The fast-growing European low-cost airline Norwegian Air is reducing part of its service between the United States and Europe.

The airline has confirmed that it will route four European lines from the northeastern United States on narrow-body Boeing 737s.

The decline occurs on Norwegian Air flights to Edinburgh, Scotland, and Belfast, Northern Ireland. The carrier currently serves both cities from its Providence and Newburgh, New York bases. Norwegian will continue to serve these medium-sized US airports with non-stop Boeing 737 flights to other European destinations in Ireland and Norway.

It is no less clear that Norwegian caused a sensation in 2017 by announcing 10 new European routes from three smaller airports in the Northeastern United States: Providence; Newburgh, New York; and Hartford, Connecticut. The airline has since stopped service from Hartford.

At the time, some industry observers wondered whether smaller markets could support multiple non-stop routes to medium-sized European cities. Norwegian insisted that its inexpensive business model and the use of Boeing 737 jets would make the roads viable.

Norwegian insists that the service finds traction. Even after the latest cuts, the company will continue to serve six transatlantic lines from Newburgh and Providence.

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Norwegian operates dozens of other routes between Europe and the United States with its large Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" wide-bodied aircraft, including 14 new lines to be launched this year alone.

However, in an interview with Today Today's TODAY blog, Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos remained optimistic about the company's 737 flights from smaller US markets – including Newburgh, about 70 miles north of Manhattan.

"I think we're going to fly over to Newburgh," Kjos said, though he did not offer any details. "Newburgh is doing very well."

From Providence, Norwegian's seasonal service to Edinburgh and Belfast will not resume once it will be completed on October 27th. The airline will still fly from Rhode Island Airport – located about 60 miles from Boston – to Dublin's Irish cities of Cork and Shannon.

From Newburgh – located about 70 miles from Midtown Manhattan. – Seasonal flights from Belfast to Norwegian will end on October 27th, while the Edinburgh route will end on March 29th for Scotland. Norwegian will maintain service in three European cities from Newburgh; It offers a twice-daily service to Dublin as well as non-stop flights to Dublin and Shannon in Ireland and to Bergen in Norway.

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The Norwegian company has already terminated another transatlantic route, Boeing 737, which it had added from the northeastern United States. The airline has launched flights from Edinburgh Bradley Airport near Connecticut, Hartford, but this route was interrupted in March, less than a year after its launch in June 2017.

The Norwegian accused the Scottish air taxes of failing on this track and reiterated this statement by explaining the end of his Scottish ties between Newburgh and Providence. Norwegian also revealed that it was terminating several European routes from Edinburgh.

The Scottish Air Passenger Fee (APD) adds £ 75 (about $ 98) per passenger to the cost of flights between Scotland and L & # 39; Scottish newspaper. The government had proposed to reduce this tax by half, but the effort has lost momentum.

"Our affordable flights to the United States have been launched in the context of a reduction of taxes on air passengers, which was unfortunately rejected by the Scottish Government," said Norwegian spokesman Anders Lindström. "This forced us to completely withdraw our transatlantic services to / from Edinburgh because it would not be a sustainable operation."

"Compared with the performance on identical routes from Ireland (where there are no PDAs), fares are lower and profitability higher in these markets than Scotland," added Norwegian. Scottish.

Norwegian will continue to fly three European routes from Edinburgh; he will leave Belfast completely.

Confirming Norwegian's intention to terminate Belfast service, Lindström said the timetable proposed by Irish airports would "give" customers in Northern Ireland an alternative for booking daily affordable flights to the United States .

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