Pilots Union Accuses Booming Norwegian Airline Of Using Cheap Labor Loophole

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This week, Norwegian, the third largest budget airline in Europe, expanded its reach into the U.S. market with a new route from New York to Bergen, "the gateway to the fjords of Norway."

The 20-year-old carrier is growing rapidly. It carried 16% more passengers this November than it did in November 2012, and it's doing an impressive job of matching that growth with new plane purchases.

Its current fleet includes 80 planes, and it is waiting on the deliveries of nearly 300 new ones.

It wasn't until this May that Norwegian began flying from Scandinavia to Asia and the U.S. Now, it offers service to 39 countries, including Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and just about all of Europe.