Norwegian Air reported growing levels of summer bookings as passenger carryings grew by 16% in May to 1.6 million.
The month-on-month increase came as the Scandinavian budget carrier improved its punctuality with almost 85% of flights departing within 15 minutes of the scheduled time despite airport capacity constraints.
As many as 97% of all flights arrived on schedule or no more than an hour late, according to the airline.
Norwegian Air has increased its fleet as planned in 2022 and will operate 70 aircraft during the summer.
An agreement in principle was signed with Boeing that will ensure delivery of new 737 Max 8 aircraft in the years to come.
Bookings for the summer period continue to grow, with increased demand for sun and beach destinations and recent growth in city destinations.
The carrier opened several new routes to serve the growing demand during May.
Chief executive Geir Karlsen said: “As we approach the busy summer months, we continue to ramp up production as planned to meet the increasing demand.
“Despite capacity constraints at certain airports, we managed to complete almost a 100% of our 400 daily scheduled flights with high punctuality.”