Airline battle over London to New York route hots up
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Airline battle over London to New York route hots up
By Danny Fortson, Business Correspondent the Independent
Published: 07 January 2008
The battle between American and British airlines over the industry's most lucrative route, London to New York , is set to intensify as US carriers push through major revamps of their business- and first-class cabins.
United Airlines has released new details of a $165m business-class and first-class cabin refurbishment that will include 15in flat-screen televisions, lie-flat beds, and the capability to use iPods with the on-board entertainment system. The upgrade has been a long time coming. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have long enjoyed a critical advantage over the American carriers' offerings for transatlantic premium passengers.
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http://travel.independent.co.uk/news...cle3315061.ece
Published: 07 January 2008
The battle between American and British airlines over the industry's most lucrative route, London to New York , is set to intensify as US carriers push through major revamps of their business- and first-class cabins.
United Airlines has released new details of a $165m business-class and first-class cabin refurbishment that will include 15in flat-screen televisions, lie-flat beds, and the capability to use iPods with the on-board entertainment system. The upgrade has been a long time coming. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have long enjoyed a critical advantage over the American carriers' offerings for transatlantic premium passengers.
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Hasn't United withdrawn from the New York-London market?
(Update: Just checked united.com. Nonstop flights not available. Must travel, eg, via IAD. Have I missed something - ie United planning to reintroduce flights?)
(Update: Just checked united.com. Nonstop flights not available. Must travel, eg, via IAD. Have I missed something - ie United planning to reintroduce flights?)
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the industry's most lucrative route, London to New York
The last airline to go bankrupt didn't find it so lucrative.
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I don't usually find myself defending the Indy, but I imagine Mr Fortson meant to say the route generating the greatest revenue (rather than profit, as is implied by the use of the word lucrative). I don't know where to find (public) definitive stats, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that NYC-LON is the route producing the largest revenue.
