Re: QR team up with Virgin Blue!

["Roy Wilke" <roywilke@notabitlikeanisp.net.au>]

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
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