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A good friend of mine just left for France to spend the holidays with her family. She’s actually French so I can’t blame her for giving up the sun and palm trees this year. But to get there, she had to fly from Miami to London, then from London to her home in Lyon. Since she lives near Fort Lauderdale these days, this Miami departure was a bit of a pain. But just a few months from now, my friend Agnes will have a better way to fly to Europe. And, perhaps more significantly, people in Europe will have a better way to fly to Fort Lauderdale.
I was interested to learn that low-cost Zoom Airlines will begin running a new route twice each week from London’s Gatwick Airport right into the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. Service will begin in May. Flying comfortable 767 aircraft, Zoom will offer a non-stop flight from London every Sunday. The other weekly flight, each Thursday, will make a stopover in Bermuda. That’s big news for this area, of course, because it opens the front door to the Brits, who seem to love vacationing here. And to others in Europe who can fly to Gatwick and then on to Fort Lauderdale.
But, hey, it’s big news for those of us who live here too. These planes fly both directions. I just happen to have a very close friend who writes for the Associated Press in their London office. I’ve visited him before but I had to do that fairly irritating Miami airport thing to get there. Now I won’t have to bother with that. Though I may wait a while before jetting over to England, with the value of the dollar being what it is right now. This is not the best time for Americans to visit Europe. But it is the best time for folks from Britain and the rest of Europe to come here. The exchange rate makes everything in this area a major bargain. In any case, it’s just nice to have affordable flights linking Fort Lauderdale to London directly. And if Zoom’s new service means that my favorite English pub gets more crowded with visitors from Britain, I can deal with that. The way I see it, a good pint is always worth standing in line for.
I was interested to learn that low-cost Zoom Airlines will begin running a new route twice each week from London’s Gatwick Airport right into the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. Service will begin in May. Flying comfortable 767 aircraft, Zoom will offer a non-stop flight from London every Sunday. The other weekly flight, each Thursday, will make a stopover in Bermuda. That’s big news for this area, of course, because it opens the front door to the Brits, who seem to love vacationing here. And to others in Europe who can fly to Gatwick and then on to Fort Lauderdale.
But, hey, it’s big news for those of us who live here too. These planes fly both directions. I just happen to have a very close friend who writes for the Associated Press in their London office. I’ve visited him before but I had to do that fairly irritating Miami airport thing to get there. Now I won’t have to bother with that. Though I may wait a while before jetting over to England, with the value of the dollar being what it is right now. This is not the best time for Americans to visit Europe. But it is the best time for folks from Britain and the rest of Europe to come here. The exchange rate makes everything in this area a major bargain. In any case, it’s just nice to have affordable flights linking Fort Lauderdale to London directly. And if Zoom’s new service means that my favorite English pub gets more crowded with visitors from Britain, I can deal with that. The way I see it, a good pint is always worth standing in line for.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 11:34 AM
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