Re: QR team up with Virgin Blue!

[jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>]

HAHA  now tat WOULD be worth the journey

Roy Wilke wrote:

> Maybe it's just my sense of humour or the late hour of the night, but the
> phrase "self-drive" had me imagining that the ticket-buying passenger gets
> to either drive the tilt to Townsville or to fly the aeroplane back to
> Brisbane :)
>
> "James C." <james_ccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3a9c9f8c$0$25514$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > The following extracted from QR news:
> >
> > QR Teams up with Virgin Blue
> >
> > Virgin Blue has thrown down the gauntlet to QR, with media reports
> claiming
> > the airlines new Townsville service aims to become ˇ§your North Queensland
> > Tilt Trainˇ¨.
> >
> > The airline announced it has chosen Townsville as its first regional
> > destination from 15 March. Traveltrain has welcomed the ˇ§tongue in
> cheekˇ¨
> > challenge, saying the Virgin service opens up great opportunities for QR
> to
> > provide air-rail packages to its customers.
> >
> > They have already developed some new packages, including combination
> > air-rail deals with accommodation at Magnetic Island, or the option of
> > self-drive.
> >
> > Market research shows people are looking for travel deals that combine a
> > rail experience with flying one way of the journey.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >