**rwegian wins preliminary approval to expand U.S.-to-Europe flights
 

**rwegian wins preliminary approval to expand U.S.-to-Europe flights
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Good news for people who love budget airlines — and for the people who run one called **rwegian Air.

The U.S. Department of Transportation an**unced Friday*it is giving the low-cost carrier preliminary approval to expand routes between the U.S. and Europe, using an Irish subsidiary.*

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The ruling comes after two years of intense lobbying and public relations campaigns by both **rwegian and major U.S. airlines and their labor unions. The U.S. airlines oppose this move, arguing*the subsidiary will be an unfair, low-wage competitor on key trans-Atlantic routes. Read more...


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