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Re:Why it's so hard to build new commercial aircraft by jltsiren on Monday February 12, 2024 @01:36AM (#39342137)
There is an argument for large planes on long-haul flights: the money comes from people who are willing to pay for comfort.

I fly a few times a year across the Atlantic. On those flights, economy class is typically only 30-40% of the cabin. Then there is a small premium economy section, and the remaining half of the plane is dedicated for business class and first class.

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Re:Why it's so hard to build new commercial aircraft by Scoundreller on Monday February 12, 2024 @03:50AM (#39342846)
I guess this is airline and route specific.

Toronto to Paris has planes that look like this on air Canada:

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Air_Canada/Air_Canada_Boei...

(Supposedly seatguru is out of date, just still!)

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Re:Why it's so hard to build new commercial aircraft by josephg on Monday February 12, 2024 @11:57AM (#39347216)
Yeah I just flew Abu Dhabi to Melbourne with Etihad and that was more or less the seat layout on the flight too.
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Re:Why it's so hard to build new commercial aircraft by dkjaudyeqooe on Monday February 12, 2024 @02:20AM (#39342367)
Single aisle planes have the same business class seats, adapted for single aisle, but much the same.
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Re:Why it's so hard to build new commercial aircraft by throw0101b on Monday February 12, 2024 @07:22AM (#39344031)
> Business travelers make up 12% of airline passengers, but they pay higher rates than other customers and are typically twice as lucrative, accounting for as much as 75% of profits.

* https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041315/how-much-rev...

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