On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:08:02AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:27:28 -0500 > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:06:45AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:36:08 -0500 > > > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hence, with a discincentive for the big airlines to improve we are > > > > dealing with declining levels of service (remember when they > > > > actually used to serve meals on 4+ hour long flights) and > > > > increasing > > > > > > In Europe meals are served even on flights less then 2 hours. > > > > > Right, but is the cost of airfare comparable? I just punched in to > > travelocity for Miami to Atlanta with no date restrictions. Fares > > range from $163.00 to $441.50. What would a similar flight cost in > > Europe? > > Are you talking about total price? (total price = fare + taxes). Are > these low-cost carriers? And it can vary a lot if there are direct > flights or not. > I looked it up on travelocity, and so I think it is showing the total price. These are not low-cost carriers. They are Delta, American Airlines, Continental, United and a couple of others. > I will look it up tomorrow and will come back with some price > comparisons. > > > > > inconveniences (how many more bags are lost today compared to the > > > > past). > > > > > > This should be the result of increasing passenger figures and more > > > complicated (as in time consuming) security measures. > > > > > Except that the security measures (for baggage) are no more complex > > than they were in the past. Besides, everything is computerized now. > > AFAIK in Europe bags are now scanned (again) at transfer points. This > increases the chances of bags not being transferred on time (which is > by far the main reason for delayed bags). > Hmmm. I was not aware of that. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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