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Silverjet LTN-EWR Trip Report With Pics  
User currently offlineAabFlyer From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2007, 27 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 7 months 20 hours ago) and read 20674 times:

My first post... Hope these photos of Silverjet wil be of interest.

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Silverjet Terminal


Had never flown from Luton before and had visions of package holidaymakers off to Benidorm, but Silverjet have their own private terminal so you bypass everybody else. This has to be a plus because even if you're flying business or first at Heathrow you still have to go through so-called 'fast track' security – which as everyone knows isn't fast-track these days. A free Silverjet taxi meets the trains at Luton Parkway station and takes you to the terminal in about 5 minutes.

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Silverjet Lounge


You don't have to check in as such, you go straight into the lounge, someone takes your bag and someone else takes your passport. You just sit there with a glass of champagne, of which there seemed to be a good supply.  Wink

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Silverjet Lounge


Thought the silver touches were quite cool.

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Silverjet Lounge


They've got the retro chairs, which seem to be obligatory these days. They don't have a proper bar and restaurant like they do at the Virgin Clubhouse. I asked someone about that and they don't think anyone would really use them because most people come at the last minute, up to half an hour before taking off.

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Silverjet Plane


Boarding was quick. The gate's just outside the lounge and the flight wasn't full. Even if it was, it shouldn't be much of a problem with only 100 seats. Apparently they need to sell 66 seats to break even, the logic being that they can still afford to sell tickets at £999 because the whole aircraft is paying that, you don't have economy class passengers in the back effectively being subsidised by the big spenders up front. One thing that can be annoying if you're in the rear sectiion of business and you're all set to go and then the next 20 minutes you've got all these people tramping past you to the back because they couldn't be bothered to get to the gate on time, lost in duty-free or Wetherspoon's. So none of that.

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Silverjet Plane


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Silverjet Plane


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Silverjet Cabin


The aisles are not very wide, but there's no trolley service, everything's brought to you individually, so at least they don't get blocked.

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Silverjet Cabin


The seats aren't quite flat beds, but there's 6' 3" room.

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Silverjet Seat


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Silverjet Drink


Chin chin. There's a power connection for your laptop and a massage function in the seat.

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Silverjet Meal


You can eat when you want. The meal I had didn't taste like airline food, which is a compliment I suppose. Actually it was pretty good.

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Silverjet Loo


Don't go into the ladies' look by mistake, guys. Watch for the sign.

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Silverjet Entertainment


I fell asleep shortly after taking this picture.

Will post more soon.

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User currently offlineLuv2fly From United States, joined May 2003, 10188 posts, RR: 52
Reply 1, posted (1 year 7 months 20 hours ago) and read 20633 times:
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The plane looks much better close up than the photos I have seen of the plane far away.


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User currently offlineBoeingForEver From United States, joined Dec 2004, 194 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 7 months 20 hours ago) and read 20636 times:

i wanna see the lie flat seats!!

User currently offlineEGBJ From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2007, 497 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (1 year 7 months 19 hours ago) and read 20571 times:

Nice report...the Silverjet lounge looks very nice. Looking forward to some more pics! Big grin

User currently offline9V From China, joined Aug 2008, 0 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (1 year 7 months 17 hours ago) and read 20393 times:

Looks like Silverjet are doing a pretty amazing job. Maybe you could answer some questions.

1/ As it's all business, how full was the flight?
2/ Why are there seperate loos for men and women?
3/ If I'm not being too nosey, how much did the flights cost?

Looking forward to more pics!  

[Edited 2007-02-07 18:38:14]

User currently offlineLHUSA From United States, joined Aug 2005, 486 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (1 year 7 months 16 hours ago) and read 20250 times:

Wow - much nicer that I had expected. Will be interesting to see how they do. The livery looks amazing up close.

User currently offline767747 From United States, joined Jan 2005, 843 posts, RR: 6
Reply 6, posted (1 year 7 months 16 hours ago) and read 20241 times:

Wow, good photos. The Silverjet livery on the 767-200 looks very nice.

767747

User currently offlineEXAAUADL From United States, joined Jun 2006, 3250 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (1 year 7 months 16 hours ago) and read 20204 times:
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The LON-NYC market is getting a bit crowded with these All Premium airlines..I thinka 757 is smarter than a 767, but that is just MO.

User currently offlineDimoko From United States, joined Mar 2006, 280 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (1 year 7 months 15 hours ago) and read 20112 times:
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i love the pictures! its nice to get a glimpse into these luxury carriers.

great pictures.


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User currently offlineTK787 From United States, joined Jan 2006, 1583 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (1 year 7 months 15 hours ago) and read 20108 times:

About the first picture inside the cabin, why are those people on their knees?
Looks like the seats came from Ikea, and they are putting them together using the hex wrench.

