Norwegian to fly 737 trans-Atlantic, offer $69 fares

[Mattg]

Norwegian Air Shuttle will launch flights between the USA and the UK using new Boeing 737MAX aircraft. Airfares will reportedly start from $69, and flights will operate out of a "secondary" airport in New York - not JFK.

I won't be jumping to book one of these flights, but an interesting development nonetheless.

Direct flights from Edinburgh to New York could cost just £60 - The Scotsman

 

[docjames]

Norwegian Air Shuttle will launch flights between the USA and the UK using new Boeing 737MAX aircraft. Airfares will reportedly start from $69, and flights will operate out of a "secondary" airport in New York - not JFK.

I won't be jumping to book one of these flights, but an interesting development nonetheless.

Direct flights from Edinburgh to New York could cost just £60 - The Scotsman

Reportedly flying into/out of Stewart Airport

Stewart International Airport is a public/military airport in Orange County, New York, United States. It is in the southern Hudson Valley, west of Newburgh, New York, approximately 60 miles north of Manhattan, New York City. Wikipedia

Also from wiki

Access
One of the biggest impediments to the use of Stewart by more airlines and passengers has been getting to it. The Drury Lane exit and the access road, International Boulevard, are intended to remedy this.[SUP][32][/SUP]
There have been plans to possibly implement a light rail connection along Broadway in Newburgh that could conceivably go out to Stewart from the ferry connection with the Metro-North passenger line across the Hudson River in Beacon;[SUP][33][/SUP] however that does not appear likely to happen any time soon. Currently, the only connection is via a shuttle bus.
In 2006, with construction of the Drury Lane exit underway, Senator Charles Schumer put his weight behind getting federal aid for another long-discussed access improvement: a rail link to the nearby Metro-North Port Jervis Line,[SUP][34][/SUP] to give passengers an express train trip from the airport into the city or Newark Airport via Secaucus Junction. This would entail acquiring property and laying new tracks, to link to the existing line somewhere near the Salisbury Mills station. NEG had had success with the similar Gatwick Expressand Midland Mainline rail-air connections in its native Britain. While the federal government has approved the idea, the money has not yet been appropriated.

So target wont be outbound from Manhattan as cost/time involved getting there too great, but catchment is well populated, and also inbound tourists lured by cheap fare (but havent factored in transport costs).