US urged to give nod to flights from Cork Airport by Norwegian

The airline planning to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork has urged US authorities to make a decision on its licence application and clear its ambitious expansion plans for take-off.

Norwegian, which announced its plans last September to launch a Cork to Boston service next May, confirmed last night that it is still awaiting a decision from the US department of transportation (DoT) on its foreign carrier licence application almost two years after it was submitted.

“Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application with the DoT is the longest pending of its kind — almost two years,” said a spokesman for the airline.