[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Cheap flights (Was: State Farm Stays)

["Russell Horn" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> I suspected as much.  But let the record show that air connections
> to Columbia do not tend to impressive outsiders, either.  (Yes,
> we've had job candidates in our department and the {relative lack
> of} airline service does come up a lot.)  The weirdness of it all
> being that the de-hubbing of St. Louis might be a significant
> long-term benefit to the Columbia air travel market.

Yes, I was about to comment! other than the problem with travel agents
thinking you wish to run narcotics to south america, Columbia  really isn't
easy to get to. I usually fly to London, then to Chicago then to St Louis
before the 2 hour Mo-Ex journey to Columbia.

Add to that the high cost of internal flights in the US and Columbia seems
even more remote. And to give you an example of flight costs n Europe - I
can fly from Glasgow Prestwick to Brussels for $15 + Tax each way, or to
Stockholm for $4 + Tax each way. With all our airport charges and taxes
included that's a return flight to Stockholm for $40 - that's probably not
far off flying St Louis - New York, but I've never seen a return flight
between US cities for that sort of money.

It's also worth noting that msot of our airlines offering those sort of
fares - Ryanair, Easyjet etc are running with a healthy profit. Ryanair just
lost a court battle because they were receiving subsidies from some
airports, but even that isn't expected to push their fares up by more than 4
GBP.

Russell.



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