http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051011/us_nm/airlines_jetblue_dc_1
Okay, so it’s only an introductory offer, normal rates will be as low as $40 and as high as $120. But it begs the obvious…
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Just why do we “need” the NEC?
Cause who wants to fly???
least we know they can land a plane w/o most of the landing gear
They did is so well. and everybody got to safely[tup] walk off and go home
Check these rates:
http://www.fungwahbus.com/ticket/how_buy_tickets_online.php
and it’s the scenic route.
I read the fine print - it’s $25 one way and if you want them to use all of the landing gear upon arrival it’s $62.50.
Likely you need to pull a Fred Flintstone with your feet going like crazy to get off the ground!
The $25 fare is, as mentioned above, an introductory fare and is probably serving as a loss leader to get the last few seats on the plane filled. Since dereg, fares do not have to be reasonable and compensatory, so the airlines having been charging fares that don’t cover costs in order to maintain market share.
In short hauls like the Northeast Corridor, the time difference between the train and airplane is barely there on a city center to city center basis, so Amtrak is a major player in that market.
Good reason for Amtrak to focus on its strengths and target markets (and get rid of the last few grade crossings).
Price isn’t the whole issue for a business traveler and I would assume most of those on the shuttle are going for work.
Destination to destination time enroute is the issue.
If you’re going to the outskirts from the outskirts the plane may well have an advantage, city center to city center it’s the train. That’s why the train has such a large share of the market.
My opinion.
Dale
because Jet Blue doesn’t go to New Haven, or Stamford or Manhattan
because Jet Blue isn’t any faster from downtown NYC to downtown Boston
because the walk up fare of $99 on Acela is cheaper than $120 on Jet Blue
because you can’t shoehorn all of the NEC traffic into LaGuardia
all of commercial aviation traffic would fit on the interstates. Why do we “need” commercial aviation?
How much for the cab fare to and from the airport? How much is getting poked and prodded by “security” workers who can’t count past 10 with their shoes on worth?
Amen to that! The plane probably taxis around both airports longer than the flight.
Oh, I see! The airlines are engaging in differential pricing![}:)]
And your point is???
Differential pricing = fares that do not have to be reasonable and compensatory.
e.g. market price manipulation eventually tends to bite the participating parties in the****nic.
It happens in every industry under the sun.[xx(]
Because not all of us are the skinny midgets the airplane makers size their seats to fit. The seats on a train are wider, and the train has MUCH more legroom. If you tried to haul livestock in conditions as crowded as a full plane, the ASPCA would have a conniption fit.
Because you could ride from DC to Boston in the time it takes to get through security and take the plane.
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Since dereg, fares do not have to be reasonable and compensatory, so the airlines having been charging fares that don’t cover costs in order to maintain market share.
Oh, I see! The airlines are engaging in differential pricing!
And your point is???
They can fly you for free, but the cost of the cab ride from the airport is the killer…IN NYC $25.00 would look like a gift, most likely the same for Boston. Taking the train is my preference, and flying is too tiring.