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Article: [pounds sterling]129 New York flights take off.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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Byline: RAY MASSEY
A TRANSATLANTIC air fares war will break out today when a new budget airline announces flights to New York from as little as [pounds sterling]129.
The low-fares airline Zoom will operate daily flights from Gatwick to New York JFK from June 21. It promises to operate an easyJet-style booking service with flexible one-way fares which are a third of the price of its rival carriers.
The New York flights will offer designated seating and a meals service.
Zoom says it plans to become the UK's leading low-cost transatlantic airline providing an ' affordable alternative' to BA and Virgin which have ...