Originally Posted by
tuolumne
I know, but compared to Bentley-quilted, refrigerated, 23" HD seats...? All little dirty tricks from direct-govt-subsidy-EK, but compared to any western carrier? Even I have to say, yeah right!
Not that costly, and in fact over the long run probably less so. It's the same seat bones as the current IPTE seat - they're adding finishes on 10 year old seats. Those center consoles will be familiar to any UA flier.
And UA, AA or DL would be able to fit more seats in the cabin with that EK config than their own new J setups - so it's actually a lower CASM setup.
No govt subsidy needed to do that.
The A380...
A whole other game.