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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 |
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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? |
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Well the new A330's for transcontinental with IFE is the a380 system, so that makes sense.
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would have made sense to do it in the first place...
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Itīs a great idea, economy class in the upper deck. itīs a better seat configuration 2-4-2 ( like SQ ) instead of 3-4-3 if you are travelling as a pair. |
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but times were good before the GFC
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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. Last edited by Ash W; 1st February 2010 at 10:15 PM. |
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Make sense
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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.
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If there was demand for F for HKG-OZ. Why is CX only sending 2-class birds?
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