On May 21, 1927, the American Charles Lindbergh, then aged 25, made the very first crossing of the North Atlantic by plane, without a stopover. Almost a century later, six companies now operate between Paris et New Yorkand will soon be joined by a seventh: from March 26, 2023, a Boeing 787 from the Norwegian low-cost company Norse Atlantic Airways will indeed fly daily between the two cities.
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A new Paris-New York connection announced in five humorous clips
To promote this new connection, the company has produced five short videos with a humorous tone, with the slogan: “Crossing the Atlantic is a thousand times better today than a thousand years ago”. We see a Norwegian taking the plane today, with all the comfort boasted by the company, and the same Norwegian aboard a longship, a millennium ago.
Sometimes stuck between two other Vikings, sometimes nauseous because of turbulence at sea, the Norwegian travels between eras and can only see the comfort offered by Norse Atlantic Airways.
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This is not the first time that the airline has used the image of Scandinavian explorers, since its logo is directly inspired by the Oseberg boat, this Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound near the Oseberg farm, in Norwayat the beginning of the 20th century.
Paris-New York from 219 euros
Ticket price advertised for this connection between Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and that of JFK, the largest of New York ? In economy classcount at least 219 euros, and 528 euros in premium class.
Founded in 2021, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the low-cost airline made its inaugural flight on June 14, 2022, between Oslo airport and John F. Kennedy international airport in New York.
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