Alitalia's financial difficulties
Oct 23, 2007, 5:12 am
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After all, the US routes have lots of competition, whereas somebody coming from CCS or ACC is certain to have fewer choices. And MXP-JFK will definitely be kept (at the very least as a DL codeshare, but I'm sure there will be Alitalia metal flying it, too).
Oct 23, 2007, 6:00 am
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1) number of flights between FCO and LIN is much higher than FCO-MXP flights.
2) if u have a meeting Milan city centre, you gain over than 40 mins flying to LIN rather than to MXP.
Consequently there's a huge difference between the 2 options.
If I face either possibility I would take a different airline, connect somewhere in Northern Europe and continue on to Milan from there.
Oct 23, 2007, 6:04 am
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But what about everywhere else? Is it better to fly TLV-FCO-MAD or TLV-MXP-MAD? EZE-FCO-OTP or EZE-MXP-OTP? And so on...
After all, the US routes have lots of competition, whereas somebody coming from CCS or ACC is certain to have fewer choices. And MXP-JFK will definitely be kept (at the very least as a DL codeshare, but I'm sure there will be Alitalia metal flying it, too).
After all, the US routes have lots of competition, whereas somebody coming from CCS or ACC is certain to have fewer choices. And MXP-JFK will definitely be kept (at the very least as a DL codeshare, but I'm sure there will be Alitalia metal flying it, too).
Paradox:
would you fly YYZ-CDG-ARN if you should have 6 hours layover in paris, when the only other choice u have is YYZ-FCO-ARN with 55 mins layover in FCO?
=)
It's very difficult to establish a general rule when u're comparing itineraries with connections ( of course, to compare a direct itin with a 1-stop itin is another pair of hands)
cheers
Luke
Oct 25, 2007, 4:55 pm
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...just my 2 miles ...
Oct 26, 2007, 1:48 am
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That's obvious, Rambuster!
This is the reason why i try to fly QR and SQ as much as i can... and probably this is also the reason why AZ is not going so well
This is the reason why i try to fly QR and SQ as much as i can... and probably this is also the reason why AZ is not going so well