Lets see it this way….
> There is more traffic of Americans to Australia than Europeans. A direct flight from LHR into SYD could be directed to Europeans as well as Americans from the NY side. But if there is a direct flight people are more encouraged to travel as they dont have to stop over and wait for hours at hubs to get a flight to Australia as they have to do eventualy.
> I dont think Health can be an issue here. If a person is smart enough to take care of himself from the vain syndrome he can make any long flight well recieved. If a person is not he can even have troubles on a 6 hrs flight.
> It will be more wise to start such a service with an aircraft configured with just Executive Economy and Business Class. Very similar to SQ’s A345. If you see there flight to LA are almost 20 hours and people look pretty comfortable while doing the flight.
> Although this will be a high cost route even if an aircraft is operated on full capacity, the only problem will be that most poeple still would prefer a stop-over flight than a direct one. Businessmen would rather take the direct one to save time, and they are willing to spend on it.
> If a direct service is started it would be a good boost to relations between Aus and Europe, till now they are nearly cut off with each other because of the great distance.
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