QF removes First from 747s and selected 380s
 

Just read in today's Travel Daily:

Subject to QF board approval:

* removal of First on all 747s
* First will remain only on 12 380s for LAX / SIN / LHR flights only
* 4-class 380s will have business class reduced from 72 to 60 and a new 48 seat upper deck economy (not sure if that should have read Premium - just stating what TT said)

Source: Travel Daily 01FEB10

Its apparently a $450mil intl product revamp which will apparently see:

All B744s in a 3 class config (J,Y+,and Y) featuring the A380 style seats and IFE.

Apparently the Intl A333 and A332 fleet will also recieve the A380 Y class seats and the new A380 style IFE.

Full details to be announced in the next few weeks.

Anyone know more?

Well the new A330's for transcontinental with IFE is the a380 system, so that makes sense.

would have made sense to do it in the first place... :eek:

It´s a great idea, economy class in the upper deck. it´s a better seat configuration 2-4-2 ( like SQ ) instead of 3-4-3 if you are travelling as a pair.

but times were good before the GFC

Andre I think you will find premium economy will be extended on the upper deck rather than conversion to economy.

Have a look at the Qantas seat map for the A380 and you will see 12 J seats in rows 24 and 25. Take these out and replace with 21 premium Y seats, adjust some of the awful seats at the back of the Y+ for crew use and you have your 60 J and 48 Y+ config.

Make sense :)

With Qantas' planned removal of First Class, there will no longer be any first class seats between Hong Kong and Australia, also I wonder the high yield market between Bangkok and Australia will also lost First Class service.

For several Asian cities like Hong Kong, Bangkok, New York and Tokyo I think the loadings for F should be positive, so I do wonder whether it is that worth for Qantas to remove the high revenue service to those cities with high demand.

Furthermore, I feel angry and frustrated that Qantas still haven't learn the lesson from those aging and poorly maintained Boeing 747s (and that's why I am so scared about them), especially after the QF30 incident. Rather to waste money renovating the dangerous and aging B744s I think phasing them out and replace with A380s will be smarter and money saving move than renovating them.

If there was demand for F for HKG-OZ. Why is CX only sending 2-class birds? :rolleyes: