Norse Atlantic launches Bangkok flights from Gatwick – but drops Miami route

Norse Atlantic has launched a new route from London Gatwick to Bangkok.

Flights will start on 26th October and operate four days per week.

There are only two flights per week for most of the first month, flying outbound on Tuesday and Sunday, with the full service commencing from 30th November.

The outbound flight leaves Gatwick at 4pm, landing at 10.25am.

The return leaves Bangkok at 12.30pm, arriving in Gatwick at 6.30pm.

If you are wondering where Norse is getting the aircraft from, the Miami route is being cancelled from 25th October.

This currently operates three flights per week for the winter season, stepping up to daily from April 2025.

As with all Norse flights, you get a modern Boeing 787 aircraft and a two class cabin – economy and premium economy. The airline inherited Norwegian’s long haul fleet when the latter moved to being a purely short haul airline.

We rate Norse Premium highly. It has, by a huge margin, the most personal space of any competing premium economy seat. You can see how Norse Atlantic’s premium economy compares to British Airways and Virgin Atlantic here.

Economy is, well, economy, but is better than it was.

Norse has pulled back from its ‘nothing included’ stance.

You still won’t get any food included with the cheapest economy tickets. However, it DOES now include a 10kg carry-on bag for free. IFE is also now free.

You will need to pay for seat assignments or checked baggage, but as long as you bring your own meals and can stick to 10kg of hand baggage, you can realistically now fly for the lowest quoted price.

It isn’t clear if this is Norse getting generous or if an advertising standards person has had a word. All ‘compulsory’ charges must be shown as part of the advertised price and realistically 99.9% of people would find it ‘compulsory’ to take some item of luggage (apart from a handbag / small laptop bag) on a long haul flight.

You can read our review of flying Premium on Norse Atlantic from Gatwick to New York here.

The new Bangkok route is bookable now.

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