Originally Posted by
intuition
Anyone hoping for the AY SH J to stay or even improve will be disappointed. And how long before AY LH J saver will be 100% (or less), no bags and no food?
I don't believe these two things will happen.
SH J exists only because of the connecting market, and while AY gains in having short flights to Asia, it consequently loses on having long connecting flights in Europe compared to its competitors. Therefore, one would definitely assume that their J pax require something better than a Y+ product for their ~3 hour connecting flights.
Or am I wrong? Remember those "Comfort Class" designations we've seen emerging... (As for improvement, I'm sure there won't be any. But they should make their SH J marketing more realistic.)
A LH J with no food would be too difficult to implement. It would require a cabin of its own (minicabin?), and if they do that, they might as well try and cram more seats in that J-saver cabin, thus making it a real Y+ akin to what BA is offering. Which, in fact, would not be a bad idea at all IMHO.