<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BrisbanePE:
As has been said over in the QF forum: what's the motivation for flying First if you get all this in business. Makes it one heck of an expensive First Class meal ;-)
Doesn't make sense to me *unless* the C fares are heading towards F ;-)
[Edited to say: not that I'll ever have to worry about it :-) ]
[This message has been edited by BrisbanePE (edited 05-22-2002).]</font>
Absolutely correct. I think that the debate on two-class vs. three-class international fleet configurations really lie in how the fares are going to be set - and how much of the cabin will be premium.
I would expect if a two-class configuration is chosen, there will be over 1/3 of seats Business/First and the rest Economy, if not more. The airline obviously cannot edge up business fares towards First - it would lose business to other three class carriers, so they have to compensate with volume.
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