Norwegian Air Shuttle

Norwegian Air Shuttle is an airline built around short-haul flying, low-frills fares, and a very European fight for efficiency. By our assessment, its main strength is simple route-focused travel at a price-sensitive end of the market. The downside is equally obvious: airlines live and die by costs, fuel, schedules, and disruption, and low-cost carriers have little room for comfort. In practice this kind of company means packing light, accepting extra fees, and thinking more about the route map than about the cabin. Against full-service airlines it is leaner and less cushioned, which is the point and also the compromise. Norwegian Air Shuttle is Norwegian, and it is for people who want a budget-style flight rather than a premium one.