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19th May 2009, 06:20 PM
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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
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19th May 2009, 07:26 PM
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wow...
So I assume the savings come from offering the J product instead of the F product? What are the key differences?
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19th May 2009, 07:43 PM
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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.
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19th May 2009, 08:50 PM
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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.
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19th May 2009, 09:08 PM
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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
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19th May 2009, 11:33 PM
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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.
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