Low-fare airline to connect UK, USA

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Source:usa today

Low-fare airline to connect UK, USA

Zoom Airways, a discount carrier that currently flies between Canada and the UK, has announced transatlantic expansion plans. A report in the Sunday Observer (newspaper) says that Zoom will add service from the UK to the USA and Caribbean, with flights starting as low as £99 each way ($189 as of today's exchange rate).

The Observer quotes a Zoom spokesman as claiming the airline would offer "the first dedicated low-cost flights to the US since Freddie Laker launched Laker Skytrain in 1977."

U.S. service could begin as early as 2007, with meal service and a premium cabin in the airlines' Boeing 767-300s. The paper notes that other European low-cost carriers "Ryanair and Easyjet have ruled out transatlantic flights, instead concentrating on new short-haul destinations."

[Travelchecker]

Oja, von NRN nach MBJ über STN für 100 Euronen! Das nenn ich mal ein Schnäppchen