Cheap flights to Washington DC – Primera Air launches £199 flights from Stansted
Budget airline Primera Air is selling no-frills tickets from £199 each way - flights start from Stansted Airport this August
IT’S about to become The Only Way Is… Washington, D.C.
While we’re not sure if Donald Trump is aware of who Gemma Collins is yet – he might soon be.
Essex is about to be served by a new route to Washington, D.C. by budget airline Primera Air and no-frills tickets will cost .
Flights will run from Stansted in Essex from August.
Primera Air CEO Hrafn Thorgeirsson told the : “At Heathrow there are no slots available and Gatwick is really saturated and very difficult to get any proper slots.
"Nobody is serving Stansted right now for our market.”
The inexpensive Icelandic airline has just nine aircraft in its fleet, in comparison, Ryanair has 413 planes.
But they are already making waves in the aviation industry thanks to their super-cheap transatlantic flights north of London.
Aside from the city’s most famous landmark, the White House, Washington, D.C. offers art galleries and the , which is brilliant for live music.
It also has more restaurants per hundred people than NYC, including a burgeoning Asian food scene.
Fan favourite House of Cards is also filmed in D.C.
Viewers will recognise like the arches at Union Station and the Grant Memorial.
There are also lot of fan tours you can take on foot - .
Primera Air is an Icelandic airline that mainly operates in Scandinavia, but it is now branching out into the UK market.
The airline had previously announced cheap flights from Birmingham to Boston, but was forced to cancel some of its flights for this summer last week due to a lack of bookings.
While the Birmingham to Boston route has now been cancelled, the airline will still fly from Newark to London Stansted and Birmingham.
Newark Liberty International Airport serves the state of New Jersey and the greater New York metropolitan area.
Round trips on these routes can be snapped up for as little as £271, as UK to US flights cost from £149 and the return leg is on offer from £121.
The airline will start operating the flights from April.
The bargain prices are the ultimate no-frills fares though, as any added extras will add significantly to the ticket cost.
For example, a 23kg bag in the hold costs £25, and seat reservations cost from £22 to £55.
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Travellers will probably want to reserve the £55 extra legroom seats too, as the standard seats have the same space as on a Ryanair flight.
In-flight food is also particular pricey, costing £30 for a meal per passenger.
The airline is following in the footsteps of Norwegian and WOW Air, who have both started to offer super-cheap transatlantic flights in recent years.