-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The thing is the A380 is likely to be used on routes with very high load factors - i.e LHR - SIN etc where the opportunity cost of not cramming the rows in may be quite high. For that reason alone I don't think we'll ever see the spas or any of the other nice things. Not for the people at the back anyway. It's a shame though - I was rather taken with the idea of a hot tub at 35000 feet hmmmm lots of possibilities. David On Wednesday 02 Oct 2002 11:26 pm, you wrote: > katana.flyer@telinco.co.uk writes: > << Airlines are in it to maximise profit - > passengers on the whole want the cheapest tickets - that means cramming in > the most economy rows you can get away with. If you want space you pay the > premium to sit up front. >> > I'd love to see the figures on that theory (which is believed by 100% of > the aircarriers) > You would think, that flights are average 80%-even 95% full then those last > 2-3 rows of crowded in seats would be used only occasionally. Wonder if the > revenue loss would be much if any so have 2-3 less rows and more room for > the people? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nML0KsvwCXwmAPgRAqTuAKCQ5ypPfJQHw9Ztue3eLu0AJ5xvVACfWi6M kF/QuHhR/N2RzkclU8hcaGM= =q+6z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----