Comments on: Fly Silverjet, please

By: Langdon Stevenson

Langdon Stevenson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:14:45 +0000

Silverjet was great, but my wife and I were stranded when it shut down. As we had been traveling in the UK we had no notice that operations had ceased, and when we arrived at Luton Airport on June 10 we found a note on the lounge door stating that fuel prices had put them out of business.We had to retreat to London and then complete our trip back to Newark on Continental tha next day.

If SILVERJET flies again I hope they will remember their loyal customers who were stuck as we were with an extra hotel night and additional transportation costs. Langdon Stevenson, Mill Valley, CA.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:57:30 +0000

What a shame, I flew Silverjet in january and was thinking of going to Dubai in November. The Flight to NYC was fantastic I cant belive that such a good product can go bust!!!

At least the outlasted Ken Livingstone, who as a right slimmy so and so and never apoligised for complaining about Silverjet when in fact he was complaining about turbulance, (acts of god are not Silverjets doing).

anyway, was the best flight to NYC i ever made

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:16:04 +0000

They have just gone under. I got a call ten minutes ago from clients that said the Luton airport has Silverjet with a sign on it that says it has gone out of business. Crap….

By: bruce

bruce — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:29:51 +0000

silverjet is the best. just flew for the first time on may 25th, 2 days after the shares stopped trading. bought plenty of insurance. got to new york and hopefully will make it back.
the service was incredible and food more than adequate.
the price $4200 for two was considerably cheaper than klm or delta at $7100. we did have to take a short hop from a’dam to luton and stay overnight but even that added cost put the price well below the others.
highly recommend silverjet if you can afford it.
i’ts a great business model for $80 oil, but i’m afraid that silverjet is doomed at $100+ oil even with all flights filled to capacity (100). too bad.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:45:27 +0000

Seems to me if a company is offering a worthwhile service, people will line up to use it and it will become profitable.

There’s something about this type of travel that isn’t working. Not that I’m an opponent of Silverjet; sounds like an awesome idea.

By: Ben Metcalfe

Ben Metcalfe — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:19:49 +0000

Jeff - do you fly on your own money or client’s?

I only fly business class when I get upgraded from premium-econommy (flying so often between SFO-LAX and SFO-London gives me status). I would never buy business class out of my own money. It’s a total waste of money imho.

Im not going to say don’t fly silverjet, or any others, but for me the fact these other airlinesa are going out of business is indicative that many seem to agree. I’d much rather see an all-premium economy airline that has amazing service at a regular price.

By: Cooler Heads

Cooler Heads — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:22:15 +0000

What does it cost to fly SilverJet versus another airline? Also, rising fuel costs are going to make it even more expensive.

By: Rawn Lee

Rawn Lee — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:38:12 +0000

I have the same concern. What guarantees for paid up customers stranded if SilverJet goes? They will surely not give us 24 hours notice, will they? After yesterday’s news in the Int. Heradf Tribune, it will be a hard sell.

By: Udang Siput

Udang Siput — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:35:27 +0000

Fully agree - BUT - But what if after buying the ticket, the airlines collapses? Now I will end up stranded and having to find a way to get my money back and hope for a last minute seat on another airline.

By: Phil Balderson

Phil Balderson — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:27:20 +0000

I completely agree! SilverJet has set a new standard for travel. I actually enjoyed my last flight to NY - which is the first time I’ve enjoyed a commercial flight for ten years.

This business deserves to win!

By: asdfklj

asdfklj — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:00:42 +0000

really rich people will pay big money to spend hours on a bed in the sky.

so wheres google jets ? they got billions they can figure out a way to make money and beat everybody else.