Nordic airlines Norwegian and Wideroe are planning to work more closely together in several areas after signing a ¡°letter of intent¡±.
As part of the deal, the two Norway-based airlines will co-operate on ticket sales through an interline agreement to make it easier for passengers to travel across both of their networks.
Norwegian¡¯s CEO Geir Karlsen explained: ¡°Our goal for this collaboration is to benefit both companies¡¯ passengers and our employees. In many ways, this is an historic agreement bringing two Norwegian airlines together.?
¡°A lot of detail is still being worked on but it¡¯s clear from the past months¡¯ discussions with Wideroe that there are many areas we both have a common interest to collaborate on.¡±?
Wideroe is the largest regional airline in Scandinavia with flights to both domestic and international destinations. Norwegian is now concentrating on its short-haul network after coming through a?restructuring process?which also saw the airline end its transatlantic services.
Stein Nilsen, Wideroe¡¯s CEO, added: ¡°The combination of Wideroe¡¯s network along the coast and in northern Norway and Norwegian¡¯s large European route network will create many new travel opportunities for our common customers.?
¡°This new collaboration has been requested by our passengers for many years, so it is brilliant to share this news now. We still have a way to go before the agreement is final, but we work well together and have a common goal that this should be implemented as quickly as possible.¡±??