Low-cost Norse Airways will launch flights between New York and Paris

Competitors is heating up over Paris.

Low-cost Norse Atlantic Airways mentioned Tuesday that it’ll launch flights between New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) and Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) starting in March.

The announcement comes lower than two weeks after New York-based JetBlue equally revealed plans to fly between New York and Paris, throwing new competitors right into a market largely dominated by the three way partnership between Delta and Air France-KLM.

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Norse mentioned it plans to function day by day service beginning on March 26, 2023. Eastbound flights will depart JFK at 12:30 a.m. and arrive in Paris at 2:05 p.m., all occasions native. Westbound flights depart at 7:45 p.m., arriving at 10 p.m.

The Norse mannequin borrows closely from Norwegian Air — the ultra-low-cost transatlantic airline that quickly grew into a significant transatlantic participant earlier than hitting financial headwinds and ultimately shifting its focus to short-haul European flying in the course of the pandemic. Like Norwegian did, Norse makes use of Boeing 787 Dreamliners outfitted with a premium financial system and common coach cabin. It debuted in June with flights between New York and Oslo, Norway (OSL). The airline additionally flies between Oslo and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Los Angeles (LAX), and from JFK to London Gatwick (LGW) and Berlin (BER).

Fares on the JFK-Paris route will start at 219 euros every method, the airline mentioned, which comes out to about $226.

TPG staffers who’ve flown on Norse have typically been impressed with each cabins, contemplating the fares they paid. For individuals who beforehand flew on Norwegian, the expertise must be acquainted; Norse makes use of lots of the similar precise plane that Norwegian beforehand used.