Originally Posted by
cornishsimon
160 return including a bag is decent.
trains are long and expensive.
last year I needed to fly back on a day BE weren’t flying and found it half the price of the train to fly LBA-DUB-NQY and I found myself sat at home with my kids four hours earlier than had I taken the train
cs
My bold.
That was one of the main issues of BE and one of the reasons they couldn’t make money. It’s simply not sustainable to be charging low fares on these domestic routes if they’ve any chance of survival, however, charge too much and you also kill the route. It’s a fine line.