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On Tuesday, Norwegian authorities and the airline industry produced a guide on how Norwegian aircraft flights will be conducted in the future. They recognize that distance requirements cannot be implemented on an airplane in the same way as in the rest of society.
The solution then is to reduce the number of passengers per plane. An empty seat among passengers who do not belong to the same household becomes one of the recommendations.
It is especially an airline that will be affected by it.
If there is a seat between each passenger, it means that Widerøe at the same time loses half the capacity of the planes. Many of the Widerøe planes are small and only have two seats per row. This means that the capacity is reduced from 39 to 20 passengers.
For SAS and Norwegian, which have planes with three seats per row, this means that they “only” lose a third of the capacity.
Fewer tickets and more expensive
Widerøe says the new requirements will result in fewer available tickets, more expensive tickets, and fewer departures.
– Today, Widerøe begins extensive work to reduce the number of salable seats to 50 percent on all scheduled Widerøe flights, the company writes in a press release.
– We will continuously contact passengers and offer the reservation of tickets at departures that already have a cabin factor of more than 50 percent. In this way we hope to obtain voluntary solutions to comply with the advice of the authorities.
And limited capacity has consequences.
– The consequence of the authorities’ recommendations is that there will be fewer tickets available in the future, at a higher price. As a consequence, we will also have to review the route plan and certain exits are expected to be cut, the company continues in the press release.
– drastic
Silje Brandvoll, who is the director of communications and community relations, says Widerøe would rather have seen that the new supervisor was somewhat more flexible.
– We wanted space for more discretion. The authorities’ recommendations are natural when the contagion pressure is high, as in Oslo and Viken, but in much of northern Norway there is almost no contagion, and this is a bit drastic. We would like to see that there was a greater differentiation in the recommendations given, she says.
She says it will now be almost impossible for Widerøe to earn money on trade routes.
– Now we have some flights that made some money, but now it is getting difficult. With such a large limit on capacity, it becomes virtually impossible to earn money on commercial flights in Norway.
Like all other airlines, Widerøe is greatly affected by the crown crisis. But it started to look a little brighter.
– We had some routes where the passengers started to return and we saw a clearing, but with the new recommendations we now return to the beginning.
Complete plans
Last week NRK announced that while we have to keep two meters on the ground, air passengers are sitting like herring in the barrel.
– When you get on the plane, it’s like when you flew a year ago. There is no change, except that coffee is not served, a passenger told NRK.
Health Minister Bent Høie acknowledged that this was not a problem to which the authorities had devoted much attention.
Now, the Directorate of Health, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the Ministry of Transport and the airline industry have developed pollution prevention measures to be applied to aviation.
– When traveling by plane, we must meet in less space. Maintaining distance control councils is not always easy to maintain, “Transport Minister Knut Arild Hareide told NRK on Tuesday.
– For a period now few people have traveled. But as Norway gradually opens up, people will start to move more and more and take more planes. This is positive for the economy of the aviation industry, but air travel must be safe for both employees and passengers.
