Norwegian boss to face grilling over axed Cork-US flight

The head of low-fares airline, Norwegian, is facing a grilling before the Oireachtas transport committee over its decision to axe their Cork-US route for the winter just six months after its launch.

Bjorn Kjos, whose airline fought for more than two years to secure a licence to operate transatlantic flights from Ireland, is to be invited to appear before the committee, along with the head of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), as political pressure builds in the wake of Norwegian’s surprise decision last month to suspend the Cork to Boston/Providence service from October until next March.

The airline blamed lower demand and said it is part of a wider package of suspensions of winter services, which also hit Edinburgh and Shannon.