Brussels Airport welcomes Primera Air’s direct flights to New York, Boston and Washington DC starting next year

BRUSSELS, Belgium, 2018-Aug-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Brussels Airport will be welcoming the new airline Primera Air in May next year. The airline will start direct flights to New York (EWR) as of May 2019, and direct flights to Boston (BOS) and Washington DC (IAD) as of June 2019. The flights will be operated by the new, high technological Boeing 737 Max 9. Two aircraft will be based at Brussels Airport.

“We are pleased to welcome Primera Air to Brussels Airport with nonstop flights from Brussels Airport to several destinations in North America. The arrival of Primera Air with their low-fare services once again confirms that Brussels Airport offers the widest choice of airlines for all types of passengers. A new route for our airport is Boston, home to many pharmaceutical and biotech companies which are also a key industry in our country. We also look forward to being the gateway to Europe and Belgium for an increasing number of American visitors”, explains Arnaud Feist, CEO of Brussels Airport Company.

Primera Air is a low-fare Nordic airline that operates flights from Europe to more than 70 destinations across the Mediterranean, Middle East, Asia, Caribbean and North America.

Daily flights to New York (EWR) will start from May 9, 2019, while flights to Boston (BOS) and Washington D.C. (IAD) will start from June 2, 2019. All flights will be operated by brand new Boeing Max 9 aircraft.

Anastasija Visnakova, Chief Commercial Officer of Primera Air: “Our mission is to make expensive transatlantic travel a thing of the past and we are glad to bring low fare, long-haul flights to Brussels. It will give an opportunity for local travelers to fly to the US and Canada in a more affordable way as well as bring more North American travelers to Brussels.”

Media contact:
media@brusselsairport.be
+32 (0)2 753 53 53

Source: Brussels Airport

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