She may be the last hope

Norwegian is not ruling out bankruptcy after today’s brutal news that the government has set foot in motion to gain additional support for the airline.

The Center Party was quick on the field: they made it clear that they believe the state should defend the crisis-affected company and ask the Labor Party and the Green Party to unite to educate the government on the matter.

– You risk losing money

– We will challenge the Labor Party and the Progress Party to join the SP in instructing the government to find a solution to secure jobs and route offers in Norwegian, says the head of the business committee at the Storting, Geir Pollestad (Sp ) to NTB.

Together, the Center Party, the Labor Party and the Progress Party have a majority in the Storting.

Pending

The FRP and the government are starting negotiations with the government on the state budget today. Negotiations on crisis packages with additional support for a crown-affected business community, on the other hand, will unfold as separate negotiations in parallel, Sylvi Listhaug confirms to Dagbladet.

First, they will negotiate with the government.

– We will sit with the government parties in the hope of finding a majority, but it is the kind of progress that we achieve that will be decisive. We must have results, she says.

The door is therefore open for a rematch for Norwegian support in the Storting.

However, the FRP will wait for the measures that the government will present tomorrow before saying anything about its position.

– The government has announced that it will present a proposal for a package of measures, which will also include aviation. We will wait to see what is presented.

– The Progress Party is concerned with ensuring competition in aviation and affordable airline tickets for the people, and will enter into negotiations with the government on general arrangements in the new package of measures, says parliamentary leader Hans Andreas Limi in a Press release.

Help from a powerful alliance

As Dagbladet wrote today, a powerful alliance is fighting for Norwegian.

– The government does not take responsibility, says NHO Luftfarts Torbjørn Lothe. Now he and LO Deputy Director Peggy Hessen Følsvik announce that the battle for more support for airlines is not over.

When the negotiations on crisis packages are not part of the budget negotiations, in theory they are also open to other majorities. This spring, Frp, Ap, Sp and SV formed what was called “the new quadripartite band.”

In several areas, the economic crisis packages presented by the government multiplied.

The door ajar in Ap

Labor Party Parliamentary Representative Øystein Langholm Hansen says they can participate and discuss solutions for Norwegian and the rest of aviation.

– Today we are not willing to pay an unknown amount of billions to save Norwegian, SAS and Widerøe. It should not be underestimated that they also fight, especially Widerøe. We will first see how the government foresees that we will have a serious airline market, with Norwegian ownership. We are talking about critical infrastructure, says Øystein Langholm Hansen.

– How will the Labor Party relate to this if it ends up at the Storting table? Q, are LO and NHO asking the Storting to intervene?

– Labor can be part of it. Of course, a broad agreement is an advantage when it comes to sums as large as this. We’re not rejecting anything other than paying an undetermined amount in the billions to Norwegian tomorrow, but we will be happy to help develop a plan on how to take it further.

Without a political solution with access to the state, fresh capital, it can be very dramatic for Norwegian.

– This is a stroke of mercy, said today investor Jan Petter Sissener.