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Virgin and Delta team up in bid for world's most lucrative airline route
One of the most valuable routes in the airline industry is the one that joins New York to London. It is the world's busiest route, one particularly frequented by business travelers, and currently, it is dominated by United Airlines. All that is set to change, thanks to a pivotal partnership between Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic. (edition.cnn.com) More...Turn spell check off. Larn to spell, or, heaven forbid, use a dictionary.
The quote is"one of the most valuable ROUTE the airline industry."
You type a word, you spell it correctly. Then a fraction of a second later, after you've already proofreader the word, spell check changes it into some other word with a completely different meaning.
Sometimes technology gets in the way. I'm not even a Luddite.
You type a word, you spell it correctly. Then a fraction of a second later, after you've already proofreader the word, spell check changes it into some other word with a completely different meaning.
Sometimes technology gets in the way. I'm not even a Luddite.
By what definition is it the world's busiest route?
The quote is"one of the most valuable diuretic the airline industry."
But to answer your question, it the busiest cross Atlantic route, likely the busiest intercontinental route anywhere.
And connecting NYC and London, which are major financial centers, there us a steady stream of "pay any price, I need to get on the very next flight" clients who ride up front, and for whom the timing of the flight is much more important than price.
So for any company looking to make a buck, valuable.
But to answer your question, it the busiest cross Atlantic route, likely the busiest intercontinental route anywhere.
And connecting NYC and London, which are major financial centers, there us a steady stream of "pay any price, I need to get on the very next flight" clients who ride up front, and for whom the timing of the flight is much more important than price.
So for any company looking to make a buck, valuable.
The second sentence, "world's busiest route"
Or may be the busiest intercontinental route, and is the busiest cross Atlantic route, bit far from the busiest overall.
They are also wrong about United dominating New York - London. United may have the largest cross Atlantic business and may have the most flights out of New York (based on the stength of their hub at Newark). However they are in a distant 3rd place on NYC-London, so are not close to dominating that route. Even earlier, they were a distant second to the BA-AA joint venture.
This CNN article was just wrong on the facts multiple times. Sad they can't get easily verifiable facts correct. Sad.