Speaking to TTG, chief commercial officer Thomas Ramdahl said the airline had two sales reps based in London who work with the trade.
He added that the airline will not discount either in order to keep the trade on board, adding: “It is important to have good cooperation with the trade.
“We do deals with the trade in the knowledge that we need to, but the cheapest fares you will always find are on our website and you can’t undercut that.
“They [members of the trade] can mark it up if they want to, but they will not discount the tickets.”
While Ramdahl admitted Norwegian does have problems with screenscraping by websites, he added: “Everybody has problems with screenscrapers.”
The comments came as the airline announced long-haul premium cabin fares as low as £399 for the next winter season.
The price is available for a one-way fare to Boston while New York is £419. Los Angeles, Oakland-San Francisco, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale all lead in at £499 during the same period.
Winter-only flights to Las Vegas and Puerto Rico both start at £499. Prices increase to £579 for Los Angeles, Oakland-San Francisco, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale come the summer season with Boston at £449 while New York starts at £499.
Ramdahl said: “Not only do we offer high quality comfortable seating on the latest 787 Dreamliners but premium passengers also receive greater value with added extras including lounge access and fast-track priority which is unmatched by any other airline.”
The release of the prices coincides with news that Norwegian carried more than 2.6 million passengers in May, an increase of 265,000 on the same month last year.
This was an 11% growth in passenger numbers year-on-year and led to an increase in load factor of 3.4 percentage points to 88.3%.
Norwegian chief executive Bjorn Kjos said: “We are experiencing increasingly strong demand as we continue to launch new routes and destinations, not least between Gatwick and the US.”
