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Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by daemin on Friday November 02, 2018 @06:59AM (#18362067)
Isn't the latest Singapore to New York flight entirely business class?
Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by sho on Friday November 02, 2018 @02:44PM (#18365570)
Yes they do, although I'd be surprised if they fill it every day or even most days. J is notoriously choppy as it doesn't have the price discrimination carriers can use to smooth Y pax around to fill up the days. Simultaneously its strength and its weakness from an airline revenue perspective. Singapore has tried and failed in this product before; maybe this time the market is ready - still, it's probably not the license to print money one might imagine.

I think quite a few financial/corporate centre city pairs support a business-only flight, though even with this famously rich city pair, BA1 from london city to NY is flown on an a320! It's a difficult product to make work.

Upon further reflection I believe what the grandparent commenter was trying to say is that airlines, as a whole, get more revenue from economy pax, which is probably true for most airlines. On a route that supports a decent J component, though, they can rake in the cash.

Re:On Hold for 45 Minutes? It Might Be Your Secret Customer ... by isostatic on Friday November 02, 2018 @08:30PM (#18367885)
Business and premium economy