I have been a long time lurker on the AF board, having always had an admiration for all things french.

I have never been able to fathom how Qantas has an excellent, expensive business class product for its internal flights within Australia (ranging in duration from approx 1 hr to 4 hours), and yet this doesn't seem to be replicated within Europe. QF J fares are generally 5-6 times the cheapest economy fares on any given flight, and there are no (or very few) discounts, except for corporate and Oneworld product fares. BA have a cheaper and less august European business class product (in comparison with Qantas) with its CE. and I have never understood how if QF can offer a good, profitable product out of Sydney and Melbourne, how BA couldn't offer a quality, profitable product out of London.

And to read now that AF are looking to abolish their C product. Surely there must be a market for this product out of Paris?

And it does make the AF product less attractive for long haul transfers within Europe, especially when competing with LX/LH/BA.