AVIATION US FLIGHTS DESTINATIONS


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Get on top of the latest routes to the US with Samantha Mayling’s flight guide


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ransatlantic travellers have always been fairly well-


served with direct flights across the pond, but as competition on US routes hots up – both on the fares and the cities served – they are even more spoilt for choice. Long-haul budget airlines


continue to add services. Norwegian, for example, will launch Gatwick flights to Chicago and Austin next March, while


smaller carrier Primera Air serves New York and Boston. Gatwick chief executive


Stewart Wingate says: “These new flights are yet more proof that the low-cost long-haul revolution is here to stay.” Meanwhile, legacy carriers such as British Airways are adding more direct links, reaching destinations that previously required connections. And if


clients don’t mind a quick stop en route, the growing network of US flights via Reykjavik from the likes of Icelandair and budget carrier Wow Air make it an attractive alternative to a direct service.


Furthermore, airlines are adding capacity on popular routes: Norwegian increased Gatwick-Oakland services in April; Delta upped flights to


Detroit and Atlanta; and in April 2018, British Airways will increase its Heathrow-Philadelphia service from seven to 10 flights per week. If that sounds a lot, it’s barely


a drop in the ocean compared with the wealth of other new services coming on stream next year. To help make sense of the rush of new routes, read on for our roundup of the latest US flights news.


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