Originally Posted by
WindowSeat123
There are still quite a number of major international carriers (and two US ones-UA and AA) that still offer first class, it is not as niche as you claim. If those carriers found first class unprofitable, they would have eliminated it long ago (since airlines are so fanatical in controlling cost). The fact these airlines have retain it means it does make money for them. Hence it is profitable enough for them to keep it.
That's very poor reasoning.
Sometimes it takes a business quite a while to cut a money-losing product line. But by your logic, the mere fact that a product-line exists means that the product is surely profitable.
If only running a business were that easy!
BTW, I've flown UA international first class. It's a joke to call it "first class." I've had better overall experiences in J on several other airlines.