Business Insider’s reporter flew on a Norse Airlines red-eye flight from New York City to Berlin.Joey Hadden/Business Insider
- I took a red-eye flight from NYC to Berlin to start a two-week trip to Europe in October 2022.
- For $180, I flew through the night with Norse Atlantic Airways and had a row of seats to myself.
In October 2022, I flew from my home in NYC to Berlin for a two-week train trip through Europe.
When booking air travel, I usually choose the cheapest nonstop flight leaving from my local airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). For this trip, that option was an eight-hour red-eye flight on an airline I’d never heard of, Norse Atlantic Airways.
Norse Atlantic Airways is a new budget airline that started flying in 2022 with nonstop trips from the US to Germany, Norway, the UK, France, and Italy, according to its website.
I booked the lowest tier of ticket — economy light, which included a seat and space to store a personal item for $88. I also paid $75 to select my window seat in advance and a $20 check-in fee at the airport, for a grand total of $183.
I like how domestic red-eye flights give me an extra day at my destination, but I’d never taken one internationally. And I found that the long-haul flight through the night left me exhausted at the beginning of my trip. To me, it wasn’t worth the day I saved.