Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
RK: I know this is the company line, but the fact is the product is not uniform at all.
1. BF fleet -- This is already a significant sub-fleet, which, like any sub-fleet, makes absolute sense because it meets the demand on the markets it serves
2. Domestic mainline: Domestic FC & 31-32" Y
3. Domestic regionals: All 31" Y only
Actually, I wasn't talking about product uniformity, but fleet uniformity.
The only subfleet CO has right now are 738 (mid-lav and non mid-lav), and 764 (20/236 and 35/200). Most airlines have more subfleet types.
764s are used not only for international routes, but also Hawaii/Guam. So, they'll also have PE on Hawaii routes.
If you put PE on 752s, that's going to decrease the total number of Y seats further for the EWR-Florida runs in the afternoon; as they can't really sell PE for just a couple of flights each day on these routes.
But my original point is that if they do PE, they'll have to put them on all its 787s, 777s, 767s, and 757s. So, you'll see them on Florida, Europe, Asia, Hawaii. Perhaps PE is extremely lucrative for US-London, but will it be equally lucrative for Bristol, Cologne, Athens, Peking? Maybe, but I don't know.