Norwegian Airwhich is restructuring its transatlantic services around major hubs in Europe and the United States, has just announced the launch of flights from Paris and Rome to Chicagoas well as a Rome-Denver. On the CDG-Chicago O'Hare route, the low-cost carrier will start flying on 1 May, operating up to five rotations a week until 24 October. The link will be provided by a Boeing 787-9configured with 35 Premium seats and 309 Economy seats. Norwegian will be competing with Air France, American Airlines and United Airlines on this route. " Rome and Paris are excellent additions to our growing presence in Chicago and Denver. Matthew Wood, Senior Vice-President Commercial at Norwegian. The United States is now our largest outbound market. We will continue to invest in expanding our network to offer more non-stop services to European destinations. "he adds. This reinforcement in Paris and Rome comes at a time when the airline has restructured its North Atlantic network by ceasing services from Ireland and to the United States. Las Vegas. On the other hand, Chicago airport is gaining in importance as it is now linked to four European cities: Barcelona, London, Paris and Rome.
Norwegian is not the only airline to increase its services between France and the United States. The long-haul low-cost carrier Levelemulation of group IAGwill also be launching a new service to Paris with three flights a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) between Orly and Boston. The flight will be operated by Airbus A330-200 with 21 Premium Eco seats and 293 Economy class seats. The route will be marketed under the Iberia flight number. The airline will also be offering four weekly services between Barcelona and Boston instead of three. Level will also be competing head-on with Delta Air Lines, which is launching a second daily flight between Paris CDG and Boston from 21 May throughout the summer season.
It should also be noted that Corsair will be offering a daily flight on the same route from June, using a brand new A330-900 Neo. It will also be competing with French Bee which will be offering a daily flight between Paris Orly and Newark from June onwards on a brand new Airbus A350-900.
Air France rises to the occasion
The response on the France-US axis also comes fromAir Francewhich reintroduces a fifth daily flight between CDG and New York JFK, a flight it cancelled in 2016. From 29 March, flight AF014 will take off from Paris at 11:20am and land in New York in a Boeing777-200ER in three-class configuration. The return flight will leave JFK at 5:30pm and arrive in Paris at 7:30am. However, Air France is reducing the number of Airbus A380 frequencies on the route from two to one per day, with AF006/007 to be operated in future by a four-class Boeing 777-300ER.
Air France is also adding frequencies on San Francisco from 4 May. In addition to its two daily flights, the airline will be offering a third flight, initially with three weekly frequencies between May and 15 June, then five and finally one. daily flight between 29 June and 6 September.
And finally.., The Company has confirmed the resumption of its seasonal service between Nice and Newark. It will offer four weekly frequencies between the two destinations from 2 May to 29 September using Airbus A321neo aircraft.
