On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:36:13 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message
-septe
mber.org, at 10:02:07 on Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Recliner
remarked:

As for the business model - perhaps they have one (or two) customers who
have commissioned a regular trip, and this is a way of selling a few
more seats on the plane?

Unlikely, I'd have thought. Surely regular passengers would rather fly
first class from Heathrow, or on the existing LCY JFK flights? And people
who routinely use business jets won't want to share them with strangers.

One of their USPs is reducing the "overhead" time at the airports both
ends (and the NY end being closer to Manhattan).

Yes

There's a lot of US-focussed hi-tech companies in the Cambridge area.

True

A packed business jet will be less comfortable than a commercial
flight.

I expect the clients will be sufficiently comfortable in the business
jet.

Not compared to the significantly cheaper first class seats on a
commercial flight.

In message , at 13:45:51 on
Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Recliner remarked:

I expect the clients will be sufficiently comfortable in the business
jet.

Not compared to the significantly cheaper first class seats on a
commercial flight.

Regular business class is sufficiently comfortable for most people.

And: "Bliss Jet will limit seat sales well below the maximum
aircraft’s capacity for extra comfort..."

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Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:45:51 on
Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Recliner remarked:

I expect the clients will be sufficiently comfortable in the business
jet.

Not compared to the significantly cheaper first class seats on a
commercial flight.

Regular business class is sufficiently comfortable for most people.

Yes, and a lot cheaper, with a choice of dozens of flights a day on the
NYC-LON route. Bliss will have just one flight a week, so most pax will
need to use another airline for one leg of a return trip. They might as
well use scheduled airlines for both legs, as they will need to do for any
trips that don't fit with Bliss's once a week service. And most corporate
execs will work for companies that have arrangements with preferred
airlines.

I'd have thought Bliss would do better to aim at a less well-served route.


And: "Bliss Jet will limit seat sales well below the maximum
aircraft’s capacity for extra comfort..."

They must have be reacting to feedback, but that makes the business model
trickier still.

In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:13:17 on Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Recliner
remarked:
I expect the clients will be sufficiently comfortable in the business
jet.

Not compared to the significantly cheaper first class seats on a
commercial flight.

Regular business class is sufficiently comfortable for most people.

Yes, and a lot cheaper, with a choice of dozens of flights a day on the
NYC-LON route. Bliss will have just one flight a week, so most pax will
need to use another airline for one leg of a return trip. They might as
well use scheduled airlines for both legs, as they will need to do for any
trips that don't fit with Bliss's once a week service. And most corporate
execs will work for companies that have arrangements with preferred
airlines.

I'd have thought Bliss would do better to aim at a less well-served route.

And: "Bliss Jet will limit seat sales well below the maximum
aircraft’s capacity for extra comfort..."

They must have be reacting to feedback, but that makes the business model
trickier still.

In both cases, not if they are already operating the flight for a few
specific weekly commuters, and want to fill a few empty seats (maybe
even giving a discount to the regulars).
--
Roland Perry