When did Qantas aquire the airline it bought to challenge low-cost airline Virgin Blue?
Jetstar Airways Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, trading as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline (self-described as "value based") headquartered in Melbourne. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to the threat posed by low-cost airline Virgin Blue. Jetstar is part of Qantas' two brand strategy of having Qantas Airways for the premium full-service market and Jetstar for the low-cost market. Jetstar carries 8.5% of all passengers travelling in and out of Australia.
Norwegian Air Shuttle destinations Norwegian Air Shuttle is a low-cost airline operating from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain and the United Kingdom. As of December 2012, it operates to 87 airports in 25 countries across three continents, from its operating bases. Norwegian was founded in 1993 as a regional airline to operate routes for Braathens SAFE in Western Norway. It became a domestic, main-haul low-cost carrier from 1 September 2002, when it took into use Boeing 737-300. In 2006, Norwegian Air Shuttle established its first non-Norwegian base at Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport in Poland. A year later, Norwegian bought the Swedish low-cost carrier FlyNordic, which was merged into Norwegian a year later.