BRITS wishing to travel to a major American city have been dealt a blow as a budget airline announced it is grounding all flights to the destination.
Norse Atlantic is axing its flights from London Gatwick to Los Angeles.
The decision comes as the Iran War continues to impact fuel prices.
Norse only introduced the route between the UK and American city back in June 2023 and at that time operated seven flights per week from London Gatwick to Los Angeles.
The airline had planned to operate six flights per week for the peak summer months.
However, the flight route – due to start next month – will be cancelled for the entire season until October.
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And it isn’t just Brits that will impacted as the airline is also stopping its routes to Los Angeles from Rome in Italy and Paris Charles de Gaulle in France.
The announcement means that Norse will only have four long-haul routes this summer, including London Gatwick to New York and London Gatwick to Orlando.
According to Travel Gossip, a spokesperson said: “Due to the continued increase in fuel constraint risks, fuel prices, and the resulting impact on our operating costs, we have had to make the difficult decision to suspend our LAX operations this summer, May to October.
“All affected customers will be proactively notified by Norse Atlantic Airways today where contact details are available.
“We sincerely apologise, but as a consequence of this fuel crisis, it is our responsibility to ensure we make this decision to maintain a sustainable airline for our passengers and colleagues.”
The news follows a number of other airlines making decisions to axe flights and increase fare prices as a result of the ongoing fuel crisis caused by the Iran war.
Yesterday, KLM announced that they were axing 160 flights across Europe over the next month due to the fuel crisis.
These include services to and from London.
The cancellations will impact flights travelling to and from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands.
However, the airline has said that they currently do not have a shortage of jet fuel.
A KLM spokesperson said: “Passengers affected by these changes will be rebooked onto the next available flight.
“As these are destinations KLM serves multiple times a day, such as London and Düsseldorf, travellers can usually be accommodated quickly.
“KLM expects a busy May holiday period and is making sure passengers can travel to their holiday destinations as planned.”
This week, Lufthansa also announced that its subsidiary airline CityLine is to cease operations due to both the Iran war and ongoing strike action.
The airline – which operates some flights to and from the UK including Frankfurt and Munich – will be grounding 27 aircraft from April 18.
Lufthansa’s main airline will be grounding four Airbus jets and two Boeing jets for good, by the end of the summer as well.
These planes are usually used for longer haul destinations.
The airline will reduce short and medium-haul flights by five aircraft from this winter too.
British Airways announced that it will be permanently cutting its route between London Heathrow and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from April 24.
And earlier this month, UK airline Skybus scrapped all future flights between London Gatwick and Newquay.
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