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OpenSkies drops economy and announces new route

OpenSkies announced today that they’ll be dropping their 30 seat coach cabin in favor of 12 more PREM+ seats. This isn’t really new news or anything, the FA’s already knew this on the inaugural when I commented on how good the food is for a coach product, since the catering is the same in PREM+ [...]

Win OpenSkies tickets through FlyerTalk.com!

The TalkMail newsletter that I received today contained the following:
Each week for the next 10 weeks Randy is going to give a pair of OpenSkies tickets to a selected FlyerTalker! It’s yet another celebration of FlyerTalk’s 10th Anniversary - 10 Years, 10 Pairs, 10 Weeks!
That’s two tickets each week to one member, which will allow [...]

OpenSkies buys L’Avion….. eh?

PARIS (Reuters) - British Airways (BAY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to buy small French business airline l’Avion for 68 million euros (52 million pounds) and it will become part of its new OpenSkies unit, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
(full article)
Jared from Online Travel Review says:
Openskies gets leases for a couple of [...]

OpenSkies to Paris, Part Three

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I’d like to share a few impressions of Orly. It’s the neglected step-child of Charles DeGaulle, and has all the airlines you really don’t want to f$%& with, from the massive charter 747’s of Corsair to the airlines that are from countries you’ve never heard of, to the airlines you’ve heard of [...]

OpenSkies to Paris, Part Two

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We got to the IC Le Grand Paris at around 8:30AM. As I’ve mentioned before, I booked this hotel on points, for 40,000 points/night. At first I was a bit hesitant about booking this hotel, because technically InterContinental as a chain doesn’t honor Royal Ambassador benefits on award stays, which means the hotels [...]

OpenSkies to Paris, Part One

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Howdy folks!
I have the pleasure of reporting on the inaugural flight of a start-up airline, an awesome weekend in Paris with great people, a five star hotel, and a great business class product. Best of all, I had no clue any of this would happen just over a week ago! I’m going [...]

Back in the states!

Whew, just landed at JFK and am in the Admirals Club. I’m bound for TPA in a bit, at which point the fun task of uploading, resizing, and posting 200+ pictures happens. Add to that nearly 20 word pages worth of text, and it looks like it might take me a few days to get [...]

Hello from Paris!

Just wanted to say hello from Paris! I went to bed last night at 7PM and woke up at 4AM, which worked out well since I had a solid three hours to work on my trip report before heading to the club for breakfast. So far I’ve taken 120 pictures and my trip report is [...]

All is well!

Just wanted to let everyone know that my TPA-JFK flight was early and I’m now at JFK, ready for the OpenSkies flight. Everything so far has been awesome, so expect more details from the other end.
Au revoir!

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Tomorrow’s the day!

Well folks, time has flown by, and tomorrow I’m off to Paris on the inaugural OpenSkies flight. You can of course expect a full report with pictures and more commentary than you could ever dream of.
I’m checked in for my AA flight from TPA-JFK tomorrow (departs at noon), and I’m desperately hoping it’s not delayed. [...]