OT: New EOS Routes...
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OT: New EOS Routes...
In celebration of its second anniversary today, Eos
Airlines, whose “Uncrowded” travel experience has captured the loyalty of premium trans-
Atlantic travelers, announced it will begin flights between New York’s JFK and Paris, and
Newark and London Stansted Airports in 2008. With a recent infusion of $50 million in
investment capital, Eos also announced it will secure its seventh and eighth Boeing 757 aircraft
in order to introduce as many as four new routes in 2008.
“Eos Class service is coming to Paris and Newark, and so is an end to making
compromises in air travel,” pronounced Jack Williams, Eos Airlines CEO. “Our Guests tell us
that ‘Uncrowded’ is the only way they want to travel, so we have expanded our operations to
other destinations to meet the demand. These new routes are great markets and also represent a
path to profitability for our investors.”
With its proven business model, Eos’ success has sparked a host of imitators, from
single-class “start-ups” to established legacy carriers attempting to copy many aspects of Eos
Class. None have been able to match the industry-leading “Uncrowded, Uncompromising” travel
experience. Eos flies the world’s only Boeing 757 aircraft configured with just 48 “suites,”
ensuring a superb end-to-end travel experience for its Guests, and encompassing every detail
from superior baggage handling to curbside assistants who personally escort guests through the
check-in process. It has also led the field with the best on-time performance between New York
and London for 18 months running. This unprecedented attention to detail has resulted in an
unparalleled 97% Guest satisfaction rating.
Eos will add flights between Newark International Airport and Stansted Airport in Spring
2008. This new route acknowledges that New Jersey-based premium travelers and corporations
have been eager for Eos to add flights that depart from Newark, and will expand on Eos’
schedule to 58 flights per week between the New York metropolitan area and London. Flights
between New York and Paris are expected to commence in Fall 2008. Details of initial ticket
sale dates and schedules will be announced in the coming months.
About Eos Airlines
Eos provides single-class premium service in a class by itself – “Eos Class.” Eos was named
“Best Long Haul Business Airline” at the 2007 Business Travel World Awards based on the
strength of its dedicated employees, operational excellence and “uncrowded” guest experience.
Eos flies the world’s only 757s outfitted with just 48 “suites,” each of which houses an awardwinning
6’6” fully-horizontal flat-bed and provides 21 square feet of personal space with
unobstructed aisle access for every guest. Eos offers 44 flights per week between New York’s
JFK Airport and London’s Stansted Airport and takes responsibility for the complete end-to-end
experience of its guests.
Airlines, whose “Uncrowded” travel experience has captured the loyalty of premium trans-
Atlantic travelers, announced it will begin flights between New York’s JFK and Paris, and
Newark and London Stansted Airports in 2008. With a recent infusion of $50 million in
investment capital, Eos also announced it will secure its seventh and eighth Boeing 757 aircraft
in order to introduce as many as four new routes in 2008.
“Eos Class service is coming to Paris and Newark, and so is an end to making
compromises in air travel,” pronounced Jack Williams, Eos Airlines CEO. “Our Guests tell us
that ‘Uncrowded’ is the only way they want to travel, so we have expanded our operations to
other destinations to meet the demand. These new routes are great markets and also represent a
path to profitability for our investors.”
With its proven business model, Eos’ success has sparked a host of imitators, from
single-class “start-ups” to established legacy carriers attempting to copy many aspects of Eos
Class. None have been able to match the industry-leading “Uncrowded, Uncompromising” travel
experience. Eos flies the world’s only Boeing 757 aircraft configured with just 48 “suites,”
ensuring a superb end-to-end travel experience for its Guests, and encompassing every detail
from superior baggage handling to curbside assistants who personally escort guests through the
check-in process. It has also led the field with the best on-time performance between New York
and London for 18 months running. This unprecedented attention to detail has resulted in an
unparalleled 97% Guest satisfaction rating.
Eos will add flights between Newark International Airport and Stansted Airport in Spring
2008. This new route acknowledges that New Jersey-based premium travelers and corporations
have been eager for Eos to add flights that depart from Newark, and will expand on Eos’
schedule to 58 flights per week between the New York metropolitan area and London. Flights
between New York and Paris are expected to commence in Fall 2008. Details of initial ticket
sale dates and schedules will be announced in the coming months.
About Eos Airlines
Eos provides single-class premium service in a class by itself – “Eos Class.” Eos was named
“Best Long Haul Business Airline” at the 2007 Business Travel World Awards based on the
strength of its dedicated employees, operational excellence and “uncrowded” guest experience.
Eos flies the world’s only 757s outfitted with just 48 “suites,” each of which houses an awardwinning
6’6” fully-horizontal flat-bed and provides 21 square feet of personal space with
unobstructed aisle access for every guest. Eos offers 44 flights per week between New York’s
JFK Airport and London’s Stansted Airport and takes responsibility for the complete end-to-end
experience of its guests.
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Good news - Eos is a great service and STN is more reliable than Heathrow. It will be interesting to see how much business class fares develop with more flights by Eos, AF, Delta et al. At the moment Eos is only underpricing BA by about 10% on its unrestricted fares.
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As I found out recently, EOS is a wonderful service and I would find it hard to turn to anything else at the moment for LON-NY travel. ^ Great news to hear of their expansion, especially STN-EWR as the immigration shambles at T4 JFK is the only real blemish on their service.
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For us West Coasters, it would be great if EOS entered the LAX market. A much better product than Maxjet. Does anyone have any insight as to the possibility of EOS, or Silverjet coming to LA?
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Range charts:
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/757...rc_london.html
EOS is operating on the envelope already with the JFK and (now) EWR runs. Much as I'd love to see them flying to Seattle. Perhaps we might see Silverjet expand to the West Coast?^^^
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/757...rc_london.html
EOS is operating on the envelope already with the JFK and (now) EWR runs. Much as I'd love to see them flying to Seattle. Perhaps we might see Silverjet expand to the West Coast?^^^
Last edited by whjensen; Oct 18, 2007 at 10:18 am
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But the CEO of EOS has indicated that he wants to serve West Coast - UK, but 767s would need to be used (a la MaxJet)...and hey presto, there go the wonders of 48 seats! Silverjet could be in the running for a West Coast option...
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I wish they'd fly to Philadelphia. Not that I'd use them, but they would add capacity and hopefully drive prices down.
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But a Boeing 737 BBJ could possibly make STN-LAX, and that would remove the problem of having a large and not very intimate cabin.
Range with 25 passengers 5980nm.
Range with 50 passengers 5510nm.
Strong headwinds in the winter will reduce these figures slightly, but.....
STN-LAX is only 4,744nm.