The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that one of the world's fastest-growing airlines is spreading its wings to Canada this fall as Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA enters the country's increasingly crowded travel market.
A Canadian Press dispatch to the Post says that Norwegian plans to launch flights from Montreal to islands in the French Caribbean this fall. Three days per week winter service to Guadeloupe starts Oct. 29 and to Martinique on Nov. 1.
Because it is a European carrier, it can fly to other European countries in the Caribbean with flights originating from Canada.
Those islands are the only ones that are European territories. Norwegian is also adding daily direct year-round service between Hamilton, Ont., and Dublin starting next March.
The Caribbean routes will use Boeing 737-800s. Flights to Dublin will be aboard Boeing 737 Maxs. The airline was forced to postpone its entry into Canada from this summer because engine problems caused delivery delays of the fuel-efficient Max aircraft.
It is making a "soft entry" in Canada while deciding about future expansion to other Canadian destinations. Norwegian, which started with three routes from Scandinavia, now services more than 60 destinations.
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