Originally Posted by orbitmic

Actually, the fact that premium traffic has increased less than capacity is a an extremely significant measure for the airline industry, but it is precisely because I don't expect people to content themselves with my mention of a headline fact that, unlike many posters, I included the direct links to IAG's own documents which give you very specific details and show that in fact for BA per se the decrease in premium load factor has been far more significant yet than for the rest of IAG. What is more, as paradoxically shown by irishguy28, the current trend in the airline industry is for an increase in load factor at the same time as capacity (including for premium), and not a decrease in premium load factor.

That said, in the spirit of Petrus's request, I won't comment on that issue any further.