Norse Atlantic Airways introduced on Wednesday its newest service between the U.S. and Europe, with bookings open instantly and a limited-time promo deal out there.
Starting this summer season, the European low-cost service will fly between New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) and Athens Worldwide Airport (ATH) in Greece.
Norse will function the route as much as 5 occasions weekly between Could 30 and Oct. 26, flying with its Boeing 787 Dreamliner — the one plane in its fleet.
The brand new path to Greece would be the sixth European vacation spot Norse will serve nonstop from JFK. Different Norse routes from JFK embrace flights to London Gatwick Airport (LGW), Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO) and Oslo Airport (OSL) in Norway.
A rising route map
In saying the brand new Athens flights, Norse executives cited rising curiosity amongst U.S. vacationers in visiting Greece.
“We imagine this route is not going to solely cater to the demand for journey to Greece however may even create alternatives for cultural change and enterprise collaborations between these two vibrant locations,” Bjorn Tore Larsen, Norse founder and CEO, stated in a press release.
The brand new route enhances the airline’s rising U.S. route map. By July 2024, the service will serve a wide range of metropolis pairs, together with flights to 6 European airports from six U.S. airports, in keeping with scheduling knowledge from Cirium.
Between June and July, the variety of seats Norse will provide between the U.S. and Europe might be up 57% from those self same months in 2023, Cirium knowledge exhibits.
What to anticipate with costs
For a lot of the summer season, you’ll be able to anticipate to pay wherever from $900 to $1,000 spherical journey for an economic system flight from New York to Athens.
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That is actually steeper than what you may sometimes pay to fly from the U.S. to, say, London aboard the service … albeit for an extended flight to Greece.
In saying the brand new route, Norse marketed fares beginning as little as $249. Nonetheless, we solely discovered costs that low after the busiest summer season interval, in September and October (and usually solely in a single route).
Looking out late-September flights between New York and Athens, there are a handful of outbound flights that begin at $249 one-way for an economic system ticket.
Mixed with the return journey, the bottom fare involves round $496 spherical journey.
Needless to say with Norse being a low-cost service, the bottom fare does not embrace baggage or seat choice. By choosing a fare that features a full-size carry-on (and checked bag), our round-trip whole involves $656.
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Moreover, you may pay at the very least $25 one-way for seat choice.
Norse additionally presents a premium cabin typically paying homage to a premium economic system expertise on different airways.
For our September round-trip flight, a Premium Gentle fare begins at simply over $1,400.
Backside line
Norse Atlantic continues to increase its service to the U.S., with flights from New York to a half-dozen cities in Europe deliberate by mid-2024.
Although the service is not a part of a significant world airline alliance, this new path to Athens ought to enable New York vacationers direct entry to the favored Greek metropolis.
As soon as there, it could be straightforward sufficient to ebook a flight to Santorini or one other vacation spot aboard one other European low-cost service.
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