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New Norwegian flights for region’s businesses

A Norwegian airline is more than doubling capacity and boosting frequency on its service from Newcastle to Stavanger – as well as slashing journey times.

From March 31, Widerøe will add a fourth weekly service to the Norwegian city and will upgrade aircraft.

The new change means an extra 28 seats for sale in either direction on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, with an additional service on Thursdays.

The Monday service will be moved from midday to evening, allowing business travellers to have a full day at work before flying.

All told, that means the number of seats rises from 150 in either direction to 312, while the journey time falls from one hour 50 minutes to one hour 25 minutes.

Stavanger is well known as centre of Norway’s offshore oil industry, but it also an attractive historic city and the gateway to beautiful coastal and fjord country.

Widerøe’s Director Regional Network, Sverre Sletten, said: “We’re delighted to be able to bring in these big improvements to our Newcastle service. We have operated to Newcastle for nearly ten years now and are confident the demand is there to sustain this growth.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .