Questions and Answers

Hey Lucky,

Enjoy reading your reviews. It’s also very interesting to read your analysis of deep trends and week signals in the travel industry.
As such I would be very interested in your comments on this video, and what you think it means for future passenger experience:
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E.g. One of the main conclusions is that we are going towards more and more long & skinny routes, which takes away from demand of the long & fat ones.
– With smaller planes, what will this mean for long haul first class?
– Assuming a reduction in the amount of first class products, in number and seat space, how will this drive the future of business class?
– Assuming an increase in operations out of non-hub airports, what can we expect as passengers in terms of consistency in the ground experience?

Looking forward to seeing what you think.
Best,

LucDuff

[USER=4]@Lucky[/USER]

Well, you saw what happened when the 737NG allowed for transcons on secondary routes (like IAD-SMF) and use on major routes (like BOS-LAX) with more frequency but domestic F seats as opposed to the internationally-configured 767s it probably means even less First class except on trunk routes where there is actual demand (like JFK-LHR)