The Board of Directors of Norwegian Group has approved a plan of operation for its new South American unit Norwegian Air Argentina (Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery). Pending regulatory approval, the start-up will begin recruiting staff in the late summer, with services to commence later in the year.
As previously reported, Norwegian Air Argentina has submitted an application for route authorities to the Argentine government. The application will be assessed by a route determination board (Junta Asesora del Transporte Aéreo - JATA) in Argentina's civil aviation authority (Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil - ANAC).
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bjorn Kjos earlier told Bloomberg that Norwegian plans to base ten B737s and an unspecified number of B787s out of Argentina for use in developing domestic flights as well as international services to London, Paris, Barcelona El Prat, Oslo Gardermoen, Copenhagen Kastrup, and Stockholm Arlanda.
