TATL: US Narrow Body or EUR Wide Body?
Nov 14, 2013, 4:00 pm
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TATL: US Narrow Body or EUR Wide Body?
The following article states the reasons why US domestic airlines fly narrow body jets compared to their European brethren on TATL flights...
Why Europeans Put Bigger Planes on Trans-Atlantic Flights
Is the hard product in the premium cabins on narrow body flights just as good as the ones on wide body flights? Is the service and comfort in economy better on the wide body flights?
Why Europeans Put Bigger Planes on Trans-Atlantic Flights
Is the hard product in the premium cabins on narrow body flights just as good as the ones on wide body flights? Is the service and comfort in economy better on the wide body flights?
Nov 14, 2013, 4:14 pm
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The following article states the reasons why US domestic airlines fly narrow body jets compared to their European brethren on TATL flights...
Why Europeans Put Bigger Planes on Trans-Atlantic Flights
Is the hard product in the premium cabins on narrow body flights just as good as the ones on wide body flights? Is the service and comfort in economy better on the wide body flights?
Why Europeans Put Bigger Planes on Trans-Atlantic Flights
Is the hard product in the premium cabins on narrow body flights just as good as the ones on wide body flights? Is the service and comfort in economy better on the wide body flights?
Nov 14, 2013, 4:52 pm
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The software does best when managing an airplane without that many seats. “Too much capacity (larger gauge with more seats) puts those tools outside their sweet spot and unable to deliver improvements in unit revenue,” Mann wrote in an e-mail. “This is why half of U.S. domestic frequencies are on regional partners’ smaller jets.”