Makes a $300 or whatever air new zealand fare cheap ....unless flying to whangarei
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11317261
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Makes a $300 or whatever air new zealand fare cheap ....unless flying to whangarei
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11317261
Thanks for the link. Reading that was like stepping back decades in time for me to an era when I had little money and no other option but to take the absolute cheapest transport possible. Now days you couldn't pay me $300 to endure an overnight bus trip Wellington to Auckland assuming it went according to plan. As for running out of fuel half way through the trip as mentioned later in that story, where do they find these people to drive these old buses ? Calcutta perhaps...who exactly are you entrusting your life too ???? The Herald's attempt to compare various modes of transport last week was another piece of pathetic journalism...what possible relevance has the cost of a trip on the cheapest cut price bus operator using Mickey Mouse drivers, (a service which takes many hours at best) got with the speed and efficiency of air travel ?
If they want to keep up their attack crusade against AIR you would have thought the least they could have done was to spend some time comparing regional airfares for similar distance trips at the same times in Australia. Don't these so called journalists have any idea of what is a relevant comparison for goodness sake. Another epic fail at any sort of intelligent journalism. Just as well the online edition is free because it sure isn't worth the paper its printed on for the print version LOL.
Roger, Ever get that overnight train between akl and Wgtn in the good old days. It was called the Limited or something like that
Even had sleeping compartments and you could get off at Frankton and Taihape to get a pie and cuppa
Seems punters were better served in the old days
Only the very rich dudes flew those days
Of course Percy. The real McCoy they were
In the 60/70's the best way to get to Chch was the overnight ferry from wgtn. Fond memories of the Maori / Rangitira going down for Cup week. They woke you up with a cuppa when it sailed into Lyttelton forst thing in the morning.
Even back then AIR was price gouging as well ... ha ha
Cups back then better than the poly ones you get on the planes now .... but then there were heaps of people employed to wash them.
Is the world a better place?
You beat me to it with the image Quickdraw Mcgraw w69. I remember as a kid going overnight on the Limited, watching grown adults chuck them out the windows.......
used to do the ferry as well winner, on the Rangitira, the Maori, and the Wahine (but not the last voyage)
W69 I remember the overnight train Akl to Wellington, as a family we could only afford regular seats and I remember how painful it was to try and get any sleep, any you managed to get was always accompanied by a very painful neck, then spending the day in Wellington and then overnight to Lyttleton on the ship.
It was quite the journey and I remember how sick I got on the boat.
This morning AIR had grabaseat specials to CHCH for $45 and you're there in 1 hour 20 minutes. Quite the contrast don't you think.
Yes a different world but what an experience it was in those days
To get to the AIR meeting $89 down .... would have to stay for the sharetrader meeting as cant afford the expensive late afternoon Koru Hour flights home .... and stay the night either in the overseas terminal (open 24 hours I believe) or with percy ... and get a $69 mid morning home
Yes it certainly was quite "the" experience.
Sssshhh keep it between us but Forest and I are catching the last flight home on Jetstar at 20.50 because it gave us more drinking time after the AIR AGM. I couldn't possibly comment on which airline we're flying down on and absolutely refute that price had anything to do with it LOL. Be great if you can come along :)
$2.17 ($2.015 ex divvy) is great buying with management clearly confident of further growth in the years ahead. The latent hungry beagle hound that lurks within is very happy with the XXXXL forthcoming divvy feed hence I decided to buy more and order off the upsized dividend menu :D