Originally Posted by
MrSydney
I agree 100% - I just hated the A320 business class. Avoid where possible - lovely crew but the product....oh dear!
Actually, I quite like the A320 business class. I couldn't think of a better overall end to end product for a 3 hour flight on a narrow body plane. Who has something of better quality?
Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
I didn't say there were connections for every longhaul - NRT is another daytime longhaul departure that doesn't work. But then again, how many Australians fly Air NZ to NRT or HNL?
I do!
Originally Posted by
Bruce Parton
A family for instance may book mum and dad as works and a couple of kids as seat only to save the forty or fifty dollars each kid and just buy them buy on board let them watch TV programs.
Firstly, welcome to FT
Bruce! Almost my entire LH status is due to paid business class on NZ.
In regards to buying the cheaper option for the kids? Either you don't have any or they are just amazing. One of the main reasons why we fly NZ C all the time is because of the end to end IFE for Micro DUF. I would rather buy the cheapest option for me and the little one will get the Works++. Makes the flight so much better for me.
Originally Posted by
Bruce Parton
The challenge for us is that our costs are going up dramatically ....
Why would that be? Food prices are stable, personnel costs shouldn't be rising at all at the moment. So are rents going up by that much?