Originally Posted by OFSP
Whilst I agree the TGV is ALWAYS more comfortable than flying (and I take the TGV if I have a choice), 2 hrs London to Paris is not possible. The train time is 2hrs 20mns and you have to be at the London station 40 minutes before the train leaves, so the journey time is three hours.
Nowhere did I say that the journey time was two hours. (And, if you're going to be pedantic about it, the fastest jorney time is, in fact, 2h15; the minimum check-in time is 30 minutes for 2nd Class and as little as 10 minutes for Business Premier passengers).
But the point remains the same. Eurostar is now so fast and so competitively-priced that I can't see the London-Paris route being particularly attractive to any low-cost airline. There will always be some demand, from those who live near Stansted or Luton, but that must be limited.