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Consumers are much more focused on travel than in the past.

In fact, an Expedia survey last year found that half of consumers said travel is now more vital than it was five years ago, and 88% planned to take a leisure trip during the year.

While people want to travel, they don’t want to spend a fortune doing so. Expedia’s survey reported 58% of consumers expected to be more price-conscious with their upcoming trips.

With travelers focused on costs, it’s disappointing when low-priced alternatives disappear from the market. Unfortunately, that’s the reality many travelers are facing as a budget airline has canceled 39% of summer flights to major U.S. cities.

Travelers will have fewer lower-cost airfare choices this year.

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Low-priced discount airline cancels huge number of U.S. flights

According to Simple Flying, the low-budget airline carrier Norse Airlines has made a major change to the flights that are coming up this summer season. Specifically, the airline has

It cut close to 39% of all U.S. flights compared with the prior year.
It has been in the process of withdrawing transatlantic routes for a year.
It is even canceling flights where it had solid load factors.

Which Norse Airlines flights are being canceled?

Over the past year, Norse Airlines has suspended the following.

Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York JFK
London Gatwick to Miami
Berlin to New York JFK
Oslo to New York JFK
Athens to Los Angeles

Now, Norse’s summer calendar has revealed that it is dramatically scaling back to just seven routes in the summer of 2026.

The airline will now offer only the following flights.

Just one daily service from Rome Fiumicino to New York JFK, London Gatwick to New York JFK, and London Gatwick to Orlando
Six weekly services from Athens to New York JFK (no flights on Monday) and London Gatwick to Los Angeles (no flights on Tuesday)
Four weekly flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Los Angeles (down from six to four weekly)
Two weekly flights from Rome Fiumicino to Los Angeles on Thursday and Saturday (down from five weekly)

Why is Norse Airlines canceling so many flights?

According to reports from Simple Flying, Norse Airlines is cutting down its flights dramatically because it has struggled to maintain profitability during the key summer season, which is generally the most important time of the year for revenue generation for airlines that operate transatlantic flights.

Norse Airlines is not the only one that has struggled, as this market is one of the most competitive, with lots of flight activity from competitors. In total, more than 57,000 transatlantic flights are scheduled for the July to September period.

Norse Airlines is also focused on operating a low-cost model on transatlantic routes, which many airlines have struggled to do in the past, including Norwegian Long Hall, which is Norse Airlines’ predecessor.

Norse is also looking to redirect some of its focus into new markets, including Thailand, where it is adding five new nonstop routes as demand grows.

Travelers will be disappointed by the dropped Norse routes

While Norse Airlines has good reason for making the shift and reducing its summer flights to the U.S., travelers are sure to be disappointed.

One Reddit user praised the low price that he paid for a Norse Airlines flight last year, indicating, “Right now I could book January to London for a couple days, for like $350 round trip. Jetblue with a 7-hour layover is $700ish, Delta and Virgin are nonstop like Norse and at over $1,100.”

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Another Redditor commented that the seats were comfortable, but there were a lot of add-on fees to watch out for, stating, “I just flew it back from Paris this past weekend. I found the seats and the plane to be pretty comfortable, but I agree with all the other comments around the bare bones nature. Everything is charged separately once on the plane (water, headphones for in-flight entertainment, any meals or snacks). It wasn’t a bad experience, but costs might sneak up.”

With this low-budget airline canceling so many flights, travelers looking for affordable transatlantic trips will no longer have this cheap, decent option and will need to explore other alternatives in the upcoming summer season.