Globespan to boston
Flyglobespan unveils Glasgow-Boston link - taken from Travel Trade Gazette.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Scottish no-frills airline Flyglobespan is to launch a daily service from Glasgow to Boston, and is looking for code-share partners to spread its reach further into the US.
Flyglobespan will start the service on May 28 next year, offering business, premium economy and no-frills seats.
Flights will depart Glasgow at 11.00, arriving in Boston at lunchtime. The return flight will leave Boston at about 18.00, arriving in Glasgow at 07.00. The carrier will use a Boeing 737-800.
The service will carry about 255 people, with 40-50 seats in premium economy.
Passengers choosing not to order a meal can opt to go “no-frills”. Seat pitches will range from 30 inches to 50 inches for sleeper seats.
The move comes at a time when some North American airlines have been cutting transatlantic links to Scotland.
Tom Dalrymple, chairman, managing director and owner of Flyglobespan parent Globespan Group, is billing the Boston route as the first significant attempt to run a no-frills transatlantic service since Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain in the 1970s.
He added that the airline was open to code-share deals with other airlines ahead of any resolution to US-UK talks on flying restrictions. Dalrymple said he expected those discussions to conclude by the end of next year.
Talking about the Boston route, he said: “That aircraft could go onwards, and [any] new open skies arrangements will allow us to fly further.
“Interesting code-shares are something we will be seeking to get our passengers onwards into the depths of the US, and also to widen the distribution of product within the US coming into Scotland.”