 The company stated that it needed NOK 500,000 annually in support from the state and Norway Post for the service.In 1933, the brothers Viggo Widerøe and Arild Widerøe—who would found Widerøe in 1934—also applied for routes in the same areas, but using sea planes on the route from Oslo via Kristiansand and Stavanger to Haugesund.Also Norske Luftruter applied, but a three-year concession was granted to Widerøe.