Struggling airline Norwegian Air has announced it is scrapping its long-haul operations.
The carrier said it will focus purely on short-haul routes as is battles to survive the Covid pandemic.
The airline has already furloughed or laid off 8000 staff and warned the outlook was grim without further financial help from the Norwegian Government.
The airline’s entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet has been grounded since March with future demand for long-haul flying described as ‘highly uncertain’ by management.
In a statement, the airline said: “Under these circumstances a long-haul operation is not viable for Norwegian and these operations will not continue. The consequence of this decision is that the board of directors of the legal entities employing primarily long-haul staff in Italy, France, the UK and the US have contacted insolvency practitioners.”
