Originally Posted by
mrtdxb
FWIIW when I was in F to VCE yesterday I checked with purser (for the first time on any flight) how may plats and golds were on board and to my surprise he said 3 Plats and 20 or so Golds - I had expected fewer of each as I did not think it was a service that would be used much by regulars.
VCE is a very popular departure point with Golds and Plats due to the high concentration of industrial production companies in Veneto/Friuli with production sites particularly in China and India. This business used to all go to Lufthansa and now with the 2X daily to DXB has shifted there.