Norwegian Air Shuttle | |||||
IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Started Operations | Country | Main Base |
DY | NAX | NORSHUTTLE | January 22, 1993 (F50) September 1, 2002 (B737) |  Norway | Oslo Gardermoen (OSL/ENGM) |
1993-2002 : Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) was established in 1993 as a domestic regional airline by former Busy Bee employees. Busy Bee (founded 1966) had flown regional services for Braathens SAFE but went bankrupt after the end of military charter operations in Norway. The initial operations of NAS started with 3 Fokker 50 bought from Busy Bee and operating in cooperation with Braathens SAFE. During the 90s, the airline failed several times to obtain PSO (Public Service Obligation) routes. These routes went to rival and well-established Widerøe. In 2001 Braathens threatened to buy its own aircraft to fly the routes, and Nowegian Air Shuttle finally flew its own flights from January 7, 2002 between Stavanger and Newcastle. The cooperation with Braathens ended in 2002 when Braathens was bought by SAS, the latter prefering to use SAS Commuter or Wideroe aircraft to fly the regional services in Norway.
From 2002 : Norwegian
In 1998 Norwegian newcomer Color Air had tried to introduce low fares in the market but the price war that followed between Color Air, Braathens & SAS led to the end of its operations just one year later, and to the fusion of SAS & Braathens a few years later. On September 1, 2002, Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) was rebranded as Norwegian and became a low-cost airline operating B737s on domestic trunk routes. The first aircraft painted in the new red-nose livery in August 2002 was Braathens-leased B737-505 LN-BRU ,featuring Real Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, but this aircraft only served for a few months. During fall 2002 Norwegian initially operated a few B737-300s, the first aircraft being LN-KKF (Real Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen), LN-KKJ (Real Norwegian Sonja Henie) and LN-KKL (Real Norwegian Roald Amundsen). Fokker 50 operations continued in 2003 as the airline finally won a PSO contract for routes within Northern Norway. However Fokker 50 operations were ended on December 31, 2003 with the airline concentrating on low-cost B737 operations.
Norwegian Air Shuttle B733/B735 Tails RN=Real Norwegian |
Registration | A/C Details | Type | Dates | Tail Art | Tail Art Dates | |
LN-KKF | 24326/1683 | B737-3K2 | 2002-2010 | 1 | RN Fridtjof Nansen | 02-07+07-08 |
LN-KKG | 24327/1712 | B737-3K2 | 2002- | 1 | RN Gidsken Jakobsen | 2002-2008 |
LN-KKH | 24328/1856 | B737-3K2 | 2002-2010 | 1 | RN Otto Sverdrup | 2002-2007 |
LN-KKI | 24329/1858 | B737-3K2 | 2002-2011 | 1 | Helge Ingstad | 2003-2005 |
LN-KKJ | 28564/2936 | B737-36N | 2002- | 1 | RN Sonja Henie | 2002-2008 |
LN-KKL | 28671/2955 | B737-3Y0 | 2002- | 1 | RN Roald Amundsen | 2002- |
LN-KKM | 24676/1829 | B737-3Y0 | 2003- | 1 | RN Thor Heyerdahl | 2003-2010 |
2 | Thor Heyerdahl Norwegian Explorer | 2010- |
LN-KKN | 24910/2030 | B737-3Y0 | 2003- | 1 | RN Sigrid Undset | 2003-2008 |
LN-KKO | 24909/2021 | B737-3Y0 | 2004- | 1 | RN Henrik Ibsen | 2004-2009 |
LN-KKP | 25040/2017 | B737-3M8 | 2004-2011 | 1 | RN Kristen Flagstad | 04-06+07-08+08-09 |
LN-KKQ | 28658/2865 | B737-36Q | 2004- | 1 | RN Alf Proysen | 2004-2008 |
LN-KKS | 24094/1729 | B737-33A | 2005- | 1 | RN Edvard Munch | 2005-2007 |
LN-KKV | 25613/2446 | B737-3Y5 | 2005-2010 | 1 | RN Niels Henrik Abel | 2007-2008 |
LN-KHA | 29100/2984 | B737-31S | 2008- | 2 | Roald Amundsen Norwegian Explorer | 2010- |
LN-BRU | 25790/2245 | B737-505 | 2002-2003 | 1 | RN Thor Heyerdahl | 2002-2003 |
And that's it for the B737-300s in the regular sheme : 16 livery variations for a total of 13 famous Norwegian on their tails. Number '1' in the livery column indicates the livery is the original one, with the gold lettering and 'Real Norwegian' before the name. Number '2' indicates the new livery with the blue background. Norwegian explorers are the only famous Norwegians remaining on the tails of the B737-300s : Thor Heyerdahl, featured on the first Norwegian B737, LN-BRU, has been quickly 'transfered' onto LN-KKM, which has been refreshed in 2010 with the latest livery variation. Roald Amundsen is currently featured on 2 B737-300s, LN-KKL in the old variation & LN-KHA in the new sheme. Some other early famous Norwegian have been 'transfered' to B737-800s, but not all of them.
Norwegian Air Shuttle B733 Special Liveries |
Registration | A/C Details | Type | Livery | Livery Dates | |
LN-KKI | 24329/1858 | B737-3K2 | R | Krakow (additional titles) | 2007-2009 |
LN-KKR | 24256/1629 | B737-3Y0 | R | Kandidaten (Norwegian Game-Show) | Spring 2005 |
R | World Tour Stavanger (Beach Volleyball) | June-July 2005 | |||
R | Bestill Skiferien nå! (Book a ski holiday now!) Torino Salzburg Geneve | 2005-2006 | |||
LN-KKS | 24094/1729 | B737-33A | L | Unicef Unite for Children | 2007-2008 |
LN-KKT | 27336/2587 | B737-3L9 | R | Den mest fleksible måten å reise på (The most flexible way to travel, red tail) | 2007-2008 |
LN-KKW | 24213/1794 | B737-3K9 | R | Den mest fleksible måten å reise på (The most flexible way to travel, white tail) | 2007-2009 |
R | Unicef Every child deserves a childhood | 2009- |
LN-KKX | 29072/3012 | B737-33S | L | Network Norway (winglets added in Summer 2007) | 2007-2008 |
LN-KKY | 29245/3061 | B737-33S | L | Acta (Investor relations company) | 2007-2008 |
LN-KKZ | 27458/2959 | B737-33A | L | Silver www.fripolisen.no (turquoise tail & titles) | 2006-2007 |
L | Silver www.fripolisen.no (metal turquoise tail & titles) | 2008-2009 |
'L' in Livery column stands for Logojet (aircraft fully painted in different colours) while 'R' stands for Regular livery layout with the red nose & co. The last Logojet has been repainted in 2009.
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