Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
I don't know about other routes, but for the last 6 PEY trips I did EWR-HKG-EWR, the number of pax in the cabin is 6 or less. Like I've said before, the only "good" thing PEY has done is allowed more op-up seats for oversold Y cabins, in terms of revenue PEY it can't be that high because.... CX PEY is overpriced for the product CX offers....
...partly because CX decided that PEY fares had to be "Standard" and above in terms of flexibility for fears of diluting high Y/J fares, and they've never really pushed any kind of upselling through the online interface either.
But again PE has had more traction in EU/AU markets so it is partially a byproduct of markets with better purchasing power in the end.