Originally Posted by
Finland Station
The long A21N flights to CAI are painful, but judging by the enormous CE cabin on most flights, the bean-counters must be absolutely delighted. For as long as customers appear to be willing to endure the flight, I don't hold out much hope for a return of wide-body aircraft. The 744s doing the BA154 morning flight are a distant memory.
I’ve flown this route 4 times whilst TP running in the last couple of months - each time I did so, it was noticeable how many American passengers were on board complaining to crew about the plane being swapped out for a “coach only” aircraft when they’ve paid for business class seating.
Appreciating the European Business class is significantly different for Short Haul, this length of flight is IMHO too long to use the current SH fleet (thinking about comfort) for the premium cost it attracts. They could learn from AA’s use of A321T on such a lengthy route.