Re: Air France throws in the towel

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor"
> > "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
> > > "David Bromage"
> > > > Tezza (tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au) wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Any idea how they compared? i.e. price, times, location of
> > > airport/station?
> > > >
> > > > Thalys and SNCF both run TGVs direct from Charles de Gaulle airport.
> > > >
> > > > Cheapest one way economy fares on Air France and Sabena are 153
Euros
> > > (A$248).
> > > >
> > > > One way business class on Thalys is EUR58 (A$94).
> > >
> > > What's the distance involved? Can't be much for an 85 minute run,
which
> > makes both the train and plane fares expensive, the plane extremely so.
> >
> > We are talking about a 300 km/h railway here Tezza.
>
> So? For a short distance I think it's expensive.

It is not that short a distance - it is more than twice the distance of
Sydney to Newcastle, for example. And the fare David quoted was a business
class fare, there are cheaper options available.

Dave