La Compagnie is the all business class transatlantic airline that started flying in mid-2014. Their first route was between Paris and Newark, and I was able to review that flight within days of when they launched operations. For a while the airline also flew between Newark and London, though they ended up canceling that route.…
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Certainly seems like a deal if you're normally flying NYC to Paris every week. But i'd think most people who would otherwise do this trip a few times a month are traveling for work and already getting J tix or are focused on miles and status. 52 TATL trips on any airline would get a ton of miles and status.
Lucky, just FYI, La Companie (and XL Airways only partly through complicated deal) have been bought by the Moulin Family (owners of Galeries Lafayette Department store in Paris) and they plan a significant overhaul to make it a real Business Class, not just a hyped PE.
Also, re former EWR-LTN route, not only were the words "Business Class" and "Luton" not a good match, also the route was often flown as EWR-LTN-CDG (in both directions) and that was particularly badly received by the CDG passengers who thought they were on a nonstop.
Overall it is a good deal, but what makes it a very very good deal is getting a seat at the last minute and avoid being potentially gouged by major airlines for expensive last-minute fares
Why do you "commend" them for having low prices? Surely the only reason the price is low is because they can't attract enough passengers to charge the "correct" price...