CEO of L'Avion declared a second 757 will arrive this coming Winter to augment capacities on ORY-EWR.
No words about future destinations.When BOS ? When DXB ?
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22030 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2187 times:
According to this press release they are simply going to add to the EWR frequency.
Quote: L'AVION Accelerates Growth Plans
NEW YORK, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- L'AVION, the first all business class French airline, announced today, that the performance for its first six months of operations had exceeded projections. As a result of the Company's success, it has decided to expedite its growth plans. Starting within the 2007/2008 winter season, L'AVION will offer a second flight from New York to Paris leaving from Newark Liberty Airport and Orly Sud.
Marc Rochet, CEO of L'AVION said, "We are delighted that L'AVION's first six months of operations exceeded our projections. As a result, due to this strong demand, we have decided to add a second plane to our fleet that will double our New York -- Paris flight route starting this coming winter. L'AVION will rank #2 in terms of weekly available business seats between New York and Paris."
N62NA From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3681 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (5 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1817 times:
Wonder if it will be a daylight flight EWR-ORY? (Wishful thinking, I know....)
SNATH From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3232 posts, RR: 24 Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 1231 times:
Quoting OceansWorld (Reply 4): Here's a paper from Flight International about Rochet and its launching of L'Avion.
Digressing from the thread a little bit, I looked at the article (thanks!) and those seats looked really familiar. They are LH's previous generation business class seats, aren't they?
Tony
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