Qantas suspends First class product on certain routes
 

Howdy all

QF have announced that between 06JUL09 and 31OCT09 they will not be offering First class on flights SYD-SFO-SYD, SYD-EZE-SYD and the QF29/30 MEL-HKG-LHR-HKG-MEL sectors... obviously due to the current economic climate.

The good news is that Zone A (ie First class seats) will be available for J class pax to preseat in.

Regards

Luke/PER

wow...

So I assume the savings come from offering the J product instead of the F product? What are the key differences?

I presume they save ob catering costs for F and staffing. (ie less staff per pax for F than J)

The seat maps for the HKG-LHR seem to show F and the upper deck as the new zone for J....

The old main deck J seems to be PE and PE is now part of Y.

The beginning of the end..... Qantas just took the first step toward becoming a LCC.

What a stupid comment.

F is a huge waste of space if you work out the amount of pitch it takes up in the cabin.

NickN if you think just because airlines take away First Class that they are scrapping their status as premium carriers you are quite wrong. This is a trend that airlines will begin to take up. Virgin Atlantic is a great example with its Upper Class.

What full services airlines don’t have First class on their Australian routes?

These
Air Caledonia
Air China
Air New Zealand
Air Pacific
Asiana
Canadian
Cathay Pacific
China Airlines
China Eastern
China Southern
Delta
Garuda
Hawaiian
Japan Airlines
LAN
Philippine Airlines
South African
Thai
Vietnam Airlines
Virgin Atlantic

with First Class
Qantas
British Airways
Emirates
Etihad
Malaysian
Singapore
United

So all the 1st list are heading in the LCC direction!!! – no wonder your comment is misplaced

Who's missing??

Banjo

V Australia no first class.

With business class improving with each makeover the difference between business and first decreases!

Eventually Qantas will only have first class on a few select routes with the remainder being business, premium Y and Y

With SYD-EZE served by 744ER's does that mean that a couple of what already is a small subfleet will lose J as no other current ER routes are losing F. I can't see a standard 744 doing this flight unless it had a AKL stop.