Openskies Open for Booking

May 22nd, 2008 | By Jared Blank

In case you wanted to fly between Paris and New York on BA’s new Openskies, they’re selling tickets on their website as of today. Flights start June 19th. Looks like summer economy fares are about $1,000 round trip; premium economy are about $1,500 round trip, and biz class are about $3,500. In the fall, the economy fares drop to about $600 and premium economy jump up to about $2k.

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iahphx May 22nd, 2008 7:33 am :
Is it just me, or does this seem like a very bad business idea at this moment? This is no time in this industry to be departing from core strengths.

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