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Sep 28, 2007 | 5:32 am
#6
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I remember the only way to get over to Fire Island on a Friday night after a full day in the office in London was to hop on a very fast aeroplane, cab to Jamaica Road LIR station, out to Sayville, another cab to the dock, and rush onto the last ferry to get in around 21:30. You can't do it subsonic unless you leave the City by 2pm. 
Sep 28, 2007 | 5:41 am
#7
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I remember the only way to get over to Fire Island on a Friday night after a full day in the office in London was to hop on a very fast aeroplane, cab to Jamaica Road LIR station, out to Sayville, another cab to the dock, and rush onto the last ferry to get in around 21:30. You can't do it subsonic unless you leave the City by 2pm.
VC10 you genuinely amaze me with your fabulousness. 
Sep 28, 2007 | 6:10 am
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Sep 28, 2007 | 6:17 am
#10
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Sep 28, 2007 | 11:06 am
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Yes, the second service was timed at 19:00 hrs, landing at JFK at 17:50. Around 16:30 or so, you would notice glasses of pink champers appear in the First/Concorde lounge...it was a nice touch...
Sep 28, 2007 | 5:13 pm
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Sep 30, 2007 | 11:13 am
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I totally agree but there is a market for this proposition be it FR or AirAsiaX and doubtless many others. I could imagine a time in say 10 years where there are them and there are premium profitable carriers and there is everything else.
You could almost see BA downsizing to 787 from 747 with F, J and then Y+ as the economy option (by the way interesting that VS are taking this up to 64 seats) to command a sensible ticket price.
On the other hand longhaul fleet utilisation, stopover accomodations, allowances etc dont make a longhaul LCC model a guaranteed success unless the fares are comparable to the likes of Air TRAnsat, Zoom etc
You could almost see BA downsizing to 787 from 747 with F, J and then Y+ as the economy option (by the way interesting that VS are taking this up to 64 seats) to command a sensible ticket price.
On the other hand longhaul fleet utilisation, stopover accomodations, allowances etc dont make a longhaul LCC model a guaranteed success unless the fares are comparable to the likes of Air TRAnsat, Zoom etc