Norse Atlantic To Increase Frequencies From Rome & Athens After Cutting Oslo-Los Angeles Flights

Long-haul carrier Norse Atlantic appears to be shaking up its route network. The Scandinavian carrier appears to be moving some of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners to boost frequencies on several of its popular routes next summer at the expense of its seasonal Oslo to Los Angeles summer service, which is no longer expected to return in 2025.

Bye Bye, Los Angeles

As first spotted by Ishrion Aviation, the airline is pulling its route from Oslo Gardermoen Airport (OSL) to Los Angeles and redeploying the aircraft on other routes in this network to boost frequencies. The Oslo to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) service is a summer seasonal flight that ran this year from May to September.

Although Cirium data still shows that Norse has plans to resume the service on May 23rd, 2025, the flights are no longer available to purchase on the airline’s website.

The flights have historically been operated by one of the carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which will now be transferred to other routes in the airline’s network.

Which destinations are getting a boost?

The first link that seems to be getting additional flights is the carrier’s service from Athens (ATH) to New York JFK. The route is also a summer seasonal service, which Norse originally planned to begin on May 15th, 2025. Based on flight scheduling data from Cirium, the link is now scheduled to resume early, on May 6th, and run through on October 25th.

According to flight data filed last week, the service had 14 frequencies scheduled during the month, but the newest data shows 22 flights in May.

The other route set to get a boost will be the carrier’s service from Los Angeles to Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO). The link will commence on May 22nd, 2025, and is already showing a boost in flight frequencies.

In a change from the schedule filed last week, Norse now has 16 flights scheduled (8 each way) on the route with six weekly frequencies. Flights are due to be operated by a Boeing 787-9 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on a seasonal basis through September 27th.

The changes follow several recent route announcements from the airline. The carrier has added additional flights between Miami and Berlin next year. The twice-weekly link between Berlin Brandenberg Airport (BER) and Miami International Airport (MIA) will receive an additional third weekly flight that will operate from March 5th, 2025, through April 25th, 2025.

Norse Atlantic’s network on the other side of the world will also get a boost next year. Beginning next winter, the carrier will link Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) in Thailand. The flights will commence on October 29th and run twice weekly every Wednesday and Sunday.

Elsewhere, things are looking up for the airline. Norse Atlantic Airways reported its highest-ever load factor last month, with 92% of seats filled in November 2024. The number marks a 31-percentage point increase from the 61% of seats sold in the same month the year before.

Across its entire operations, Norse operated 352 flights and transported 94,612 passengers last month, a 94% increase in passenger numbers compared to the same period last year. ACMI/charter services also showed substantial growth, with 128 flights in November 2024 compared to four flights in November 2023. One of the most notable was a charter flight to Antarctica.

Timeliness was also up, with 78% of the flights departing within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure time, and none of the airline’s flights were canceled last month.