Norwegian Air Shuttle continues to expand its long haul operation, with the airline to operate the London Gatwick to Las Vegas Route
Norwegian Boeing 787 – Image, Norwegian Air Shuttle. Released under CC3.0.
The service will be starting up in on the 31st October 2016 – in time for the winter with a twice a week service.
The timetable looks a bit like this:
DY7107 DEPART LGW 1210 ARRIVE LAS 1500 Mondays and Thursdays DY7108 DEPART LAS 1700 ARRIVE LGW 1050+1 Mondays and Thursdays Commences 31st October 2016 Booked Equipment: Boeing 787-9 Operates Mondays and Thursdays only Data: Norwegian
The route will compliment Norwegians other services to Las Vegas – currently the airline flies from Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm direct to Vegas.
Lead in prices are £179 each way for those who fancy flying aboard a 787-9 on a quite long haul flight, with economy and premium economy products offered (as well as a lot of buy on board services, and payable extras).
Seating is configured with 32 Premium Economy Seats configured in 2-3-2 configuration, and 259 economy seats in the usual bone-crushing 3-3-3.
So what is the competition? Virgin Atlantic operate a direct service to Las Vegas from Gatwick, whilst British Airways operates direct flights from London Heathrow – so there’s a lot of room for Norwegian to grow this route – if they choose to and if there’s enough planes to do the job.
For those looking to do Las Vegas on a budget (something to avoid if I’m honest… make sure you have plenty of money for Vegas… and that’s just in tipping) this could be a good option if the timings work for you.
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