There are three carriers expected to take delivery of their first A380 aircraft this year -- Asiana, Etihad, and Qatar -- and I've been closely monitoring their delivery status. Of the three carriers, the only one that has published any concrete information regarding their A380 schedule is Asiana. They've indicated that they plan to commence…
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I can't decide if I think it's a good thing or bad thing that they'll essentially have a small subset of 380 FAs doing the F cabin on 2 different routes.
Before we start raving about how great it is to have another A380 OW carrier, I'd just like to remind people about Lucky's post not many days ago:
https://onemileatatime.com/interesting-read-working-qatar-airways/
Out of curiosity, do we know why QR doesn't fly F on routes to the US or Australia? You'd think that paying for F on a short(er) flights to London/Paris isn't as enticing as flying F on a long flight.
@ Ivan Y -- That's a great question, don't really have an answer for that. Even though their business class hard product on some planes isn't amazing, I think they try to emphasize having a "premium" business class product on longhaul routes. After all, they have turndown service, pajamas, dining on demand, etc.
So my guess is that this is their priority, rather than a top first class product.
Thank you, Lucky! I wondered if perhaps QR figured out that their wealthy clients prefer to take short(er) trips to London & Paris so they put first-class on those routes.