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Old Dec 15, 2022 | 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by email2markt
Totally uneducated but here is my wild speculation:

- Reducing the weight of seats for significant fuel savings
- Possible business+/ first lite arrangement? Unlikely to be enough space to do justice to a first cabin, but I expect they're super keen to explore given high-premium routes
- Assert dominance in premium travel on prestige ULR routes like New York, new "seat" more suited to ULR journeys - potential cash cow
1) no, not happening and not required: A350ULH is not the same gas guzzler as the predecessor, the A340-500
2) no, not on the cards
3) there is no competition, so no need to do this for ULR
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