First-class air travel

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Why is first-class air travel in decline?

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Bo Chen
57 months ago

4 answers

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From an airline perspective there are many reasons why the first class does not make economical sense.

For me personally one stands out - if you look at the services that come with the first class i.e. a spacious private room in an increasingly cramped cabin, top of the line interiors, shower, more crew and a top notch chef are just minimum requirements. This means every time first class seats are not filled the airline is simply carrying dead weight and a lot of it, which could otherwise be used to sell at least 3-4 economy seats for every trip. So in addition to the loss in revenue it also incurs additional cost for every trip for added services and for fuel too since the aircraft would need more fuel to carry more weight.

So unless you have plenty of frequent first class flyers who fly all through out the year during all seasons - peak or lean, the math just wouldn't add up.

Ajay Antony
53 months ago
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Many airlines have abolished 1st class and have two main cabinc: Business Class and Economy. Perhaps this is the reason of decline of 1st class air travel.

Wasim Safdar
57 months ago
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Travel policies of international companies have banned for years first-class air travel, and have limited business class only for long-haul and/or night flights.

Patrice L. Tiolet, INPG, MBA, CPSM
57 months ago
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Simpy because it is too expensive.

Ali Qudrat
57 months ago
Well, business class tickets are not cheap either, we see many airliners are chaing cabins into business class, as others have said. - Bo 57 months ago
Agree, too expensive and airlines do no have enough consumers available to pay this money. Sometimes they go for overbooking and then upgrade frequent flyiers - Paolo 52 months ago

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