Low fare Airlines

In Norway alone, 53 flights are operated between the USA and Europe, which by its own account is more than any individual airline in Europe. There are many point-to-point services, but there are also links via major regional centres at London Gatwick, Oslo and Stockholm, among other places. The WOW operates only from the USA to its turnstile near Reykjavik, but provides links to more than 20 other major destinations in Europe after a stopover.

It now flies from Newark and Boston to Europe, with services to Washington Dulles starting in August. France Bee has just started operating services from San Francisco to Paris (and Tahiti), while another France carrier - XL Airways France - is known for offering regular low-cost transatlantic fare between the US and France.

Now that the holiday seasons are just around the corner, the following is a good deal on the US tours available from these low-cost airlines in Europe. Browse down - or click through our galleries above - to see the full route list*. Many of these can be seasonal and run only a few times a day a week.

Large airlines will sometimes introduce tariffs that compete with their budgetary counterparts, especially when taking into account the charges and intermittent timetables of some of these airlines. Many of the itineraries in this guide are either seasonally or functionally scheduled with less than day-to-day services. A number of lines are new, with the introduction of the Serviceplan scheduled to begin this year.