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Forum: Fragrant Harbour

10th Jul 2017, 08:51

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Yes I have heard of yield. What you seem to...

Yes I have heard of yield. What you seem to forget is business and first class tickets are usually paid for by non price sensitive customers. Usually corporations (that's why its called business)...

Forum: Fragrant Harbour

10th Jul 2017, 04:53

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In a 3 class cabin, if business and first are...

In a 3 class cabin, if business and first are full. You could pretty much have nobody in economy and the flight will still make a little money.

You could charge 50% on top of the usual economy...

Forum: Fragrant Harbour

9th Jul 2017, 22:51

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As far as I know it's the business class section...

As far as I know it's the business class section that makes the money. Business travellers want choice of departure times.

Economy (leisure) travellers don't want to board a 7 hour flight at 3pm....

Forum: Fragrant Harbour

9th Jul 2017, 11:30

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People want greater choice of departure times....

People want greater choice of departure times. Emirates knows full well how hard it is to fill an A380. I know that some Emirates routes had 4-5 triples sevens a day operating with no empty seats but...

Forum: Fragrant Harbour

3rd Jul 2017, 11:32

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A poster earlier mentioned that the "shortage"...

A poster earlier mentioned that the "shortage" seems to be of people who meet the airline "criteria".

When you have requirements like 150 hours flown in last 3 months and recurrency check on type...

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