CHRIS GILMOUR: Luxury train travel rises again — a new way to explore post-pandemic
As travel demand surges, the affluent are opting for upmarket train journeys for a unique and efficient experience
03 May 2023 - 05:00
As people get back into travelling again post the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of factors have changed at the margin. Travel is still as commoditised as it was before the pandemic, even though airfares have skyrocketed. There doesn’t appear to be any lack of demand for seats on aircraft, even though intuitively this seems wrong.
It’s as if people are determined to make up for the loss of travel during the pandemic, whatever the cost. Though the UK media talks about a cost-of-living crisis in Britain, that isn’t reflected at the major British airports, which seem to be bursting at the seams...
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