Air Austral

[racedo]

Air Austral selects A380 in single-class configuration for future growth | AVIATION-NEWS (http://www.aviationnews.eu/?p=5606)

Order for 2 Airbus 380's configured with 840 seats.

[racedo]

Air Austral has ordered 2 A380's for running services from Reunion to Paris in an all economy 840 passengers configuration.

Just hope they have enough loo's.

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

I'll be buying shares in a company that does this I think.

IF its true :)



Airliner to set record with 800 passengers | Business | guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/17/aeroplane-flight-record-passengers)

[broadreach]

... "The retail adage "stack 'em high and pack 'em tight" is to be introduced to airlines...."

And this is new?

[GfaRm]

it's just ~12hr flight from France (Paris) to Reunion... good luck to all on board :)

[SPA83]

yes, good luck...

http://nsa10.casimages.com/img/2009/11/18/091118033551424651.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

[Wycombe]

...those "high-density" Corsair 744's (I think around 550 pax) pale into insignificance now :eek:

[MUFC_fan]

Can someone explain to me how Air Austral is able to economically fly the A380 in 840 all economy cabin whereas people like MOL and Tony Fernandes see it imperative that any long haul flight needs a premium cabin for it to be profitable?

Is it that Air Austral will charge a full service economy class fare opposed to a low cost (I dispute AirAsia X's claim to this!) fare?

[akerosid]

I doubt if they will do it all-Y class; here is a link to their 77W seating plan and as you'll see they have a J class and a Y+ product as well.

air-austral.com, votre agence Air Austral sur Internet : Boeing 777-300 ER (http://www.air-austral.com/en/about-air-austral/fleet/boeing-777-300-er.html)

[Cyrano]

In fairness, though, the reporting of the original order last year (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/15/321144/air-austral-to-take-840-seat-a380s-in-2014.html) did confirm that they had chosen an 840-seat single class layout.