Originally Posted by
intuition
But it is not like they couldn't sell these seats on the HKG and the NRT route. If the main business idea is to be the asian link, then it is strange to prioritise the leisure destinations (in wich I include BKK) with the newest birds. As the amateur I am, I am thinking they should put the 330's on japan and china routes, and lease capacity for leisure.
The thing is LTS and LTT are not good for high J demand routes, why would they only sell 32 J seats if they can sell 42 or 45.
Originally Posted by
ffay005
But a CC with, say, 1990s style J-seats on the 757 would work out quite nicely, especially considering the price. Forget the entertainment, forget the food but just put in some decent seats and charge €250 one way to Phuket.
Would that 250€ be enough to cover the costs of extra space (less pax can be taken)? The thing with A330s is totally different, the good seats are not there because of the charters but despite of them. If the could easily, quickly and cheaply change them into Y seats just for the charter and then change them back for the next scheduled service, I'm sure they would, but as they can't they just take what ever money they can get from the "comfort seats".