Not much more expensive than Maldives seaplane transfers these days.
This may be the silliest fleet choice I've ever heard of. What genius decided that a 40 minute premium config flight on a turbo-prop would actually be a choice people care about? The platform of premium offerings has led to people truly losing their minds. Heck, I've stood in a rental car bus for longer that.
Bora Bora is a high end honeymoon destination. Some of those honeymooners fly business class to PPT and don't want to sit in a tiny ATR Y seat for 40 minutes after a 8.5 hour flight from LAX or SFO.
God help them. It's 40 minutes, lol. A complete absurdity. I'm sure their honeymoon will be just fine. They will probably wait longer for their transfer to the resort. Shall we provide them a golden carriage from the airport to hotel so as to avoid the sun and heat and have young attendees fanning them along the way? I mean, my god, the entire premium thing is becoming completely absurd. Mostly because it's all a smokescreen as to reality.
As P.T. Barnum said (Or Mark Twain, or whoever), "There is a sucker born every minute."
Not a bad way to create a promotional picture for all your business class seats. Just put an asterisk with a line down the bottom ….”not all aircraft have this cabin”
$500 vs $200 for 161-mile flight? I generally avoid economy, but I would have a hard time paying that much more for a flight that will be in the air 30 minutes. That doesn't make sense.