Norse Atlantic’s Summer US Network Plans Analyzed

• by anlene
• February 26, 2023

There are nine US routes so far this summer.

As of February 16th, Norse Atlantic plans nine routes from Europe to the United States this summer – with more coming. It will fly across the pond from Berlin, London Gatwick, Oslo, Paris, and Rome. Announced earlier in the week, it has added Gatwick to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale using its new UK air operator’s certificate and operating license. Will Gatwick-Los Angeles be next?

Nine US routes

The following are all bookable. They include Rome to JFK, the last of the current routes to take off. The Italian capital is a new airport for Norse. It’ll be the fourth airline between Rome and JFK, joining American, Delta and ITA, with up to eight daily flights. If Newark is included, it is the fifth carrier to Greater New York City, with up to ten daily services.

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Gatwick to Fort Lauderdale is back

Norse Atlantic will soon fly from Gatwick to Florida. It’ll have no direct competition to Fort Lauderdale, a route that Norwegian predecessor served from June 2014 to March 2019 before switching to Miami. As a competitive response to Norwegian, BA also flew Gatwick-Fort Lauderdale (July 2017-September 2019); it’ll be interesting to see what it does this time.

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Between 2014 and 2019, the airlines had 488,523 round trip passengers between Gatwick and Fort Lauderdale, according to the US Department of Transportation. With 595,917 seats for sale, they have an average seat load factor of 82%. That hides considerable variations. Norwegian had over 90% in five different years, although we don’t know to what degree that was because of unsustainable low fares. In contrast, BA had no more than 72%.

Gatwick-Orlando International has long been served by various operators. It was in the hands of Norwegian from April 2015 to March 2020, when BA and Virgin also operated the route . Between them, they had 974,000 round trip passengers, according to the UK CAA, with an average seat load factor of 89%.

In 2023, Virgin serves Orlando from Heathrow (up to double daily), while BA operates from Gatwick (13 weekly). When Norse’s new route is added, London-Orlando International’s seat capacity will be three-quarters of what it was in 2019, based on OAG data.

Across the trio, there will be up to five daily flights from London to Orlando’s main airport. If TUI’s Gatwick-Orlando Melbourne is added (it no longer serves Sanford), there will be up to six daily.

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There are nine US routes so far this summer. Photo: Photofex_AUT | Shutterstock. As of February 16th, Norse Atlantic plans nine routes from Europe to the United States this summer – with more coming. It will fly across the pond from Berlin, London Gatwick, Oslo, Paris, and Rome. Announced earlier in the week, it has added Gatwick to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale using its new UK air operator’s certificate and operating license. Will Gatwick-Los Angeles be next? Nine US routes The following are all bookable. They include Rome to JFK, the last of the current routes…