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OSLO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Norwegian Air NORR.OL expects bookings to rise within the coming months as European journey resumes within the aftermath of COVID-19 restrictions, however remains to be unable to supply monetary steering for the remainder of 2021, it stated on Tuesday.
The finances service, which has lower its fleet by two-thirds following the outbreak of the pandemic, reported income of 591 million Norwegian crowns ($68.three million) for the primary half of 2021, down from 7.1 billion crowns in the identical interval of 2020.
The finances service, which emerged from government-backed chapter proceedings in Could, noticed the variety of passengers leap in July, though the quantity was nonetheless lower than a fifth of these flown on the identical time two years in the past.
“Ahead bookings proceed to extend in response to the comfort of journey restrictions and the roll out of worldwide vaccination programmes,” Chief Government Geir Karlsen stated in a press release.
“We count on to see this pattern proceed within the remaining months in 2021 and thru 2022,” he added.
($1 = 8.6535 Norwegian crowns)
(Reporting by Victoria Klesty and Terje Solsvik, modifying by Gwladys Fouche)
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