A good way to avoid travel illness, but you better hurry

I tried out Eurofly today, which has an all business class service between Milan and JFK. There are only 48 seats on the Airbus 319, and more remarkably only 6 were full (including mine)! I knew something was up when they seemed to recognize my name when I checked in.

Unlike on most flights I was not really worried about catching the flu from a fellow passenger. On the other hand with a 12.5 percent load factor this route may not last long.

However, there are a couple of downsides you might want to consider before boarding: a flight attendant who seemed to be sneaking cigarettes in the galley (stinking up the plane) and an electrical power system that didn’t work. Luckily I brought along two laptop batteries.

October 24, 2006