Norwegian Air carries more into New York than BA

Norwegian Air Shuttle has overtaken IAG’s British Airways as the biggest non-US airline on transatlantic routes to and from the New York area, in the latest illustration of the low-cost carrier’s move into British Airways territory.

Norwegian carried 1.67 million passengers to or from airports in the New York area in the 12 months to the end of July, compared with the 1.63 million carried by British Airways, data from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey showed. No-frills carrier Norwegian has been rapidly expanding in the transatlantic market over the last five years, prompting IAG —which also own Aer Lingus--to try to buy it earlier this year.