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Old April 29th 05, 04:51 PM
ShawnD2112
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More like there aren't enough people near Columbus who want to go to London
and, more importantly, not enough people in London want to go to Columbus.
Only one Buckeye fan over here, you see. :-)

Shawn
"john smith" wrote in message
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ShawnD2112 wrote:
Boeing reckon people will buy more point-to-point tickets, which won't
support larger airplanes but would be commercially viable with smaller
and more cost-efficient aircraft. It could finally open up that
long-ignored Columbus OH - London route that's been languishing
unexploited for so long!


FYI... here in Columbus Ohio we discussed that issue 15 year ago.
It is an ATC problem getting the aircraft up to altitude Columbus to
Europe and getting them down Europe to Columbus. The flight paths interfer
with with Clevland, New York and Detroit operations.