Originally Posted by
WHBM
Not being overnight reduces the high end sleeper seat demand. There is zero opportunity at either end for meaningful connections. BA departure staff have to come on duty early at JFK for this one flight, then nothing for them to do until late afternoon.
In the scheme of things it’s a more limited market I accept, but there is a market. It’s not true there are no connections, there are early am arrivals into JFK particularly from Central America/Caribbean region which are poorly or not served from the UK. Onwards from LHR there are a few late flights to Africa and Asia, places not necessarily available from NYC.
The staffing argument surely applies to most US destinations where there are no more than one or two flights a day? Similarly the bed argument also applies to the bulk of westbound?