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Andrew Lobbenberg, analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, warned that cheap fares between Europe and the US were available on traditional carriers such as British Airways and Air France-KLM, part-subsidised by the steep ticket prices levied on business customers. "Long-haul fares are often quite cheap in economy - in part because they are subsidised by people in the front [of the aircraft]. It's not going to get consumers anything like as excited as low-cost short-haul," said Lobbenberg.
Andrew Lobbenberg, analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, warned that cheap fares between Europe and the US were available on traditional carriers such as British Airways and Air France-KLM, part-subsidised by the steep ticket prices levied on business customers.
"Long-haul fares are often quite cheap in economy - in part because they are subsidised by people in the front [of the aircraft]. It's not going to get consumers anything like as excited as low-cost short-haul," said Lobbenberg.
Why not stacked three level beds? You could get huge numbers of people into a single plane. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
Why not stacked three level beds?
Because you'd need good christian republicans patrolling then to make sure no rudeness happened that much closer to the sight of god. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Thinking of it, you could save even more money by sharing bed with someone, just one ticket for two people! Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
"Aimez-vous les uns sur les autres"... "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
A lot of especially young people are ready to stand all kinds of discomforts to save some money on travelling.
For example, I once spent an entire night sleeping on the stone floor of Luton airport (no freaking benches!) waiting for a cheap flight to Marseille... just to save €50 on the ticket price. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
Ryan is naturally aiming for the cattle class market, but I don't think it's going to work. Prices would have to be incredibly low - under £100 - to make people want to give up the small comforts they need on an extended flight.
It might be viable with the usual local subsidies scam, but what are the chances of that working now?
I don't take Air France because it's cheaper; I take it because I know I can take a flight two hours before or two hours later, or the next day instead of the one I booked. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
