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The following is a list of transatlantic flights classified by airline. Some flights may be transatlantic while not being classed as such; for instance SQ21&22 (alongside 23&24) may fly over the Atlantic if wind conditions are preferable, but may fly over Asia or the Arctic Ocean instead.
Boston became a transatlantic gateway after World War II. In the late 1940s, American Overseas Airlines began operating a weekly Boston-Shannon-London service, [16] shortly after, Pan Am began operating nonstop service to Shannon Airport in Ireland and Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, continuing to London and Lisbon, respectively. [17]
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In addition to the previously listed destinations served with scheduled passenger service, Virgin Atlantic has also operated scheduled, cargo-only flights on its passenger aircraft to the following destinations as of August 2021: [56]
In April 1913, the London newspaper The Daily Mail offered a prize of £10,000 [1] (£568,000 in 2023 [2]) to the aviator who shall first cross the Atlantic in an aeroplane in flight from any point in the United States of America, Canada or Newfoundland and any point in Great Britain or Ireland" in 72 continuous hours. [3]
Norse Atlantic Airways was founded in February 2021 [2] by Bjørn Tore Larsen, with Bjørn Kise and Bjørn Kjos holding minority stakes. [3] [4] The airline was announced on 15 March 2021, alongside its plans to begin selling tickets in the fall of 2021 for the start of scheduled commercial flights in December 2021.