The unfriendly skies: blocking competition.

AuthorSlade, Stephanie
PositionCitings - Norwegian Air's open skies agreement with the United States - Brief article

NORWEGIAN AIR desperately wants to offer inexpensive trans-Atlantic flights to U.S. customers. Unfortunately for the flying public, three of America's biggest domestic carriers--Delta, United, and American Airlines--have been doing everything in their power to prevent that from happening. An application from Norwegian to expand its operations has been held up in bureaucratic limbo for nearly a year, even though similar efforts by other companies are often approved within two or three months.

As of press time, the Department of Transportation was still refusing to either green-light the airline's application or allow it to begin flying while its documents are reviewed. This has left Norwegian's leadership frustrated--the company went out of its way to base its international subsidiary in Ireland in order to...

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