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Nov 9, 2011, 11:41 pm

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Moomba

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Originally Posted by origin

A great trip report thanks. ^

Thanks origin

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Originally Posted by tuapekastar

Thanks for the TR Moomba...great reading. The A318 service LCY-JFK sounds an interesting little beast.

Thanks tuapekastar. As I fly a fair bit anything new has that novelty factor the first time. As noted above I would, given the opportunity, take this service again.

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Originally Posted by jamiel

The LCY flight sounds very similar from your description to that of the Concorde...convenient if you're from right around the airports, but diminishing in convenience and utility if you're coming from any distance away. Such is the penalty of the popularization of the 767....when I took the Concorde in 1998 I lived in Tampa...what a pain to have to fly to JFK to catch the flight...welcome to 1978!

Although the 318 service is a nice experience it pales in comparison to the rocket in terms of desirability. I think if I still had a choice of SSR and a domestic connection or a direct flight I would go Concorde. The same can't be said for the 318 service but if the connection wasn't too painful I would do this again.

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