New competition on MSP-LON
Mar 17, 2010, 2:29 pm
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New competition on MSP-LON
Little SY has started booking MSP-LON (STN) for the summer. It seems to be pricing out $936.10 a/i r/t. DL is pricing out at $1430.00 a/i r/t. Will be interesting to see if DL let's this stand. SY does have a fueling stop and is narrow body, DL is 764.
Mar 17, 2010, 3:41 pm
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...It could be Ryanair...
Originally Posted by pitbrian
I had to look up SY... Sun Country airlines? to LON? interesting... I'd still pay the premium to fly on a real plane
Mar 17, 2010, 4:07 pm
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Could it also mean BYOB?
Originally Posted by bubbashow
Is the meal service BOB on SY for the London flight?
Mar 17, 2010, 4:43 pm
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That's a tough routing. Lost time in descent. Scheduled one hour fuel stop. Time lost in climb. Plus, it's ~175 miles off the efficient Great Circle routing.
Thrift is a virtue, but even hard-core thrifty types ought to think about this really hard.
Thrift is a virtue, but even hard-core thrifty types ought to think about this really hard.
Mar 17, 2010, 4:57 pm
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Have fun flying a long haul on a 737 since I'm betting the airline wont be scheduling an allowance for people getting off the plane during the fuel stopover.
Mar 17, 2010, 5:35 pm
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Personally, I suspect this is just a gimmick to enhance the marketability of Sun Country & pay more of Tom Petters' reparations.
Tom Petters, owner of Sun Country
Mar 17, 2010, 6:28 pm
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No, I think SY should have to get free meal during long TATL flight out of MSP-YQB-STN. It should have to tech stop in YQB to get refuel the plane and it will continued the flight to STN. Because 738 does not have enough range to be reachable into STN due to weight restrictions over TATL flight. This is even shorter the route over BOS-SNN.
Mar 17, 2010, 6:30 pm
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No, it will have to stay onboard the aircraft. This is tech stop to get refuel the plane and it will continuation the flight to STN. Because they won't be allowed to get off the plane during fuel stop in YQB.
Mar 17, 2010, 10:42 pm
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Too bad you can't just buy a ticket from MSP - YQB or YQB - STN.
Mar 17, 2010, 11:46 pm
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My guess is free in F and BOB in Y. Though SY is fairly reasonable cost wise for the BOB products.
+1 on the price. But Petters hasn't been the owner in some time. Technically the US Gov't owns them as it's a profitable company in receivership. I just don't think Gimmicks are something the receiver would have them enter into. I also think they are filling the void that was left by Hobbit and Iceland Air has shown the 1-stop narrow body routes to Europe ex-MSP can work.
Be that as it may, the question is will this result in any changes from DL. Previously NW did a pretty good job matching prices of SY. Is superior routing and product enough for DL to get an extra $2000 on a family of 4 traveling?
For a family of 4, that's about $2,000 worth of thinking.
Personally, I suspect this is just a gimmick to enhance the marketability of Sun Country & pay more of Tom Petters' reparations.
Tom Petters, owner of Sun Country[/CENTER]
Personally, I suspect this is just a gimmick to enhance the marketability of Sun Country & pay more of Tom Petters' reparations.
Tom Petters, owner of Sun Country[/CENTER]
Be that as it may, the question is will this result in any changes from DL. Previously NW did a pretty good job matching prices of SY. Is superior routing and product enough for DL to get an extra $2000 on a family of 4 traveling?
