What's the REAL Cost of Flying Norse Atlantic Airways?

This video contains some flickering lights. If you're sensitive to that kind of thing, I would recommend not watching.

Norse Atlantic Airways has been a blessing to budget travelers heading to Europe from the US since 2022. But when tickets basically just guarantee you a seat, what's the REAL cost of flying this budget carrier - and is it enough for the airline to survive?

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0:00 - Seizure Warning
0:09 - Intro
0:46 - JFK
2:05 - The Flight Begins
3:31 - History
4:17 - The Onboard Experience
5:11 - How Much Did I Pay?
6:15 - Final Thoughts

[Purely-Flight]

Underrated creator fr, your videos are entertaining and well made- hope to see u gain some more traction coz u deserve it!

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The final Norse Atlantic bill be like:







The English town of Boston traces its name back to the 7th-century English saint, Saint Botolph. Widely revered in the Medieval period, Saint Botolph is the patron saint of travelers, a fitting namesake given the significant role both Bostons would play in the world of exploration and travel. The name "Boston" is believed to be a contraction of "Saint Botolph's town" or "Saint Botolph's stone." It was in the town's church that John Cotton (who later became the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony) served as the rector until his emigration with Johnson. Boston, MA was named such because that was Reverend Isaac Johnson's hometown.

[BsBsBock]

I got a deal this summer for 70 usd Oslo to Bangkok with Norse and it was Amazing

[pkia]

Since Sept 2 all economy light can now bring a regular carry on, so that is helpful.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

In the 2000s, Ryanair also wanted to hop in on the transatlantic market. They were looking to take advantage of an industry downturn that could slash the cost of long-haul aircraft as rivals go bust or orders are cancelled. They wanted to operate from up to nine bases on each side of the Atlantic, with Stansted, Frankfurt-Hahn and Rome-Fiumicino among the candidates for European hubs. For their New York base, they were eyeing Long Island MacArthur. Even though the boss Michael O'Leary wanted flights to North America, the Ryanair board outright dismissed his calls for it. Why, and why haven't they tried again? One of the reasons is turnarounds. Ryanair's quick turnarounds and access to uncongested European airports aren't possible on transatlantic routes. There's also the problem of a potential shortage of slots at the airports that they want. And in a 2017 interview, O'Leary said "unless you’re going to serve both the East Coast and the West Coast with a long-haul, low-cost carrier, we don't think you have the scale or the ability to penetrate that market properly." The sheer scale of Ryanair helps keep its costs low, so they'd have to replicate that in North America. And if Ryanair flew to only NYC or Boston with its dense 737s, they wouldn't be able to achieve that.

JFK International was originally called Idlewild Airport after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. The project was renamed Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport in 1943 after a Queens resident who had commanded a Federalized National Guard unit in the southern states and died in late 1942. The renaming was vetoed by Mayor La Guardia and reinstated by the city council. In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, though people still called it Idlewild. It opened in 1948, attended by Harry S. Truman and NY Governor Thomas E. Dewey who were both running for president that year. It opened with six runways and a seventh that was under construction, but in 2024, the airport has four runways. By 1954, it had the highest volume of international air traffic of any airport globally. The Port of New York Authority originally planned a single 55-gate terminal, but airlines didn't want this because it was deemed too small for future traffic. So architect Wallace Harrison decided to let major airlines be given space to develop their own terminals, which they approved. On Christmas Eve 1963, it was renamed after JFK, a month and two days after his assassination. The Air France robbery took place in April 1967 when associates of the Lucchese crime family stole 420, 000 dollars (equivalent of over $3.8 million in 2024) from the Air France cargo terminal at the airport. It was the largest cash robbery in the US at the time. In 1978, another heist happened at the Lufthansa cargo terminal, when an estimated $5.875 million (equivalent to $28.32 million in 2024), including 5 million in cash and $875, 000 in jewelry, was stolen. This toppled the 1967 robbery as the biggest cash robbery on American soil at the time. Both of these robberies were committed by associates of the Lucchese crime family. The money and jewelry were never recovered. The AirTrain JFK opened in 2003. Before they ended up with a peoplemover, when the MTA first proposed a direct rail link to JFK, they wanted it to serve both LGA and JFK. They wanted it to begin in Midtown, cross the East River into Queens via the Queensboro Bridge, travel to LaGuardia Airport, then make two additional stops at the former Shea Stadium and Jamaica before proceeding to JFK. This plan was cancelled in 1995 as it wasn't popular politically and involved increasing road tolls and PATH train fares to pay for the new link. The day the AirTrain opened in 2003, Schumer and Gov Pataki wanted to extend the AirTrain to Lower Manhattan using the LIRR Atlantic Branch and a new tunnel under the East River.

[JohnLumagui]

"About a fifth the cost of steerage on the Titanic." Holy foreshadowing, Batman!

[matthewwelsh]

The freaking Boston sign at the end lol

[rynovoski]

I flew Norwegian once before I looked into them too carefully. I found out they were basically running an elaborate scam, skirting regulations in every country by having their planes registered in the most favorable place for that, the crew employed out of Ireland because the laws are not as good, etc. No thank you.

I haven’t looked into these guys, but given the surprisingly similar business model and many of the same people involved, pass.

If you play games to skirt labor laws, I’m 100% not interested.

[dimanimatedtakes]

Not sure why the algorithm decided to show me this video first and then your British NE Corridor video second. Especially since this one shows uploaded first lol. Anyway, gonna watch that one next.

