[nbclark]

I feel bad for the employees...not so much for the airline. Norwegian was the worst nickel&diming airline I've ever been on.

[cplanas]

Really? In my experience, they were the best "cheap" airline, by far. Their airplanes were pretty comfortable, compared to United, Alaska, or Spirit, to name a few.

[capableweb]

To be fair, comparing most european airlines seems good when you compare them to US airlines. Would be more fair to compare them to other european airlines.

[cplanas]

The most famous "cheap" European airline, RyanAir, is substantially worse than Norwegian. And personally I find Norwegian better than WizzAir, easyJet or Vueling.

[alexpotato]

+1

I flew their Premium Economy internationally and it was similar to US domestic first class.

[s_dev]

It's not like those savings weren't passed on to consumers. I recall buying a flight from Dublin to New York for €200 with Norwegian.

[oreoftw]

IMO it was good for its price. Who else would sell you USA <> EU for $300 for a two way ticket?

[dewey]

Wow Air, until they went out of business. But it was supposed to come back this year, in light of recent events probably not any more.

[mihaaly]

Worst?!

This is way inaccurate, I can count several worse ones beyond the absolute champion of all crappy airlines, the Ryanair.

[ilyagr]

I wonder what kind of compensation from the company and the government the laid-of employees are entitled to. It's Scandinavia after all.

I don't know enough to say they'll be fine, but there's a chance it's not as bad as it sounds.

[nattmat]

20 days of full pay during the temporary lay-off. Then unemployment benefits for up to two years with 62% of full salary (cut off at about 30000 NOK per month)

[sushikokk]

The ones employed in Norway: full pay first 20 days, then 80% to 62,4% depending on salary. Company only pays the first 2 days, the government the rest.

[asdfasgasdgasdg]

If you don't want to fly on a nickel and dime airline, don't buy tickets at nickel and dime prices.

[thorwasdfasdf]

nickel and diming is good because it gives you the option to choose what you want to pay for, rather than, just paying for everything whether or not you use it.