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Conclusion
The future looks promising for Norse. Whilst it is easy to question why it should succeed where Norwegian failed, using exactly the same aircraft, there are two things which definitely tip the balance towards Norse:
- the 787 fleet is now well established and reliable – Norwegian, along with many other airlines, had huge issues with fleet reliability due to early problems with the engines which in turn led to huge costs for compensation payments and ad-hoc charter aircraft
- fares are substantially higher than pre-covid – the new Boston route is advertised as ‘from’ £370 return before seating and baggage charges, whereas we would often see flights under £250 all-in on British Airways before the pandemic, and under £200 on Norwegian
Low-cost transatlantic airline Norse Atlantic is adding four US routes from Gatwick - Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston - taking it to seven.
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