[新聞] 國泰將推出豪華經濟艙於多倫多航線(from 2012)

看板Aviation (航空板)作者nyrnu (~新年快樂,萬事如意~)時間14年前 (2011/08/23 01:58)推噓5(5推 0噓 5→)

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國泰將推出豪華經濟艙於多倫多航線 (from 2012/March) 去掉頭等艙,改推豪華經濟艙. 看起來長榮要被修理了. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Cathay Pacific drops first, adds premium economy to 777s August 21, 2011 – 8:26 am, by Ben Sandilands Cathay Pacific’s changes to at least part of its 777-300ER fleet are another indication of how ‘tough’ things are getting for the privileged executives that fly at the premium end of air travel. Aspire Aviation draws our attention to this item on Airliner Routes, which trawls the booking engines looking for the things airlines haven’t yet announced, and finds that CX’s much anticipated premium economy product has been loaded for flights between Hong Kong and Toronto from March 2. Premium economy is where the company puts you when it decides to cut travel costs. It is also where a few economy class passengers go when they can’t tolerate economy class ‘privations’ any more, but hesitate to pay four times the fare to trade up into business class. The Cathay Pacific changes to this service, which are expected to flow through to the rest of its fleet, show that first class has been dropped, business class reduced, and a 32 seats premium economy cabin has been inserted, comprising four rows of seats arranged two by four by two, over the middle of the wing, which is, unfortunately, where the 777 cabin ambience starts deteriorating into a racket that sounds like a galvanised iron chicken shed approaching mach 1. The good news for the broader market however, and I mean physically broader, is that Cathay Pacific has also kept economy class at nine across not the horrible ten across seating that is spreading rapidly through most of those carriers that operate 777s. What the Hong Kong carrier has done is similar to the changes Qantas is making to its A380s, in which business class, according to the last official update, is being cut back from 72 seats to 54 seats in order to double premium economy on the upper deck to close to 60 seats. Premium economy’s rise can be seen as the fall of the corporate account support level for ‘luxury’ business class. Unfortunately in many carriers this also means that the discount economy cabins are made denser and tighter with more seats being reduced in width and legroom, which apart from honourable exceptions like Cathay Pacific and United, means going in 777s, from nine across to ten across seating, which results in torture tubes just like the eight across seating in an A330/A340. Cathay Pacific’s hard headed decisions about what corporate customers will actually pay for occur in the context of serving what is claimed to be the home of the world’s largest capital raising market. So get over it, just about every airline is going to adopt, or continue to make, similar adjustments to your travelling comfort. It should be obvious where this is headed. The convergence of in-flight broadband connectivity with the savings offered by premium economy compared to business class will encourage many businesses to work their executives in the air as hard as they do on the ground. http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/08/21/ cathay-pacific-drops-first-adds-premium-economy-to-777s/ -- 航空/鐵道/都市資料找不到? Well, the opinion may be on the way! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.25.19.253