Originally Posted by
jdrtravel
Redeye flights are a major factor for west to east transcons. You can't get to the east coast from LAX or SFO in the morning without taking a redeye given the time change and the flight length. If you don't want to go the day before and have another night in a hotel, being able to sleep on the flight is a very important factor.
I've just started to fly the transcon red eye flights out of Boston and I was amazed at how many people actually slept on the flight. I saw very few people actually up and watching TV during my walk through so I'm certain that we will get a few business travelers that will take advantage of a lie flat product to enhance their quality of sleep.
I really hope we can capture some of the business traveler market to make this successful. We have some well established competition on the route and they have the cabins and products to battle our new venture into the market. I'm glad we are taking this step and not shying away from the competition. I hope we make it work and I can't wait to see and maybe work these flights