BACKGROUND This was the inaugural flight of Norse from London Gatwick to New York JFK on August 12. The exteriors have been repainted in a new ‘longship livery’ with each aircraft named after a national park – Redwood, Sequoia and Yellowstone, for instance. For this inaugural it was aircraft registration LN-FNI named Jotunheimen, which is a park in Norway. There are hopes for a double daily flight from Gatwick in the near future. You can watch a video review on the Business Traveller You Tube channel.
CHECK-IN I arrived at London Gatwick South Terminal at 1000 for my 1335 departure on Norse N0701, a flight time of seven-and-a-half hours.
Once there I went upstairs to departures and Zone H where there was a dedicated queue for Premium passengers. Norse has two classes – Economy and Premium, and each of these has three fare
