The Middle of the Beginning of the End for Openskies: No Further Expansion
Openskies, the British Airways carrier now flying between Paris, Amsterdam and New York, is heading toward the same sad ending that faced 3 other all-premium carriers in the past year. The Financial...
View ArticleBritish Airways May Be Closing Down OpenSkies
The Guardian is reporting that British Airways may shut down OpenSkies, its all-business class subsidiary flying between New York, Amsterdam and Paris. The airline has reportedly been losing money...
View ArticleBritish Airways Looking to Sell OpenSkies
…And now, the end is near/and so I face/my final curtain… British Airways has hired an investment bank to help it sell most of its stake in OpenSkies, the all-premium carrier flying between New York,...
View ArticleQuick Note Before the Weekend: OpenSkies Drops Amsterdam
On the heels of the news that they are looking for a buyer, OpenSkies has dropped its Amsterdam routes to focus on Paris, where it has built a nice (though likely not profitable) customer base. Very...
View ArticleOpenSkies to Launch Washington – Paris
British Airways subsidiary and all-premium carrier OpenSkies announced that it will launch Washington – Paris flights in May, marking its second route after closing New York – Amsterdam about 6 months...
View ArticleOpenSkies Offers Money-Back Guarantee
After railing earlier this morning about how customer satisfaction doesn’t matter in the airline industry, Openskies (all-premium service between NY, DC & Paris) announced a money-back guarantee...
View Article$400 Off OpenSkies Flights — Get Business Class Tickets to Paris for about $1500
Flash sale site RueLaLa is offering $499 OpenSkies vouchers for $99 (effectively a coupon for $400 off an OpenSkies flight). OpenSkies flies all-business class service from Newark and Washington to...
View ArticleRoundtrip Business Class Flights to Paris from Washington: $750 on OpenSkies...
(Thanks, Flyertalk) Openskies has roundtrip flights to Paris Orly for only $750 ROUND TRIP (tax included!) in the business seat for travel in October. Yeah, that’s right – $750 in business class. If...
View ArticleOpenskies to End Washington – Paris Service
Yesterday I wrote about Openskies’ $750 round trip business class fares from Washington DC to Paris. Those fares are still available, but now it’s a clearance sale: tucked away in a release about...
View ArticleOpenSkies Adds Economy Class to Its All-Premium Class Flights
OpenSkies, the British Airways-owned airline flying all-premium class flights to Paris Orly, announced that it will add economy class seating (again) to its 757s. When the airline launched service...
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