Originally Posted by
AirborneLocksmith
What's the seat pitch? 30 inches? 32 inches?
BER-DXB is about the same distance as transcontinental flights in the US, and Frontier operate those flights with a 28 inch seat pitch.
The first few rows - up to the exit rows - in these have 30-inch pitch, the seats behind the exit rows have 29 inches, and the last two rows (31 and 32) are the same as Frontier or Ryanair with 28 inches.
With Frontier, "Stretch seating" has 23-33 inches of pitch and costs way less than LH/EW charge for "BizClass" tickets that'll cram you into a cramped 30in-pitch seat.
I`d rather fly a transcon on Frontier upfront than to DXB on one of these.
And I`d rather sit on a train to FRA for an hour and 15 minutes (ex STR) and fly EK on a nicely comfortable aircraft that offers lie-flat seats in business and 33" of pitch in Y.
Originally Posted by
Repooc17
Wow, do you guys even read what I had posted? Where did I even indicate anything about widebody? I was talking about narrowbody long haul in excess of Germany to UAE in distance and travel time. It's fine. People will survive.
I have flown from east coast US all the way to Alaska in a narrowbody. About 8 hours. I have flown EW, and it was fine with me.
I would rather be in a 3-3 narrowbody than a 10 across widebody.
OK, then, please fly one of these in the last row for seven hours and report back on the experience.
Narrowbodies are OK even for longer-distance flights, even transatlantic flights, but LH/EW's offer of 28" pitch in Y (for OK money) or 30" pitch in slimline, minimally padded seats (for a ton of money!) as found on these is not.
SAS, JetBlue or TAP who all fly TATL on narrowbodies do it better - there's proper business class seats for those willing to pay, and premium seating in Y offering at least 33" pitch for a decent upcharge. SASplus - a 2-2 premium economy offering that's available at the same price point than the "BizClass" product on EW has 38" pitch and is a totally different game with flights this long.
I just hope that this strategy backfires. and especially high-revenue customers stay away from those flights so they'll have to rethink this.