WASHINGTON — There is a new way to get from Washington to London, and it’s on a European discount carrier that promises low fares.
Denmark-based Primera Air will start giving weekly nonstop flights to London’s Stanstead Airport from Dulles International Airport beginning Aug. 22.
It will launch service with one-way fares starting at $199.
“We’ve been planning to add Washington, D.C. from the beginning of our transatlantic flight project,” said Primera Air president and owner Andri Mar Ingolfsson.
“Primera Air sees a strong demand for this route, and we are proud to be the first low-cost airline to start operations between both cities, offering people an affordable way of transatlantic travel.”
Primera air also is expanding its network to include New York, Boston and Toronto.
It will operate its Dulles-to-London flights on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, using Airbus and Boeing narrow-body planes.
Primera Air already flies to about 70 destinations within Europe.
Dulles had a record 7.8 million international passengers in 2017.
