Norwegian airline prepares for global expansion

"Had a bit of an accident," he says with a big grin as he tosses soggy kitchen towels into a nearby paper bin. "Cup of coffee hit the floor."

And then, his right arm outstretched: "Hello, I'm Bjorn."

Bjorn Kjos' informal manners and his unusual preparedness to get his hands dirty belie both his achievements and his goals.

As co-founder, majority owner and chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle, Mr Kjos' business is already snapping at the heels of low-cost airlines Easyjet and Ryanair, opening new bases at European airports at a rate of knots, Kazinform has learnt from BBC News.

"And this," Mr Kjos insists, as he points at a world map on his laptop that is criss-crossed with flight routes, "is just the start."

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