Airlines
Four Norwegian Air Crew Units Declare Bankruptcy
Some 4,700 pilots and cabin crew at Norwegian Group subsidiaries risk losing their jobs.
Norwegian Air has canceled nearly all of its flight operations due to the Covid-19 crisis. (Photo: Norwegian Air Shuttle)
Norwegian Air has canceled nearly all of its flight operations due to the Covid-19 crisis. (Photo: Norwegian Air Shuttle)

Four subsidiaries that employ cabin crew and pilots for Norwegian Group have applied for bankruptcy due to Covid-19-related financial distress, the company said Monday. The subsidiaries, one incorporated in Sweden and three in Denmark, employ 1,571 pilots and 3,134 cabin crew based Spain, the UK, Finland, Sweden, and the U.S. The decisions—all made by the respective subsidiaries’ boards on Monday—do not affect about 700 pilots and 1,300 cabin crew based in Norway, France, and Italy.