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Algarve Tourism: New Norwegian routes bring Algarve closer to Scandinavia

Date: 27/8/2009

On Saturday August 15th Faro Airport and Scandinavian airline Norwegian celebrated the launch of a new direct route from Faro to Copenhagen (Denmark), which has introduced yet another new flight to Faro’s ever-growing repertoire. Also, at the beginning of summer this year, Norwegian introduced a route from Faro to Stockholm, as well as operating a third route from Faro to Oslo.

Algarve tourism chiefs have long hailed Scandinavia as a budding potential market and during the first six months of this year Norwegian Airlines have registered a 60 percent growth in their passenger figures in comparison to the same period of 2008, having carried a total 23,178 people from January to July 2009.

Norwegian’s flights boast, on average, being 82 percent full and currently ranks as Faro’s 16th busiest airline.

Its new flight to Copenhagen operates every Saturday, leaving Faro at 08h10 and returning from Denmark the same day at 12h30, landing at Faro at 17h40.

The airline also operates return flights to and from Oslo on Saturdays and Thursdays, and to and from Stockholm on Saturdays and Tuesdays. Source: Algarve Mais

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