Ryanair is the latest airline to claim their piece of the cheap transatlantic flights cake. Ryanair boss Michael O'leary has claimed that by the summer of 2009 we could expect flights to the US to be as low as £7 not including taxes. These flights will be to smaller airports, a method already used by the budget airlines to reduce cost. Long Island Islip MacArthur airport would be used for New York, Providence, Rhode Isalnd for Boston etc.
Transatlantic flights have recently been opened up to all airlines following the EU-US Open Skies agreement.
This news follows the news that Zoom will fly to New York from Gatwick starting from £129.

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Zoom airline which mainly flies in Canada, is the first airline to take advantage of the Open Skies agreement and take on British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and the US carriers in announcing a Gatwick to JFK route for as little as £258 return. They claim this deal will provide savings of upto 70% over rivals prices.
Zoom will use the EasyJet model where prices rise as the planes seats fill up.

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Yesterday the EU approved an agreement to allow any European airline to make transatlantic flights from March 2008. At present only British Airways, Virgin Airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines can fly from Heathrow to the US.
Open Skies will be a good deal for passengers as it will open the routes into the states to competition from other airlines and will most likely bring prices down.
Hopefully in the coming weeks we'll hear announcements from the no frills airlines about new route plans taking advantage of the new rules when they take force next year.

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