Norwegian fares put pressure on transatlantic rivals
Norwegian has announced transatlantic flights from five cities in the UK and Ireland from just £69 each way, intensifying price pressure on its rivals.
The low-cost airline will launch 10 new routes with 38 new weekly transatlantic flights this summer from Edinburgh, Belfast, Cork, Shannon and Dublin.
Flights will serve three destinations on the US east coast, with a focus on smaller US airports with ‘good’ access into the New York, Boston and New England areas.
Following the lead of Ryanair, the airline says it has been able to bring fares down by using airports with significantly lower landing charges.
It is using Stewart International (90mins from New York City), Providence (90mins from Boston) and Bradley International, in the heart of Connecticut, which is two hours from New York City and Boston.
The new transatlantic routes will be operated on brand new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
From June 15, Norwegian will launch new direct services from Edinburgh to Stewart, Providence and Bradley.
Flight from Belfast to Stewart and Providence start on July 1.
The first ever transatlantic flights from Cork (to Providence), and new US routes from Dublin and Shannon (to Providence and Stewart) will also launch on July 1.
Norwegian already operates low-cost flights to eight major US cities from London Gatwick.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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