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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 5:20 am
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Originally Posted by carnarvon
However, for longer flights (2-3 ours), it is not that clear cut, is it?
To be honest, I think that 2-3 hour flights are also fine as they are. Whether there should be a separate case made for the longest medium haul flights (say the 4hour ish ones) which are currently treated either as medium haul (like TLV, SVO, AMM) or long haul (like BEY, CAI) while they have more or less the same flight time is another matter. AF has a slightly improved soft product on the 'medium haul' ones of those (better food in C, pillows and blankets in Y, films etc) but to be honest, they are out of synch in terms of the competition (LY or LH to TLV, BA to Moscow, etc). While AF's rationale for keeping those medium haul-ish is understandable, I wonder if AF could justify using a separate configuration of the A32S on those like BD used to do with better C seats (perhaps inspired by the long haul PV cabin?) C tends to be quite busy on these routes and fares high so perhaps in that particular segment there would be a case for a differentiated hard product but that is really the only one in my mind.
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