CAPA analysis of SAS
 

Saw this on my twitter feed this morning:

http://centreforaviation.com/analysi...irlines-100695

Although a rehash of existing stuff, it makes an interesting read. Didn't know the miserable productivity and super high labor cost. Also DYs costs :o

Interesting article.

However I wonder if SAS has really been the kind of trailblazer the article lays out:

At least I have had the understanding that Pan Am introduced the tourist class and that sleeper seats were around much earlier.

Sleeper seats were around long before the 1990s -- whether or not those should be called sleeper seats may be in question.

PanAm did have separate check in and lounges for business class passengers before 1982.

Today CAPA published a summary of what Hainan Airlines is upto:
http://centreforaviation.com/analysi...trategy-100895

Reading it I had a creeping feeling that they are setting out to do the same that SAS tried to do and failed miserably in the end: get funded by provinces in a region so they have their own hubs, buy an LCC to complement their portfolio (sounds like the JK adventure), fund an airline to participate in other market circumventing bilaterals (bmi?) etc etc :D

I believe they refer to sleeper seats in C. Then SK was indeed the first airline. I even remember, they were charging USD 300.00 per leg (on the top of the C fare) for these seats (the first row of seats in DC 10) - never tried them, though.