Originally Posted by
fly747first
How exactly does EK have a budget airline mentality?
Hmm, first to contemplate 11-abreast in A380 econ? They've already done the same on the 77W, squeezing in a 3-4-3 layout compared to SQ's 3-3-3.
Originally Posted by
fly747first
Now if we were talking about J, there is no question that SQ's J defeats EK J's in every possible way.
Y is probably not much different depending on the aircraft. It's probably quite painful on the 77W and if EK's A380 goes in the same direction then things will really look bad. Suites also lose out to SQ to be honest, not by a large margin and both have their good points but SQ is still the top choice (not taking prices into account).
On a side note my apologies about the whole 'who was first to have suites' issue - I was thinking of the 'big bird' in the sky, the grandest plane that every A380 operator can proudly display as its flagship aircraft. But if we look at smaller planes then I agree that others might have plugged a suites-like product ahead of the A380 ever entering into service...