Major budget airline scraps more long-haul flights
ONE airline has scrapped two of its routes to New York for the winter season – including one from London.
As a result, there will just be one remaining transatlantic route from the UK.
Norse Atlantic Airways has removed its planned flights to New York from its winter schedule from both London Gatwick and Rome airports.
Data from OAG Schedules Analyser revealed that Norse had planned for 41,600 two-way seats on routes to New York (JFK) from London Gatwick and Rome Fiumicino Airport during the winter 2026-27 season.
Each was scheduled to operate as many as three-weekly flights.
The latest schedules reveal that these routes will continue through the rest of the summer season – but regular service will end from late October.
On its website, the last date to fly from London Gatwick to or from New York City with Norse is on October 24.
Without these two routes, the only transatlantic service from Norse during the winter is between London Gatwick and Orlando.
Their withdrawal leaves Norse without New York service during the winter and sees London Gatwick-Orlando as its only scheduled transatlantic route during the season.
According to Aviation Weekly, the airline’s planned winter network has been reduced by around 105,500 seats.
The two New York routes account for about 83,200 of the seats removed.
From London, passengers with Norse can still fly to Bangkok, Phuket and Cape Town.
The airline also launched the Thailand service from Manchester Airport in November 2025 with one flight a week.
Due to the huge demand, this will increase to four times a week from December 5, 2026 to April 18, 2027.
Flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and start from £254 one way.