homesick rae
4th Oct 2005, 16:17
From ATW today:
Eos Airlines moved forward its planned startup of services between New York JFK and London Stansted to Oct. 18 from Nov. 1 owing to earlier-than-expected route approvals from the US Dept. of Transportation and UK Dept. of Transport. The carrier intends to operate 757s configured for 48 passengers in an all-business-class cabin featuring lie-flat seatbeds. The base unrestricted roundtrip fare is $6,500 but Eos is offering an introductory fare of $5,000. It will beat another transatlantic new entrant, MAXJet, out of the starting gate by two weeks; Washington Dulles-based MAXjet has set Nov. 1 as the day it will begin flying, also between JFK and STN (ATWOnline, Sept. 30). It will operate a 767-200ER configured for just 100 passengers. But whereas Eos is targeting high-end business and leisure travel, MAXJet is going after less opulent customers. Fares start at $779 each way and aircraft cabins feature a spacious arrangement but not the pod seatbeds offered by Eos.
Cheers
HR
Eos Airlines moved forward its planned startup of services between New York JFK and London Stansted to Oct. 18 from Nov. 1 owing to earlier-than-expected route approvals from the US Dept. of Transportation and UK Dept. of Transport. The carrier intends to operate 757s configured for 48 passengers in an all-business-class cabin featuring lie-flat seatbeds. The base unrestricted roundtrip fare is $6,500 but Eos is offering an introductory fare of $5,000. It will beat another transatlantic new entrant, MAXJet, out of the starting gate by two weeks; Washington Dulles-based MAXjet has set Nov. 1 as the day it will begin flying, also between JFK and STN (ATWOnline, Sept. 30). It will operate a 767-200ER configured for just 100 passengers. But whereas Eos is targeting high-end business and leisure travel, MAXJet is going after less opulent customers. Fares start at $779 each way and aircraft cabins feature a spacious arrangement but not the pod seatbeds offered by Eos.
Cheers
HR