A historical milestone has been made by start-up carrier Norse Atlantic Airways as they have just secured permission to operate between London Gatwick and the US.

This has already come into effect with Norse Atlantic starting in Oslo and picking up passengers at Gatwick. They expect to have 10 aircraft in operation by summer 2023 and have started planning their ‘core’ summer 2023 schedule.

They have recently cut back the planned schedule for this winter to remove excess capacity from their network in light of lower expected demand, high fuel prices and rising global inflation.

They have said, “we are pleased that we will continue to deliver on our pledge to democratise transatlantic travel, and we look forward to expanding our point-to-point route network between London Gatwick and the US as part of our summer 2023 schedule.”