Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, lower numbers of travelers coming into the U.S. have pushed airlines from all over the world to cut their capacities.
Norwegian budget carrier Norse Atlantic Airways redirected a number of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners (BA) to flights connecting several Scandinavian capitals with Thailand.
It also cut flights from Oslo and Berlin to Miami and London Gatwick Airport to Las Vegas. In addition, the airline’s final flight to JFK and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is slated to run on Oct. 17.
Icelandic low-cost airline Play Airlines, which launched in 2019 and quickly built a market running flights from the East Coast of the U.S. to European capitals, is suspending all flights between the U.S. and Europe by October 2025 amid low demand.
Play CEO Einar Örn Ólafsson classified the change as