User currently offlineMattCan From United States, joined Jan 2007, 21 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (1 year 7 months 13 hours ago) and read 19882 times:

Great intro to this new service. Looking forward to more.
Ladies and Gents lavs are segregated? How odd.

User currently offlineDebonair From Germany, joined Jan 2004, 998 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (1 year 7 months 13 hours ago) and read 19846 times:

Quoting 9V (Reply 4):
Why are there seperate loos for men and women?



Quoting TK787 (Reply 9):
inside the cabin, why are those people on their knees?

Thats what happens, if the loo is seperated to only ONE gender... OUCH!
 duck   duck   duck   duck 

User currently offlineAabFlyer From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2007, 27 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (1 year 7 months 12 hours ago) and read 19736 times:

Quoting Debonair (Reply 11):
Quoting 9V (Reply 4):Why are there seperate loos for men and women?

Because turbulence doesn't help a man's aim.

Quoting TK787 (Reply 9):inside the cabin, why are those people on their knees?

They're looking for the pilot's contact lenses.

User currently offlineAabFlyer From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2007, 27 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (1 year 7 months 12 hours ago) and read 19716 times:

Quoting 9V (Reply 4):
1/ As it's all business, how full was the flight?
2/ Why are there seperate loos for men and women?
3/ If I'm not being too nosey, how much did the flights cost?

About 2/3 full. I was on one of the first flights so I expect it will get busier.

See above for loos (!) Actually I expect ladies prefer their own.

Flight was £799 which was a promo price, now £999, still not bad. Just had a look at their site and they're doing Valentine's specials for a 'seductive' £1499 inc. 3 nights in the Big Apple. That's £1499 each unfortunately, so it looks like the Missus will have to settle for the usual £20 worth of roses from Tesco.

User currently offlineFbgdavidson From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2004, 3112 posts, RR: 23
Reply 14, posted (1 year 7 months 12 hours ago) and read 19655 times:

Intersting stuff! Thanks for posting these pictures  thumbsup ...the onboard aspect of it looks pretty good. Is this the first time there has been a separate ladies and gents for about 50yrs?  biggrin 

Is it true the Silverjet have Krug in the lounges? Talking of which the decor seemed decidedly odd! The wallpaper is horrible and the brown Chesterfield sofas look like they've been turfed out of skip along with the rest of it. The bar looks pretty good but the rest looks completely un-coordinated and dreadful. I'm no interior designer and I'm not really fussy about these things but it just looked almost too ridiculous! Almost as daft as the sign for the ladies! Looking at it I thought it was some left over graffitti from the aircraft's previous life!


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User currently offlineDALelite From Switzerland, joined Jun 2000, 1642 posts, RR: 24
Reply 15, posted (1 year 7 months 10 hours ago) and read 19521 times:

Very impressive!! I am looking forward to more stuff!

cheers: DALelite


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User currently offlineNimish From India, joined Feb 2005, 2582 posts, RR: 5
Reply 16, posted (1 year 7 months 10 hours ago) and read 19459 times:

Is this on a 767 and is this a 2-2-2 seating configuration?

Great report - and the exclusive check-in area/lounge sounds like an excellent feature.


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User currently offlineCorey07850 From United States, joined Feb 2004, 2295 posts, RR: 3
Reply 17, posted (1 year 7 months 9 hours ago) and read 19404 times:

Looks pretty impressive!

How do they handle security since you don't have to go through the normal queue in the terminal?

User currently offlineBigMac From Suriname, joined Nov 2003, 214 posts, RR: 10
Reply 18, posted (1 year 7 months 5 hours ago) and read 19244 times:

Wow, very impressive. The aircraft and service look very impressive. I like the idea of the lounge check-in, no lines. They seem to be using the same type of seat that Iberia is using in Business Plus, minus the PTV. I agree with Fbgdavidson that the lounge doesn't look that professional.

User currently offlineSASDC8 From Norway, joined Mar 2006, 243 posts, RR: 0
Reply 19, posted (1 year 7 months 2 hours ago) and read 19174 times:
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Wow. Looks like Silverjet might be on to something here. Do they have lounge facility's at EWR as well? The lounge check-in/private terminal is a great idea.

999 pounds for a roundtrip? Cheep as well  Smile

Stein

User currently offlineDoor5Right From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 706 posts, RR: 14
Reply 20, posted (1 year 6 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 19051 times:

Nice report and pictures. I gather some passengers have been disappointed as Silverjet advertise lie flat seats but they are angled and not horizontal.


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User currently offlineGte439u From Canada, joined Nov 2003, 320 posts, RR: 1
Reply 21, posted (1 year 6 months 4 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 18804 times:

Interesting photos. I like the concept of only having to see 100 people in the terminal.

Quoting Fbgdavidson (Reply 14):
Is this the first time there has been a separate ladies and gents for about 50yrs?

Korean Air and Gol both have women only lavs on board. Being nosy, I peaked inside the