Norse Atlantic will launch its first route from London Gatwick on August 12 to New York’s JFK airport, departing on 13:00hrs with a return arriving back into Gatwick the following morning.
Norse Atlantic will use a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the route, configured into a two-class layout of Economy and Premium Economy.
Norse Atlantic recently acquired the slots at Gatwick airport and has moved quickly to fill a gap left when Norwegian long haul stopped operating.
The airline is also launching flights from Gatwick to Oslo, Norway later in the summer also using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to allow passengers to use its transatlantic routes to Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles and Orlando.
Norse Atlantic Airways was founded by Bjorn Tore Larsen with Bjorn Kos, who founded Norwegian Air Shuttle, as a shareholder in the airline. It aims to build a fleet of 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.