Originally Posted by
CabinCrewe
Looks like the F offering over the fleet will be significantly reduced. Will be interesting to see what that results in-
More Revenue seats and less redemptions and upgrades
Fuller busier smaller cabins with harder to get seats which are more expensive.
Will 8 seat F cabins appear on 78-1, some A35K, and 77X ?
A380 reduce F cabin?
I quite liked it when it was a half empty F cabin!
I was lead to believe that some, if not all B787-10s would be in a 4 class config as they will be flying many East Coast USA and Middle Eastern routes where First is in demand . The 777-9's are also to be 4-class configured with 325 seats as things stand.
All the A350-1000s are to be 3-class .
As for the A380, with the new "8 seat" First cabins being rolled out across the rest of BAs fleet, this could help make the A380 more efficient by better use of its cabin pace and increasing seat capacity. The 8 seat First cabin could be moved to the forward upper-deck leaving the larger downstairs section for World Traveller/World Traveller Plus. The remaining upper-deck could be the new Club World seats.