Things may not have been helped by the Government. This text extracted from an article in the DTel, last May.
Charter airlines have threatened to reduce the numbers of "premium" seats on some long-haul flights following the doubling of Air Passenger Duty to £40.
Customs and Excise ruled that "premium" seats were to be taxed in the same way as business-class seats.
Britannia Airways was charging a supplement of between £60 and £95 return for the Extra seats, which had a 34in seat pitch. The standard seat pitch for charter flights is just 30in.
Britannia used to have 24 Extra seats on all long-haul flights, plus 24 more expensive Premium seats. They now have 31 Premium seats on their flights to medium- and long-haul destinations, such as Florida and the Caribbean, for a supplement of £120 to £195 return. Its Premium seats offer 35in leg-room, in addition to upgraded meals and complimentary alcoholic drinks.
Air 2000 said that it was not making any money on "premium" seats on some routes since the rise in Air Passenger Duty.
"On Cyprus, for example, the supplement for Classic Premium is just £49 and the Government is now taking £40 of that," said a spokeswoman. "We have thought about getting rid of Classic Premium on some routes, but we are going to stick with it for the time being."
Other charter airlines that are continuing to offer premium seats include Monarch Airlines and Airtours International.