Comments on: Headlines of the Week http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/ OpenSkies Blog by Dale Moss Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:23:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Russell http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Russell Fri, 16 May 2008 15:06:10 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-589 Everything looks great with the new paintwork and the seats look like an improvement from the previous BA ones, so give yourselves a pat on the back guys. I notice there is no 'oneworld' roundel by the door, and as there has been no mention of oneworld on this blog by the openskies team I assume that openskies is not part of oneworld. It would be a shame not to use the benefits of oneworld and this does lead to a question about whether the BA executive club will be part of openskies? Another point I would like to make is that it does seem rather ironic that BA is withdrawing from Manchester for its NY service and has no presence at all in the direct Scotland to US market. This is despite inroads by Continental, Delta and seasonal services by US airways and Virgin. I cannot use Continental to NY as I require oxygen on the flight and they do not provide this. I was hoping to use openskies (assuming that you offer oxygen inflight) to bypass LHR when CDG was stated as the departure point, but now that it is Orly this is not possible as there are no flights from Glasgow to Orly. Good Luck with everything, I'm sure things will make a lot more sense when everything is up and running Everything looks great with the new paintwork and the seats look like an improvement from the previous BA ones, so give yourselves a pat on the back guys. I notice there is no ‘oneworld’ roundel by the door, and as there has been no mention of oneworld on this blog by the openskies team I assume that openskies is not part of oneworld. It would be a shame not to use the benefits of oneworld and this does lead to a question about whether the BA executive club will be part of openskies?

Another point I would like to make is that it does seem rather ironic that BA is withdrawing from Manchester for its NY service and has no presence at all in the direct Scotland to US market. This is despite inroads by Continental, Delta and seasonal services by US airways and Virgin. I cannot use Continental to NY as I require oxygen on the flight and they do not provide this. I was hoping to use openskies (assuming that you offer oxygen inflight) to bypass LHR when CDG was stated as the departure point, but now that it is Orly this is not possible as there are no flights from Glasgow to Orly.

Good Luck with everything, I’m sure things will make a lot more sense when everything is up and running

]]> By: nigel http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-587 nigel Thu, 15 May 2008 11:03:19 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-587 From Fontainebleau its still quicker to CDG than Orly - N7 south is s**t - A6 in from south blocks quickly the mornings - by train going via Anthony is a pain. Avoiding Heathrow is a big plus -no more lost bagge and 1 hour waits on ground for a gate. But looks like I will have to go elsewhere to get CDG-DC direct. Waiting for that service to start. From Fontainebleau its still quicker to CDG than Orly – N7 south is s**t – A6 in from south blocks quickly the mornings – by train going via Anthony is a pain. Avoiding Heathrow is a big plus -no more lost bagge and 1 hour waits on ground for a gate. But looks like I will have to go elsewhere to get CDG-DC direct. Waiting for that service to start.

]]> By: Roberta http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Roberta Thu, 15 May 2008 02:29:39 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-583 How does one book on Open Skies? How does one book on Open Skies?

]]> By: R Yeldarb http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-582 R Yeldarb Wed, 14 May 2008 19:28:39 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-582 G-BPEK already seems to have the name "Lauren" applied directly under the captain's window. Fitting as Openskies was Project Lauren, however, I think Derek's name would have been very appropriate. G-BPEK already seems to have the name “Lauren” applied directly under the captain’s window. Fitting as Openskies was Project Lauren, however, I think Derek’s name would have been very appropriate.

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Stephen Wed, 14 May 2008 10:38:48 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-580 I can now understand why you are not giving us the take off date for the airline - it´s going to be 4th July under a blast of razzamatazz. I can even imagen you taking off for Brussels at the same time(or very soon after) so as to offer some meaty alternatives for your clients. Six aircraft flying by the end of 2009 means roughly one entering service every three months. This does not provide much flexibility either in offering more flights per route nor in more routes. How many back-up aircraft do you plan on having? Does your codeshare agreement with L´Avion also mean you will fly from/into Newark? The NY origen/destination is markedly absent from your statement. Your choice of Orly underlines that your aim is to be a point-to-point airline so the possibility of joining Oneworld is not considered. In my opinion this is a grave error and could lead to your fate being the same as Maxijet and Eos since you do not offer your clients the advantages of an alliance like Oneworld - the potential clients have no incentives to leave other alliances and fly you. Even though L´Avion seems an attractive airline they offer a different product.It is an "all business airline" of 90 seats while Open skies is three classes. You fly from JFK while L´Avion flies from Newark. The idea of codesharing, therefore, is not quite understandable. These arrangements are usually reciprocal. So you will be using L´Avion slots to fly into Orly and you offer L´Avion a codeshare agreement for your flights into JFK? Will you have OS codes on L´Avion flights into Newark? It sounds that you are subject to this agreement as you do not have the slots at Orly. Does this bode for a closer union? Please give us more news. As you can see the replies to this blog have dropped since January/February let´s not hope that this reflects the interest of the clientelle. Give us something substantial to provoke interest. I can now understand why you are not giving us the take off date for the airline – it´s going to be 4th July under a blast of razzamatazz. I can even imagen you taking off for Brussels at the same time(or very soon after) so as to offer some meaty alternatives for your clients.

