Norwegian Air plans to increase flights between the UK and Ireland to destinations across Scandinavia next summer as part of its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
A range of destinations from London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin feature in the budget carriers new summer 2022 schedule.
A total of 259 routes from the Nordics will be offered as a result of travel restrictions and quarantine requirements easing and consequently demand for flights increasing.
Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim, Bergen, Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen will be served from Gatwick with a total of 115 weekly flights.
Manchester will see services to Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen and Stockholm with a total of eight weekly flights.
Edinburgh will have 15 weekly flights to Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
Four weekly flights wil run from Dublin to Oslo and Copenhagen.
Norwegian Air, wich dicthed long-haul fligts from Gatwick last year, expects that the ever-increasing vaccination rate will mean that the risk of new travel restrictions will be significantly lower in 2022.
Chief executive Geir Karlsen said: “We are pleased to be able to present our flying shcedule for the next summer season.
“With this summer schedule we will continue to deliver on our strategy of investing in Norway and the Nordic region. In recent months, we have noticed an increased demand from customers, and we look forward to welcoming them on board to their favourite Nordic destinations.
“Norwegian is now well equipped to look ahead to 2022, although we will continue to some extent to be affected by the pandemic as the industry begins to recover.
“We have considerable flexibility in the use of our aircraft, and after the restructuring we have lower debt, an adapted fleet and organisation, and we have received new capital. It has been a tough time, but the result is that we are stronger now than before the pandemic.”