If, for example, you are going to Bodø from Oslo or vice versa in the next few days, you will have to pay 5,000 kroner one way with Norwegian – and that is without luggage.
A flight between Tromsø and Oslo can also hurt your wallet. For a road between these cities, a ticket can cost up to 5000 kroner in the next few days with Norwegian.
After the SAS strike became a fact yesterday, ticket prices have risen sharply.
– The screen is from 09.35 on Tuesday morning. Both Widerøe, Flyr and SJ trains are sold out in the next few days to Bodø from Oslo. Photo: Screenshot Norwegian.no
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This is confirmed by Finn Reise.
– It is supply and demand that apply. When you see that it costs 5000 kroner to travel to Bodø, it shows how well sold Norwegian is on that route and has only a few seats left, says commercial director Terje Berge in Finn Reise to TV 2.
– DIRECTOR: Terje Berge in FINN Reise. Photo: Truls Aagedal / TV 2
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– When it costs so much, they believe and hope that someone will buy tickets at that price, he continues.
Berge says that Norwegian is doing business after all, and that it is time for them to make money again after two bad years as a result of the pandemic.
He also believes that Norwegians have been spoiled with cheap flights.
It is not as expensive to fly between other large cities in Norway, as between Oslo and Trondheim, Oslo and Bergen, Oslo and Kristiansand and Oslo and Stavanger for example. The trend, however, is that tickets for this week are more expensive than later in July.
– Screenshot from Norwegian.no at 09.40 on Tuesday morning. Both Widerøe and Flyr are sold out until next weekend and in two weeks, respectively. Photo: Screenshot Norwegian.no
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Here it is most expensive
According to Finn, it seems that domestic flights are the most expensive.
– This is obviously where people should holiday the most. 60 percent of the bookings via Finn are abroad, but in Norway there are a lot of family visits, says Berge.
He advises people who have not yet booked a flight, to take the time to search online for the offers.
Both domestic and international flights are most expensive in the next few days, but are cheaper two, three, four weeks ahead.
– If you find a good offer, you should not wait. There are many who have not booked yet and have postponed on purpose, which has been the trend in the pandemic. If you book late, it can be for late, says the director of Finn Reise.
– Extreme demand
Norwegian director of communications Grete Roald says that it is natural that prices go up when demand increases.
– The prices of airline tickets are dynamic and are governed by supply and demand. When there is extremely high demand such as now, and at the same time few vacant seats on the planes, it is natural that the price goes up, Roald writes in an e-mail to TV 2.
She says they are a growing company and says they have a plan to increase capacity by up to 15 aircraft next summer.
– SOLD OUT: Flyr is mostly sold out from Oslo to Bodø, there are a few more departures from Bodø to Oslo. Photo: Screenshot flyr.no
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– Will rise
There are now only three airlines flying around Norway now that the SAS planes are on the ground: Norwegian, Flyr and Widerøe.
Berge says that as long as there are few planes in the air, as it is now compared to before the pandemic, and very many want to go out and travel, prices will go up.
– There are far fewer planes in the air now, but still many who want to travel. It may appear that prices may rise further. This is supply and demand that governs, says Berge.
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