the rosy fingers of Eos Airlines

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tinwhistler - 16 Nov 2006 18:00 GMT

Excerpt from OED2:

1685 Dryden Albion & Alb. ii. i, The rosy-fingered morn appears... 1791
_____ Odyss. ix. 194 The rosy-fingered daughter of the dawn. 1855
Kingsley Heroes iv. (1868) 45 Rosy-fingered Eos came blushing up the
sky.

Yes, Virginia, there is an Eos Airlines:

"...The airline was founded in 2004 by Dave Spurlock, a former
director of strategy at British Airways. The company was initially
named Atlantic Express (not to be confused with the UK regional carrier
Atlantic Express) and changed its name to Eos in 2005... Eos began
operations between New York and London Stansted on October 18, 2005 ...
[now] two daily flights in each direction ... The aircraft flies a
unique 48-seat all-business class configuration. It features
suite-style seating which incorporates a fold-out table and (in a
manner similar to the British Airways first class seats), allows
passengers to sit face-to-face to hold business meetings or eat
together. The Eos suite also folds out to a completely flat 78" bed in
a spacious pod-like enclosure; each passenger is provided with about 21
square feet of space, as well as amenities such as cashmere wool
blankets...." [end excerpt]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos_Airlines

Eos Seat: Product Design Award 2006 - pic:

http://en.red-dot.org/rd/img/360/2006-06-2775-a.jpg

The fares I checked were $2,850 from NY to London on 29 Nov, and $2,100
for the return on 7 Dec. Anyone trying to fly me for that kind of
money had better have rosy fingers - why the difference in fares?

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Marco Pagliero - 16 Nov 2006 22:41 GMT

> The fares I checked were $2,850 from NY to London on 29 Nov, and $2,100
> for the return on 7 Dec. Anyone trying to fly me for that kind of
> money had better have rosy fingers - why the difference in fares?

One possible reason is that as the plane is flying eastward, from NY to
London, the Earth turns under it in the same direction, carrying London
a bit further away all the time. When the plane flyes westwards, from
London to NY, the Earth turns under it in the opposite direction, so
the whole flight is shorter and Eos needs less kerosene, so it is only
fair that they charge less. Methink.

Or maybe they fly back from London during the day, so the passenger
have no ease to fully enjoy the convenience of the awarded suite-style
seatings. Then it is only fair that they are charged less.

Who knows.

Marco P

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tinwhistler - 16 Nov 2006 22:50 GMT

> One possible reason is that as the plane is flying eastward, from NY to
> London, the Earth turns under it in the same direction, carrying London
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> have no ease to fully enjoy the convenience of the awarded suite-style
> seatings. Then it is only fair that they are charged less.

The second explanation makes more sense to me. People who can afford
Eos prices probably don't blink at the extra $600 for a sleeping berth,
figuring they's spend that much for a hotel room anyway.

Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

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