Beat their own record from January and flew New York-London in five hours and nine minutes.

January 15th this year, a Norwegian Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner used five hours and 13 minutes from the JFK airport in New York to London Gatwick. That was a new record for the route.

Now, the low-cost airline has beaten its own record with four minutes, writes the industry site Check-in.dk.

It was February 8 this year, the Norwegian Dreamliner ended up in the midst of a powerful jet stream.

The plane with Captain Martin Wood in the cockpit flew from New York at 11.58 local time and landed at 22.50 in London local time - about an hour before scheduled arrival.

The route was flown at a height of 33,000 feet (10,060 meters) and had a speed of 695 knots, equivalent to 1285 kilometers per hour.

"We have gone from being fast-growing to being fastest flying. We flew in 33,000 feet, roughly in the middle of the jet stream, which was surprisingly comfortable, "said Martin Wood, according to Daily Mail.

TC957 wrote:

Are they going for the honour of a first subsonic sub-5 hour JFK-LGW crossing ? I presume that's already possible from BOS.

Richard28 wrote:

I'm finding it a bit odd that Norwegian keep getting these low times, other carriers must also be catching the same jet streams and making similar times?

Is this just a case of Norwegians marketing department working overtime announcing these flight times and other airlines not even bothering about them?

Richard28 wrote:

I'm finding it a bit odd that Norwegian keep getting these low times, other carriers must also be catching the same jet streams and making similar times?

B747forever wrote:

ilovelamp wrote:

Pennies count. I’m surprised they aren’t thinking more tactically about fuel savings. Tailwinds are God’s gift to the airlines. This is good press but if it becomes common place it won’t help their bottom line.


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But you have to remember that in the other direction you will face massive headwinds. When comparing the same route, you end up spending more time in headwinds than in tailwinds so you actually end up losing more with strong winds enroute.

ilovelamp wrote:

B747forever wrote:

ilovelamp wrote:

Pennies count. I’m surprised they aren’t thinking more tactically about fuel savings. Tailwinds are God’s gift to the airlines. This is good press but if it becomes common place it won’t help their bottom line.


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But you have to remember that in the other direction you will face massive headwinds. When comparing the same route, you end up spending more time in headwinds than in tailwinds so you actually end up losing more with strong winds enroute.

Of course. I would agree with exception of if they needed the strong tailwinds eastbound to make up for lost time westbound to arrive on time in LGW. However, since they are arriving up to an hour early it tells me they aren’t taking full advantage of the tailwinds for operational reasons.

Richard28 wrote:

I'm finding it a bit odd that Norwegian keep getting these low times, other carriers must also be catching the same jet streams and making similar times?

Is this just a case of Norwegians marketing department working overtime announcing these flight times and other airlines not even bothering about them?

Tedd wrote:

Richard28 wrote:

I'm finding it a bit odd that Norwegian keep getting these low times, other carriers must also be catching the same jet streams and making similar times?

Is this just a case of Norwegians marketing department working overtime announcing these flight times and other airlines not even bothering about them?

Why the negativity? So what if Norwegian choose to go with giving out times of their flights. They have a couple of
records under their belt & are obviously proud of the fact. They are probably proud of the excellent prices & service
on offer too. More power too them.......literally

millionsofmiles wrote:

When all is said and done, the only Norwegian speed record anybody is going to remember is how quickly it shuts down.

Mortyman wrote:

millionsofmiles wrote:

When all is said and done, the only Norwegian speed record anybody is going to remember is how quickly it shuts down.

They've been around since 1993 ... 25 years ...