In July, the Norwegian Group had 3,061,053 passengers, of which Norwegian had 2,701,132 and Widerøe 359,921. For Norwegian, this represents the highest number of passengers in a single month since before the pandemic. Both airlines delivered a strong operational performance with high regularity in the busiest travel month of the year.
"I am particularly pleased that we successfully filled the capacity we added this July. With over 3 million passengers across the group, it has been a busy and successful month. High regularity is essential to ensuring our customers can travel to their destinations and return home as planned, something made possible by our dedicated colleagues who keep our operations running smoothly," said Geir Karlsen, CEO of Norwegian.
Norwegian's capacity (ASK) in July was 4,392 million seat kilometres, an increase of 6 percent compared with July 2025. Actual passenger traffic (RPK) was 4,040 million seat kilometres, an increase of 6 percent from the same period last year. The load factor was stable compared with last year at 92.0 percent. Regularity, the share of scheduled flights that took place, was 99.5 percent. Punctuality, the share of flights departing within 15 minutes of scheduled time, was 77.0 percent, an increase of 3.8 percentage points from last year. Norwegian operated an average of 94 aircraft in July.
"The booking momentum has improved in recent weeks, and I am glad to see this continuing into the start of August. The sales figures for the autumn are also good, indicating a solid underlying demand in the market. We are well positioned for the coming months, and our customers can continue to confidently book with us," said Geir Karlsen.
Widerøe's capacity (ASK) was 201 million seat kilometres in July, up 1 percent from the previous year. Actual passenger traffic (RPK) was 163 million seat kilometres, unchanged from July 2025. The load factor was 80.8 percent, down 0.6 percentage points from last year. Regularity, the share of scheduled flights that took place, was 97.9 percent. Punctuality, the share of flights departing within 15 minutes of scheduled time, was 92.6 percent, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from last year.
"Our operational planning for the summer paid off, resulting in improved punctuality for our passengers, even with challenging weather on parts of our network. The performance in July shows that we are an airline our customers all over Norway can rely on," said Tore Jenssen, CEO of Widerøe.
See detailed traffic figures in the attached PDF.
For further information, please contact:
Jesper M. Hatletveit, Investor Relations at Norwegian, Tel: +47 906 64 401
Fornebu, 6 August 2026 Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange announcement was published by Jesper M. Hatletveit, VP Investor Relations at Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, on 6 August 2026 at 08:00 CEST.