Low-cost airline Play launches its inaugural flights from NY to the foremost EU hubs on 9 June
It is an thrilling time to be on the lookout for tickets for journey throughout the Atlantic as quite a few European low-cost airways are launching new routes throughout the ocean at very low costs. Simply in time for summer season and the relaxation of Europe travel restrictions.
This week, it’s the inaugural flight of Icelandic airline PLAY from New York Stewart Worldwide Airport (SWF) to main EU hubs, reminiscent of Dublin, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen and naturally, Reykjavík in Iceland.
It can even be the very first time that New York Stewart airport could have used its new $37 million worldwide arrivals and U.S. Customs enlargement.
To have a good time the brand new route, ticket costs begin from $99 to Iceland and $129 to different European locations for journey between August 31 and November 16.
It follows the primary two routes launched by PLAY out of Baltimore/Washington D.C (BWI) since April and out of Boston (BOS) since Could 22. The corporate will begin a seasonal route from Orlando (MCO) starting on October 1.
The airline affords a pay-as-you-go mannequin, including on further legroom and larger baggage to improve journeys. Stopovers will also be factored into ticket costs at no further price.
PLAY’s CEO Birgir Jónsson commented that the “flight from New York comes lower than one 12 months after PLAY’s very first flight from Iceland in 2021. Regardless of a difficult journey market, PLAY has nonetheless grown and established itself in Europe and america. We flew greater than 100,000 passengers in our first seven months of operations.”
Jónsson added that the airline “expects to serve greater than 1 million passengers in our second 12 months of operations.”
Play joins another EU airline startup, French Bee, which launched a low-cost route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Paris (ORY) in Could 2022—the route takes 10 hours, might be flying six weekly flights by July and costs begin at €321, one-way.
