Now that the 1st class tractor passengers can look forward to the new fully enclosed suites, announced with great fanfare at the DXB airshow, when might the poor old 380 first class pax hope to be offered something similar? Or has the money run out for cabin upgrades on a certain fleet?
Surely one can't have the lowly Boeing aircraft leading the company's product range ....??!!
Think of it this way, the new 777s went from 8 suites to 6 suites (25% reduction). If the A380 were to do the same, the four suites along the windows would likely have to be reduced to 3 on each side due to the size of the newer suites, and then the middle row of 6 suites would be reduced to 3. That would mean a total of 9 Suites from the previous 14 suites (36% reduction). If weight is not a factor, it will come down to the famous word 'Yield' and what that reduction would mean for the Airbus vs Boeing, per seat, per mile, per kg of fuel, per day, 365 days a year......I'd rather leave that to PhD bean counters