However, looks like the flight with Norse was smooth and easy. I don't really snack on planes much anyway, but this definitely better prepared me!! It helps that you mentioned it multiple times too. I definitely wanna try a flight with them!

The fact that your meal isn't included and that you had to pay extra for it is crazy, even for a low cost carrier IMO.

Also, was the Orlando insulin incident in a video? I forget, but I do remember something like that being in the Classy Whale travels saga so I'm just hoping I am not crazy.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Norway facts in honor of Norse Atlantic: When the Norwegian King's Guard visited the Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1961 for a drill display, a lieutenant named Nils Egelien became interested in the Edinburgh Zoo's king penguin colony. When the King's Guard returned to Edinburgh in 1972, Egelien arranged for the regiment to adopt a penguin. This penguin was named Nils Olav in honor of Nils Egelien, commander of the drill platoon, and Olav Siggerud, contingent commander of the King's Guard in 1972. Nils Olav was initially given the rank of visekorporal (lance corporal) in the regiment and he was promoted each time they visited, with corporal in 1982, and finally a sergeant in 1987 before it died. Nils Olav II took over in 1987, promoted in 1993 to the rank of regimental sergeant major, promoted to 'honourable regimental sergeant major' in 2001, colonel-in-chief in 2005, and was knighted in 2008. Nils Olav III took over before 2016, and Nils Olav III was promoted to brigadier in 2016 and major general in 2023. Nils Olav III has the title of "Baron of the Bouvet Islands", since that's a Norwegian dependency (world's most remote island; no one lives there) in the South Atlantic where king penguins can be found in the wild. Norway has an active volcano, Beerenberg located on Jan Mayen, which is also the world's northernmost subaerial active volcano. Svalbard's Longyearbyen is named after American John Munro Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal-mining there in 1906. Svalbard is also home to Pyramiden, a former Soviet coal mining settlement, known for the world's northernmost Lenin monument and northernmost swimming pool. During Soviet times, it was inhabited by Ukrainians coal miners from Donbas and staff from Volyn. Since 1950, it's illegal to die in Longyearbyen. This is due to the permafrost preventing bodies from decomposing, meaning it is effectively impossible to die and be buried there. Therefore, people nearing the end of their lives are typically transported to mainland Norway to die and be buried there

Every year, Norway sends a Christmas tree to Washington, DC for its Union Station. This is because back in 1997, the Norwegian embassy delivered a Christmas tree to Union Station as a sign of goodwill between the two countries and to thank the US for their help during WWII. The city of Oslo has been donating trees to other cities for their assistance in WWII as well like London, Reykjavik, and Rotterdam. In addition to goodwill, then Norwegian ambassador to the US Tom Vraalsen wanted to send one to the US because there are more Norwegian-Americans than Norwegians in Norway. Though we think of it as Japanese, salmon sushi actually became a thing because of Norwegians! In the 1980s, Norway had a problem, they had too much salmon. The Norwegian government hired Bjorn Eirik Olsen to sell it to Japan since they're known for loving fish. Bjorn thought it was gonna be a walk in the park, he went to Tokyo, got a bunch of Japanese fish industry executives together, and he unveiled salmon sushi. However, the Japanese thought it was gross because they didn't eat raw salmon, they cooked their salmon because their salmon had parasites. So his challenge became changing their perception, to get them to realize Norwegian salmon was different. Bjorn made ads that focused on the pure, fresh Norwegian waters. That did not work. And in Norway, the salmon industry was getting desperate. The glut of salmon had gotten so bad, they started filling industrial freezers with tons and tons of salmon. So he had a plan to make one big sale. He went to a company called Nishi Rei, known for their frozen food. Bjorn told them he would sell them 5, 000 tons of salmon for cheap, and all they'd have to do was sell it in grocery stores as sushi. Nishi Rei said yes, Bjorn had his deal, the Japanese enjoyed the buttery taste of Norwegian salmon, and soon enough, salmon sushi popped up all over Japan.

[djpetesake]

Sounds like your flight could've benefited from a certain brand of sleep mask.... or a pair of sunglasses like I use!

[tf_]

For somebody with food allergies, not paying for food I can't eat is definitely a benefit. Though it would probably be offset if I needed any extra bag.

[neilcharles]

Try booking a PE seat for a flight in July/Aug from MCO to LGW return flight...it's almost $1, 800 ....because of The Theme Parks and Disney, Orlando is a hot destination...no discounts for this route...

[badgerattoadhall]

i have flown the premium economy from lgw to jfk once and i will be doing it again in a month.

[georgetech]

Hi just a question, you said that economy you are only allowed 1 personal item under the seat, but on NoRSE site economy says 1x personal item
+ 1x carry on 10kg bag since you did that trip they hqve changed it

[fredstrainandbusvids.]

He finally went to the UK. Like how he went from Boston to Boston

[chrispontani]

That 7L freighter is something you don’t see every day. 😜

[ElaborateTiger]

I've never felt the need to book "low cost long haul". You can get cheap fares on the legacy carriers if you book at the right time. I just went to Chicago and back on Iberia for 420 EUR.

[GirtonOramsay]

Being a type 1 diabetic from Orlando, it's the only airport where I got detected for explosives when I touched my pump and scanned my fingers. They proceeded to ransack my entire luggage with other ppl in line staring at me through glass panels. Otherwise, MCO is great

[urbanpreppie]

hey JFK terminal 7- that was the terminal i used for my first transatlantic flight in 19!