Airways has received a document from the French union describing the NAR France bankruptcy.
The document states that since March 2020, Norwegian Air Resources (DY/NAR) set in motion its ‘Activité Partielle’, or AP, which is a technical unemployment scheme under a public funding accreditation. The AP runs until March 2021.
Norwegian Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | Photo: Daniel Gorun
Norwegian Government Aid and Subsequent Restructuring
On January 22 of this year, the airline group received €300m (US$360.87m) in public funding from the Norwegian government. Now, according to the French union document, the Group is working on a massive restructuring process; the ‘New Norwegian’ refocused on the short to medium-haul market from Norway and to a lesser extent from that of the Scandic area.
LONDON – Alitalia (AZ), the largest Italian airline bought by NEWCO, has decided to apply drastic cuts: starting with 5,000 workers, there will also be a review on long-haul routes and on European cities. Five of the many long-haul routes remain active, that is, only the legacy and profitable ones.
The draft of the industrial plan of Italia Trasporti Aereo SPA (ITA), provides for the choice of an international partner, when the market begins to show signs of recovery: one between Lufthansa (LH) and the triad Delta Air Lines (DL), Air France (AF) and KLM (KL).
Alitalia Boeing 777-243 EI-FNI Landing on Runway 16R in Rome Fiumicino Intl’ Airport (FCO).