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A low-cost airline cashes in on cheap flights to paradise

How a low-cost airline took a risk that the bigger carriers wouldn't touch.

05/05/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

A low-cost airline cashes in on cheap flights to paradise

Clip: 5/5/2016 | 7m 36s

How a low-cost airline took a risk that the bigger carriers wouldn't touch.

Sometimes called "the Southwest Airlines of Europe," Norwegian Airlines makes a profit even though it undercuts prices of U.S. and foreign competitors. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from the islands of Guadeloupe on how the low-cost airline took a risk that the bigger carriers wouldn't touch.

05/05/2016 | Rating NR

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