Six aircraft flying by the end of 2009 means roughly one entering service every three months. This does not provide much flexibility either in offering more flights per route nor in more routes. How many back-up aircraft do you plan on having?

Does your codeshare agreement with L´Avion also mean you will fly from/into Newark? The NY origen/destination is markedly absent from your statement. Your choice of Orly underlines that your aim is to be a point-to-point airline so the possibility of joining Oneworld is not considered. In my opinion this is a grave error and could lead to your fate being the same as Maxijet and Eos since you do not offer your clients the advantages of an alliance like Oneworld – the potential clients have no incentives to leave other alliances and fly you.

Even though L´Avion seems an attractive airline they offer a different product.It is an “all business airline” of 90 seats while Open skies is three classes. You fly from JFK while L´Avion flies from Newark. The idea of codesharing, therefore, is not quite understandable. These arrangements are usually reciprocal. So you will be using L´Avion slots to fly into Orly and you offer L´Avion a codeshare agreement for your flights into JFK? Will you have OS codes on L´Avion flights into Newark? It sounds that you are subject to this agreement as you do not have the slots at Orly. Does this bode for a closer union?

Please give us more news. As you can see the replies to this blog have dropped since January/February let´s not hope that this reflects the interest of the clientelle. Give us something substantial to provoke interest.

]]> By: Derek http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Derek Mon, 12 May 2008 11:41:36 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-578 Hi Dale, Have just seen video of your aircraft in flight. It looks really great, I cant wait to fly it ! I wonder have you given any thought to "naming" the aircraft. If not I would like to suggest "Spirit of Charles Lindbergh". On May 20,1927 Charles Lindbergh departed from Long Island, New York arriving 33 hours later at Paris. Lindbergh's achievement of directly linking these two great cities fuelled dreams of air travel between the great cities of the world. A recognition and tribute to his brave and pioneering spirit would be great. Derek. Hi Dale,

Have just seen video of your aircraft in flight.
It looks really great, I cant wait to fly it !

I wonder have you given any thought to “naming” the aircraft.
If not I would like to suggest “Spirit of Charles Lindbergh”.
On May 20,1927 Charles Lindbergh departed from Long Island, New York arriving 33 hours later at Paris.

Lindbergh’s achievement of directly linking these two great cities fuelled dreams of air travel between the great cities of the world.

A recognition and tribute to his brave and pioneering spirit would be great.

Derek.

]]> By: SA http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-577 SA Mon, 12 May 2008 11:20:12 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-577 Excellent to see OpenSkies opt for Orly - as nice as CDG is, Orly's proximity to Paris will certainly be a winning choice for customer.s Excellent to see OpenSkies opt for Orly – as nice as CDG is, Orly’s proximity to Paris will certainly be a winning choice for customer.s

]]> By: Quentin http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Quentin Fri, 09 May 2008 16:43:49 +0000 http://blog.flyopenskies.com/headlines-of-the-week/#comment-573 Hi, I'm glad you choose Orly instead of CDG, it will be easier for me ! But can you tell us more about the details of the code share agreement with L'Avion ? Is this agreement is limited to the ORY/CDG-EWR/JFK flights or will it be extended ? Thanks, Quentin Hi,

I’m glad you choose Orly instead of CDG, it will be easier for me !

But can you tell us more about the details of the code share agreement with L’Avion ? Is this agreement is limited to the ORY/CDG-EWR/JFK flights or will it be extended ?

Thanks,
Quentin

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