You can’t save a dime by flying Oslo – New York on September 11.
Surprisingly, there are many who wish to travel on this particular day and
the prices have increased.
World Trade Center, 11. september 2001.
Foto: AP/Scanpix
On Saturday it is three years since four planes were high-jacked and two of
them flew into the World Trade Center in New York. The following year, very
few took the chance of travelling on this particular date, but now the fear
is apparently gone.
See pictures from 9/11 here.
No major difference
TV 2 Nettavisen checked the ticket prices on
the websites of eight different airlines with departure from Oslo, Norway,
September 10, 11, and 12, with return Saturday 18. According to the searches
conducted, there are no price differences between the departure September 10
and 11. However, if travelling on the 12, the prices increase dramatically
because the booking rules of many companies are that the travellers have to
be away the night between Saturday and Sunday.
According to Continental, the only company that fly non-stop between Norway
and the US, there is a definite trend to travel September 11. People, who
call to check the prices to New York, ask for special offers this particular
date.
«We have gotten many calls from people who think it is a better chance to
travel cheap September 11, but that is wrong,» said Hanne Berg, booking
agent at Continental, to TV 2 Nettavisen. «It is rather the opposite because
the demand is so large.»
Forgetful
However, Oddhild Eikrem, head of information at
Prisma, said that September 11 has not been a big issue among the customers
that have contacted her company.
«We have surveys that indicate that we forget things very fast,» Eikrem
said. «The terror attack at Bali, for one thing, most people have forgotten.
We are now seeing that the traffic to Bali is back at its former level.»
Eikrem said that Norwegians have gotten a more balanced picture of the
terror treat since the attack in New York and Washington three years ago.
«I think we Norwegians have gotten used to a terror reality that is
different than before,» Eikrem said. «People see that there are terror
actions all over the world, but think that «this is not something I can walk
around and be afraid of.»»
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