Norwegian Air Shuttle

Airline Code: DY

About Norwegian Air Shuttle:
Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) was founded on 22 January 1993 to take over the regional airline services produced by Busy Bee for Braathens in Western Norway. Busy Bee, founded in 1967, was a subsidiary of Braathens that operated a fleet of Fokker 50 aircraft for charter. This included the network of regional services between cities on the West Coast operated on wet lease for the mother company. Following the bankruptcy, NAS took over three leased Fokker 50 aircraft, and started operating from Bergen Airport, Flesland to Haugesund Airport, Karmøy, as well as from Bergen to Ålesund Airport, Vigra, Molde Airport, Årø or Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget and onwards to Trondheim Airport, Værnes. The company was established and owned by former Busy Bee employees and initially had a fork force of fifty.

The contract with Braathens expired in October 2003, when Braathens new owner SAS started using its fleet of Fokker 50 aircraft previously operated in northern Norway under the SAS Commuter Norlink brand, to fly on the routes on the west coast. But even before this the airline started some operations outside Braathens, including the previously Braathens contracted route from Stavanger to Newcastle, as well as the public service obligation from Bodø and Tromsø to Andøya, which they operated until 1 January 2003.

Norwegian Air Shuttle Major Hubs:
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Bergen Airport, Flesland
Stavanger Airport, Sola
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport
Trondheim Airport, Værnes
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Moss Airport, Rygge
Copenhagen Airport

Aircraft Type:
Airbus A300-600
Fokker 50
Boeing 737-300
McDonnell Douglas MD-82, MD-82
Boeing 737-800

Fleet Size: 41 (+47 orders)

No. of Destinations: 84

Airline was founded in: 1993