OpenSkies inaugural flight lands at JFK - w/ pics
Jun 19, 2008, 5:57 pm
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OpenSkies inaugural flight lands at JFK - w/ pics
While I am not on the first JFK-ORY flight with the 20 FlyerTalkers, I was at the landing of the first ORY-JFK flight and the related press conference. Which means that while there will be a flood of trip reviews in just a few hours, you can pass that time with this "pre-trip" report 
To summarize: I am *very* impressed!
I have a full review (to the best I can review without actually taking off and landing!) with about 20 pics on my blog now. Enjoy!
OpenSkies lands at JFK
(As an aside, as I was leaving Terminal 7, I got a text message from a friend who has never heard of FT and had no idea I was at the press conference. She was heading to JFK for a flight to Paris - on OpenSkies! Small world.....
To summarize: I am *very* impressed!
I have a full review (to the best I can review without actually taking off and landing!) with about 20 pics on my blog now. Enjoy!
OpenSkies lands at JFK
(As an aside, as I was leaving Terminal 7, I got a text message from a friend who has never heard of FT and had no idea I was at the press conference. She was heading to JFK for a flight to Paris - on OpenSkies! Small world.....
Jun 19, 2008, 7:27 pm
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the Biggest Problem I see is right now they have but 1 aircraft. What happens if it goes CX, I guess either no flight at all, or they will fly a reg 757 that belongs to BA over to be used till the OS plane is fixed.
For that alone I wouldnt fly OS as of yet.
I had this problem when BA was converting from CW to NCW and more often then not we got a CE plane. Of cause BA gave us vouchers to make up for it, I would have rather been on another Carrier w/o any voucher then be stuck in a CE seat.
Its a good idea but not with only 1 plane
For that alone I wouldnt fly OS as of yet.
I had this problem when BA was converting from CW to NCW and more often then not we got a CE plane. Of cause BA gave us vouchers to make up for it, I would have rather been on another Carrier w/o any voucher then be stuck in a CE seat.
Its a good idea but not with only 1 plane
Jun 19, 2008, 9:00 pm
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CE seats on a transatlantic flight? Horrors!! Worse than WT+ ??
CE seats on a transatlantic flight? Horrors!! Worse than WT+ ??
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Jun 20, 2008, 12:42 am
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Originally Posted by craz
the Biggest Problem I see is right now they have but 1 aircraft. What happens if it goes CX, I guess either no flight at all, or they will fly a reg 757 that belongs to BA over to be used till the OS plane is fixed.
For that alone I wouldnt fly OS as of yet.
For that alone I wouldnt fly OS as of yet.
Jun 20, 2008, 3:18 am
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Thats just stupid.
Jun 20, 2008, 4:29 am
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Agreed. As they code share with L'Avion, if aircraft has tech fault, passengers would be put on their flights.
Jun 20, 2008, 6:30 am
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This may help:
https://www.flyopenskies.com/os/flyertalk
2 4 1 in prem+ and biz (from US only though).
https://www.flyopenskies.com/os/flyertalk
2 4 1 in prem+ and biz (from US only though).
Jun 20, 2008, 9:25 am
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Though bear in mind that the L'Avion product only equates to the OS Prem + product and that L'avion flies to/from EWR. Biz passengers would be put onto BA via LHR I would say - which isn't that bad. NNCW and T5 would sweeten the blow perhaps.
Jun 20, 2008, 11:00 am
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The situation is quite different from Paris or from NY. First, with a single plane and a different company (wasn't it the point to have a staff that doesnt belong to BA?), there is a greater chance of a plane going Cx with no backup plane AND no backup pilot/FAs either in Paris or NY. EC flies out of ORY, where there are no flights to LHR (and at least an hour drive/train to CDG if you are very lucky). So in ORY the only backup is l'Avion with no biz, only PE. Out of JFK, the only backup is JFK-LHR-CDG, and if you left your car at ORY, that is awful.
Jun 20, 2008, 2:15 pm
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Back to the drawing board. Let's hope they chose their most reliable 757...