expansion, Economia y Negocios, Flygtorget



NS Analysis: This next step of Norwegian development in Argentina highlights its ambition to become a global brand, through small hubs creations.

Yet the important number of routes requested also enables Norwegian to set a proper environment for a stock-picking strategy, building their development through quick test & learn, with plenty of available routes to redeploy in case of a failure.

Source, Network Strategy