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Old 18th Jul 2004, 22:17
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bealine
 
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Strange it may be, but this is exactly what our frequent customers told us they want!

They want to sleep on these overnight NYC-LON flights. If you fly CO metal, EWR to LGW, you're lucky if you get 2 hours shut-eye by the time the five courses, and the Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream has been served.....(of course, if you have indigestion, you won't sleep at all!)

(You can't possibly turn in until after the Haagen-Dazs - you can't miss such a treat!!!)

The 8 hour flight is usually completed in 6 and a half hours due to tail winds, leading to a lethargic and jet-lagged feeling on arrival in London - not conducive to a successful day of meetings at all!!!

BA has attempted to address this with the pre-flight dining - an optional facility we had at Gatwick donkeys years ago for our evening long-hauls - Nairobi, Buenos Aires, Rio De Janeiro / Sao Paolo and Dar Es Salaam. As I recall, our Business and First Class clientele enjoyed our initiative and our hospitality!!!
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