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To: elmatador who wrote (36431)7/1/2008 4:03:39 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) of 218688
 
SIgns of an USD bottom - British airline to launch shopping flights to NYC

A weak U.S. dollar spurred British company Jet2.com to market “Christmas shopping breaks," discounted flights between New York and England in November and December.

July 01. 2008 2:59PM Hilary Potkewitz

The weak dollar is spurring another British invasion, but the only music involved this time will be the holiday jingling of cash registers.

Leeds, England-based airline Jet2.com, a five-year-old discount carrier that serves about 45 destinations in Europe, is taking advantage of the British pound’s strength by launching chartered shopping flights to New York from Northern England in November and December. The airline began advertising the four day, three-night airfare/hotel packages in May, calling them “Christmas shopping breaks,” priced at around $1,400 to $1,700 per person.

So far, the response to those ads has been “brilliant,” said Ian Doubtfire, managing director of Jet2.com.

crainsnewyork.com
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