Quote:I imagine that there would be a fairly regular (if not all that frequent) service out as far as Luna. More probably several. Unless there are any major objections, I suggest the follwing as an example:
Much of the tourist trade is managed by a few corporations that run large luxury-liner ships that take weeks to make trips that Fen are accustomed to making in days; some is handled by independant operators in a fashion vaugely analogous to tramp-steamer travel on early-twentieth-century Earth.
Orbital Air, run by Larry Williams a former airline pilot, operates a thrice weekly service from Perth to Moonbase Alpha, departing Perth Monday, Wednesday and Friday, returning Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Larry and his nephew Mark each head a flight crew that alternate trips. Service is aboard a single modifed C-97 that can carry 40-60 passengers in conditions approximating business-class air travel (of the three cabins, one is can be quickly refitted for cargo). Unfortunately the in-flight movies are limited to Star Trek reruns by a quirk of the aircraft, which was dubbed as the USS Danube by Mark.
A package deal holiday including travel and accomodation with hotel rooms in Moonbase Alpha and tours of Luna sites of interest is under negotiation. At the moment a return flight costs about 120 US dollars and a single either way costs about $100. Orbital Air is run as a partnership with the profits split between the members of the two flight crews, the ground crew and their financial backer (guess who).
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