 Widerøe started flying to Narvik in 1951, at first flying via Svolvær to Bodø.DNL's successor Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) terminated its seaplane routes the following year, leaving them to Widerøe, who operated the Noorduyn Norseman and de Havilland Canada Otter.The first scheduled airline service to Harstad and Narvik was carried out by Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) in 1935.