Aircraft
Norse Atlantic Inks Lease Deal With BOC Aviation for Six 787s
The Norwegian start-up has secured 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners as it prepares to launch low-cost transatlantic services.
Norse Atlantic Airways founder and CEO Bjørn Tore Larsen is adding more Boeing 787s to the carrier's leased fleet. (Photo: Norse Atlantic Airways)
Norse Atlantic Airways founder and CEO Bjørn Tore Larsen is adding more Boeing 787s to the carrier's leased fleet. (Photo: Norse Atlantic Airways)

Norse Atlantic Airways has expanded its initial fleet to support planned low-cost transatlantic services to 15 Boeing 787s following a deal to lease six used 787-9s from BOC Aviation. The start-up, backed by former Norwegian Air Shuttle executives including co-founder and former CEO Bjørn Kjos and co-founder and former chairman Bjørn Kise, is leasing the airliners for a duration of about 16 years per aircraft at what it described as “attractive interest and payment terms.” All six aircraft are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines and are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2021.