Budget airline Norse is axing half its US to Europe routes, making cheap Transatlantic travel more difficult

• Norse Atlantic Airways is halving its flights from the US. • The change means cheap flights to Europe will be harder to find. • It's leasing half its aircraft to IndiGo, and reported "some softness" in transatlantic demand.

If you want a cheap flight to Europe, you're going to have to look a little harder after Norse Atlantic Airways cut half of its US routes.

In October, the budget airline — which is popular with American tourists coming to Europe — will stop a number of key routes from the US, data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows. It will then cut further routes in November.

The routes being cut include: • Los Angeles to Athens, Greece • Miami to London • New York to Berlin • New York to Oslo, Norway • New York to Paris • Los Angeles to Paris

The cuts were