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With the domestic routes of low-cost airline Wizz Air in Norway, the Norwegian Pilots Association believes that a minimum price for airline tickets may be worth studying.
A flight of the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air parked at Schönefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany.
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In Austria, a minimum price of 40 euros has been set for a plane ticket, as super cheap tickets undermine both climate policy and living wage standards, writes Fri Fagbevegelse.
The union leader of the Norwegian Pilots Association, Yngve Carlsen, tells the newspaper that this may also be worth investigating in Norway.
– This is definitely an interesting way to do it. In general, it is free competition and the companies themselves that set prices. But when some companies lower the price so that the price is roughly what a cup of coffee costs in Gardermoen, something is not as it should be, says Carlsen.
Commentary: Norway should ban airline tickets under 500 NOK
Last week, it became clear that Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air is opening domestic routes from Oslo to Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø, which is why the company is competing with SAS and Norwegian. The low-cost airline takes from 199 crowns per ticket on the aforementioned routes, and will start with flights from November 5.
Labor Party transport policy spokesman Sverre Myrli sent a written inquiry to Transport Minister Knut Arild Hareide whether a corresponding minimum price would have been allowed for flights in Norway. Hareide writes in his answer that he only knows that the Austrian government has adopted this, from the media coverage, and that it is difficult to give a clear yes or no answer to the question, the newspaper writes.
– The starting point according to the basic regulation of the air transport market in the EU / EEA is that airlines are free to determine the price of their tickets, writes Hareide.
