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Norwegian Air’s exodus not a body blow to Oakland Airport

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Norwegian Air intends to consolidate all of its routes in the San Francisco Bay Area from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco International Airport.

Norwegian SVP commercial Matthew Wood has reported that the consolidation "will better position us for our return to profitability". Norwegian's twice weekly San Francisco-Oslo service will launch on 30-Mar-2020 and three times weekly San Francisco-Rome service will begin on 01-Apr-2020 for its summer schedule. The carrier relocated all London, Barcelona and Paris services from Oakland to San Francisco earlier in 2019.

What does all this mean for Oakland Airport, for other U.S. airports specialising in 'low cost', for Norwegian itself and the very concept of long haul low cost travel?

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