Norwegian airline rejects 'low-cost staff' claims for Irish subsidiary
The Norwegian airline planning to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork has rejected claims its Irish subsidiary will hire staff on lower pay and conditions. Norwegian said it set up Dublin-based Norwegian Air International (NAI) to make "best use of the existing Irish operations" and Irish-registered aircraft that are already in place. "NAI have already committed in writing to the US DoT to only use European and US crews on its transatlantic flights so any concerns on this issue are unfounded," said a spokesman. He was reacting to comments from the Irish Airline Pilots Association in the wake of high-level EU-US diplomatic meetings this week over the unprecedented 2-year delay by the US DoT on Norwegian's foreign carrier permit application. The delay is threatening the May launch of its Cork to Boston service. <br/>
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Norwegian airline rejects 'low-cost staff' claims for Irish subsidiary
The Norwegian airline planning to launch the first transatlantic flights from Cork has rejected claims its Irish subsidiary will hire staff on lower pay and conditions. Norwegian said it set up Dublin-based Norwegian Air International (NAI) to make "best use of the existing Irish operations" and Irish-registered aircraft that are already in place. "NAI have already committed in writing to the US DoT to only use European and US crews on its transatlantic flights so any concerns on this issue are unfounded," said a spokesman. He was reacting to comments from the Irish Airline Pilots Association in the wake of high-level EU-US diplomatic meetings this week over the unprecedented 2-year delay by the US DoT on Norwegian's foreign carrier permit application. The delay is threatening the May launch of its Cork to Boston service. <br/>
