On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:52:47 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:


On 05/09/2014 15:38, Recliner wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:28:11 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:

On 05/09/2014 15:26, Recliner wrote:
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I think that people like Boltar, with a fear of flying, rationalise it
by asserting that flying is a bad idea for everyone. That way, they
don't feel they're losing out so much.

It's hardly a wondrous gift for the environment though.

True, but making UK passengers fly via a hub in another city doesn't
improve matters.

Arguably depends on the efficiencies - aggregating lots of passengers
through hubs in say the middle east or Turkey might be more efficient
for many journeys.

Unless the planes doing that route are significantly more efficient
(which would be true if the direct flight is on, say, an old 767 and
the indirect hub flight is on a large modern plane such as a 777-300ER
or 380), the indirect route is going to be less efficient than a
direct route. But it might have other advantages, such as being
available at least daily, whereas a thin direct route might only have
one or two flights a week.