Oslo, 3rd August, 2009 - Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, Scandinavia's leading low fare, point-to-point airline, has mandated US lender, Private Export Funding Corporation ("PEFCO"), supported by the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("EXIM"), to provide term loan financing for the first seven of its direct-buy, new Boeing 737-800 HGW aircraft, to be delivered between Summer 2009 and Winter 2010.
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Frode Foss, Norwegian's Chief Financial Officer, comments, "Via PEFCO's and EXIM's significant support, we have been able to implement committed financing arrangements for all seven of our aircraft deliveries between now and the end of 2010. Additionally, EXIM has issued a preliminary commitment to support up to 20 further scheduled aircraft deliveries between 2011 and 2012