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Old Mar 31, 2020, 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by RCyyz
Selling only 50% of plane seats seems a reasonable way to ensure physical distancing in a very enclosed space. But airlines won't do this voluntarily. So I would anticipate we could see HD+ configs on many AC planes so that when they sell only 50% of the seats, they're still selling a large number of seats per segment. It could even mean a return of 2-2-2 config on international J so that they can stagger pax in 1A, 1D and 1G then in 2C, 2F etc.
This would very quickly lead to a situation where they can't fill the seats at a price such that any flights are profitable.
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