Originally Posted by
Babu
How can JB afford to do this? I thought margins are paper thin to begin with...now with the loss of 6 seats, won't this move cost them mucho $$??
At any rate--WAY TO GO JB! Thank you, merci beaucoup and muchos gracias!!!
I don't have the figures infront of me but if I remember correctly, the average load factor for B6 was right around the 80% mark. With that in mind, it actually does make sense to remove the last row. The extra 6 seats do require the airline to have an extra FA onboard (1 for every 50 passagers- the extra row would put them over 150 seat mark). So the question then becomes: Do extra 6 seats bring in enough revenue to cover the extra weight and FA compensation? According to the 80% load factor, probably not.