Norwegian Air postpones Canada services amid 737 delivery delays

Norwegian Air Shuttle has shelved flights between Europe and Canada until next year after delivery delays afflicting Boeing 737 Max narrow-body jets left too little time to market the planned routes. Services won’t now begin until spring 2019 following a slippage of about four weeks in the handover of two 737s, Norwegian Air CEO Bjorn Kjos said. Ticket sales had been authorized to start last month with flights due from July 23, according to the Canadian Transportation Agency. “We got a slight delay, not much, but it gave us a month shorter pre-sale period,” Kjos said, adding that the hitch stems from issues with 737 engines made by the CFM International venture of General Electric and France’s Safran. The setback comes as Norwegian seeks to deploy 737s in an unorthodox trans-Atlantic role alongside the larger Boeing 787.<br/>