That trend is being seen at Norse said Chief Executive Bjorn Tore Larsen. "Summer is going to be good," he told Reuters ahead of announcing the new routes on Tuesday.
"Bookings are where we expect them to be or better."
Norse said it would fly daily to Los Angeles from Gatwick from June 30 with economy return fares from 430 pounds including taxes. The other new destinations would have similar fares and slightly less regular services.
The airline already flies to New York JFK and plans to also start serving Orlando and Fort Lauderdale/Miami in May. When it adds the new destinations later in the summer, it will serve more U.S. cities than any other airline flying from Gatwick, Britain's second-biggest airport.
Norse said it had made a "significant investment" at Gatwick and employs 370 people there, where it is basing five of its current fleet of 10 aircraft.
Gatwick's transatlantic connections suffered during the pandemic following the failure of Norwegian and after Virgin Atlantic stopped flying from Gatwick and focused on its operations at Britain's biggest airport, Heathrow. (Reporting by Sarah Young and Joanna Plucinska; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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