Norse Atlantic receives strong response to pilot recruitment drive

Start-up Norse Atlantic Airways claims it received over 3,000 applications to fill 50 positions for pilots, ahead of the airline’s planned serve launch from Oslo. The carrier says pilot training has commenced and training for cabin crew will begin soon, and it is setting up a US cabin crew base in Fort Lauderdale – with other bases to follow as the airline’s expansion progresses. Norse Atlantic intends to open ticket sales for its transatlantic operation by the end of March, and start services in Q2. “Future customers and supporters on both sides of the Atlantic are reaching out to us every day asking about when they can start buying tickets, when we will be airborne and, not least, what routes we will be offering,” says CE Bjorn Tore Larsen. “We are working on finalising our route network and look forward to announcing our destinations when we open for sale.”<br/>