Transatlantic flights to begin despite fresh delay

New low-cost transatlantic routes from Ireland will take off as planned next month despite a second delay in the delivery of new aircraft.

Norwegian Air moved last night to reassure passengers that the launch of its new routes from Cork, Dublin, and Shannon to New York’s Stewart Airport and to Boston/Providence on July 1 will go ahead as planned after Boeing announced another delay in the delivery of its new 737 Max aircraft.

Norwegian is the European launch customer for the 737 Max aircraft, with 108 on order. The airline had planned to collect the first aircraft from Boeing’s plant in Seattle on June 13 and fly it back to Oslo.