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Originally Posted by Bruce Bramwell
I can be wrong Ash W, but......
Singapore's destinations are international, we are not talking about domestic like QF & BA which are a complete different kettle of fish....
These are widebodied aircraft - would have thought they would at least have a similar or very similar business class product
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SQ and CX (Singapore and Hong Kong) naturally won't have any 'domestic' flights. However they do have specialised 'regional' products for intra-asia flights. If you consider Qantas in the same token, that's similar to Qantas's domestic, in that they are 'toned down' and does not offer the same level luxury as their best business products. These are probably short to medium haul flights maybe <6 hours. Depends on the aircraft and config. Sometimes SQ or CX utilises the aircraft with full business config on these routes as well, depending how important they are to the airline as well as aircraft rotation.
In my honest opinion, if the aircraft is going to be used for these regional routes, there simply isn't the need to make a full flat bed with all the gizmo. The pax will surely appreciate it but in most cases flat beds are a feature that simply most pax would not need when we're talking about 2-4 hour flights. If they don't fit in flatbeds (which take up quite a bit of legroom) the airline can also config these aircraft with more seats as well.
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Originally Posted by Bruce Bramwell
These are widebodied aircraft
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and Qantas used the B743 on PER MEL SYD runs, also whatabout the A332 that is replacing the B743s on these runs? The concept is similar.