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I was thinking that since J and F are such excellent revenue generating seats this was the reason for so many J seats.
I was under the impression they had over stocked on J and were now considering reducing it.
I am sure they put a lot of money and time into the conclusion they reached.
I just find it interesting how LH and AF put so few F seats in and Germany/France is a much larger economy than Aus. Both AF and LH fly to a wider varitiey of cities with high net worth individuals and corporations.
Basically I am saying if you look at the size of the Aus economy and QF routes, they are not as big as LH/AF.
AF/LH serve Asia like QF does, and they have a much larger network across the United States and Canada and even Africa. I know that Africa is extremely profitable due to the severe shortage of seats and there is massive mineral and oil company (money) that have a degree of demand for services to Africa.
I've been flying the A380 MEL-LAX and back every 5-6 weeks this year (mainly PE, some J) and both classes have been completely full each time (which was not the case when I flew 747 last Monday). I don't think QF will have any problem filling J on the A380 on that route anytime soon, despite the number of seats. The offering is just too good...