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Andrew I would have agreed with you few weeks back, but surprised to read a recent article saying more and more airlines are cutting economy pitch and putting an extra seat in across lot of wide bodies in economy.
This as they try to find ways to squeeze more lie flat beds,in the front end, as demand is booming.
Birmingham and Newcastle are now the only 2 airports in the UK that get 2 class machines, so there is certainly demand for top end seats in other places than London.
The Business Class product in many airlines has improved so much that there is now little difference between 1st and Business class .The latter used to just have bigger seats but most now have beds.
Certainly BHX would find it difficult to fill an A380 up front for a while, but can see a 3 class 77W possibly in the next 12-18 months.
Nigel