It seems Norwegian Air Shuttle is confident it can make headway in the London to New York market, with plans for the airline to operate the service daily between the two cities.
Norwegian Boeing 787 – Image, Norwegian Air Shuttle, used under CC3.0
The airline will take its service daily from the 26th October, operating the following timetable:
DY7015 DEPART LGW 17:10 ARRIVE JFK 20:00 DY7016 DEPART JFK 22:30 ARRIVE LGW 10:00+1 New timetable operates from 26th October 2015. Operates Daily. DY7016 arrives and departs 30 minutes earlier on Fridays Booked Equipment: Boeing 787-8
This change puts the daily service operating 5 months earlier than originally planned (daily operations were planned to commence in February 2016).
The changes are loaded in the timetable, with some passable prices:
Timings aren’t what I’d call “great” still (with an evening departure from Gatwick and a late evening arrival into JFK – the inbound service is a lot better), but for those on a budget, they may wish to keep an open mind.
Jon at Waderlusty has a review of the route between Los Angeles and London Gatwick. It’s good food for thought for those who are considering flying this route.
Whilst still not as big a threat to the three main alliances who have the main traffic in and out of Heathrow, Norwegian is now more than an irritation across the pond as passengers seek the no-frills style travel to save costs.
The offering of a daily service is one step to irritating the legacy airlines.
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Flew JFK-CPH on Norwegian last month and it was very enjoyable. Planes are brand new and entertainment system is great. Would def recommend.
I’ve also flown CPH-JFK on Norwegian and it was fine. No frills but got me to my destination in one piece.
I always wondered why most if not all flights from JFK to London go to LHR. I’d think a few would go to LGW but that’s not the case, unfortunately.
The Heathrow market is a big one – everyone comes and goes from Heathrow, and forgets there are two other perfectly serviceable airports in the area.
Since the Openskies agreement and the lifting of Bermuda II, everyone jumped ship from Gatwick to Heathrow.
I’d say there is plenty of room for Gatwick to expand – more USA services and more overflow from Heathrow. Would take a brave airline to shunt passengers over to Gatwick though…