Zoom confirms cheap Gatwick-New York flights
Lost cost transatlantic carrier Zoom is to serve New York from Gatwick with flights starting at £129 one-way.
The service is due to start on June 21 with a five flights a week and two flights via Bermuda.
Zoom, founded by Scottish travel industry veterans John and Hugh Boyle, has been operating from UK regional airports to numerous Canadian destinations for three years.
The carrier has now been granted permission to operate from Gatwick as an official UK carrier to the US alongside British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
The New York flights will start in advance of any new services prompted by the new EU-US open skies agreement which comes into force in the autumn.
Zoom will offer a two-class service with flexible one-way fares and designated seating.
John Boyle said: “You cannot put a sheaf of paper between the prices charged by BA, Virgin and the American carriers on the New York route and it is high time that passengers had a better deal. We are offering savings of up to 70% on these flights.
“Our catch phrase is ‘Now you’re sitting comfortably’ and we think this will appeal to people who, quite frankly, have been forced to pay outrageously high fares to fly between London and New York for too long.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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