WOW air is offering flights from London Stansted to New York for just £99.

The flights are offered at the low rate, less than the cost of airfare taxes, to celebrate a new service to the Big Apple’s JFK International.

The low cost airline is bringing back its £99 fares to mark the occasion, with the flights now on sale for the new route, via Reykjavik, beginning April 2018.

Due to the UK having the highest taxes on airfares in the world, the airline’s £99 offering is £24 less than the cost of getting every passenger on their way.

Skúli Mogensen, CEO and founder of WOW air, said: “We are proud to constantly be lowering fares across the Atlantic, enabling more people to fly in our brand new aircraft and to experience the world.

“Air Passenger Duty in the UK is one of the highest in the world and we would love to change this.

"These low fares make a statement and allow our passengers to fly affordably.“

Already operating a route to Newark Liberty International Airport, the airline also offers routes to Chicago, Pittsburgh, Miami, Toronto, Boston, Montreal, Washington D.C. and Californian destinations Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The airline announced new routes earlier this year to Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis and Cincinnati starting in April 2018, which link up with its new Stansted service.

At the end of May the airline will also be increasing the frequency of its daily service to Newark, bringing the total number of flights to 13 per week from 29 May 2018.

The daily schedule to and from Reykjavik will be:

KEF – JFK 21:10 – 03:25 UTC

JFK – KEF 04:40 – 10:45 UTC

For more information or to book visit www.wowair.co.uk