Re: INDIAN PACIFIC

[james_ccj@my-deja.com]

In article <89vpv3$dh4$2@news1.mpx.com.au>,
  "Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
> David Bromage wrote in message ...
> >Dave Proctor (thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au) won a Nobel Prize
for
> literature by writing:
> >> Peter and Susan wrote in message
> <38c23ca1.7405782@news.powerup.com.au>...
> >
> >> >I wonder what the price will be after Virgin Airlines starts!!!
> >> >
> >> >10 years ago Compass Airlines helped bury the Intercapital
Daylight.
> >
> >> There will still be a market for the Indian Pacific, but the
market will
> >> change (slightly).
> >
> >Virgin and other no-frills airlines compete with other airlines, not
long
> >distance rail. In the US, the land of the no-frills airline, Amtrak
is to
> >start a 60 hour up market service from New York to Los Angeles.
>
> Virgin will be competing against peasant class on the IP - in the
example
> you gave, note the words "up" and "market" - Peasant class is
anything but
> up market, in fact, it is close to squalor. Virgin will be very
competitive
> on the SYD-ADL, ADL-PER and SYD-PER sectors.
>
> Dave
Probabily not, Ghan/IP's coach class is WAY cheaper than flying. Also
small towns in SA and western NSW stll very much depend on IP and
Ghan.
Virgin would likely to effect Sydney-Brisbane/Murwillumbah/Melbourne
XPT services and Overland.

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Cheers

James


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