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Old Jan 20, 2020 | 12:35 am
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East_and_West
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: ARN
Programs: A3*G, SK*G
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Introducing proper business class seats would be awesome! Unfortunately, I don't believe this is going to happen, at least not on a wide scale. As far as I get it, A320 neos are supposed to gradually replace A3's A320 ceo-family birds. Given the extreme seasonality in traffic that A3 experiences, how likely do you think it is that they will actively choose to curtail the capacity of their future fleet just to introduce recliners that during summer they will almost always be filled with op-upped pax? I fly ARN-ATH-ARN regularly, (and subsequently often continue to ATH-RHO-ATH). October till April these flights have their fair share of business travellers in both cabins (usually 2-3 rows in Bus). From May to September and around Christmas though the plane is completely full of leisure travellers, very often in single class configuration. Not to mention that the same birds that are flying to ARN (or to most other longer European routes) are then doing fill up routes to the Greek islands, which are again packed and all-Y in four or five months of the year.

Even if they introduce proper J cabin fleetwide (which again I don't see this happening, as it would be an unnecessarily risky move from the usually cautious and reasonable A3...), rest assured that the upgrade coupons will be soon enhanced away, or their number enhanced down What I secretly hope instead is that their new cabin will feature onboard wi-fi and charging ports, but I keep my expectations low in order not to be disappointed if they don't.
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