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Emirates and Etihad to Launch Private Suites on Planes
Two Gulf-based airlines announced plans to launch fully enclosed private bedrooms on their aircraft. Emirates Airline plans to install the new suites on its Airbus A380 jumbo jets as well as on Boeing’s new long-range 777X plane, which will be flying towards the end of the decade. (www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com) Mehr...
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I wonder how much tighter the coach seats will get to accommodate this.
Airlines are going to screw themselves, and the only people flying in thesee compartments will be the sultans of the middle East. Already many people have had enough of airports with the TSA jamming the flying experience down our collective throats. The airline personnel who maintain the customer relations are stressed out of their minds, but the customer still wants them to accomplish the impossible, and when they can't, then the people take umbrage with the airline representatives. It is a hassle to get to must airports and the time spent getting to the airport, going through the baggage check-in with many restrictions, and the TSA, is more than most people can stand. People are begging for alternatives that can cover a four or five hundred mile trip without the endangerment to their sanity. How weird is the discrimination of the oil sheiks, who do not want to fly with the common people on an aircraft, and hence, the flight cubicles for these people. Most of the people who can afford the airline cubicle can afford a private jet, or at least some time on one of those luxury aircraft's. This type of flying may be the next best thing since popcorn, but it is my feeling that only a few airlines will indulge in this class of flying. Before the up-grading of seating that is commonplace today, the first class seating areas where half empty. This was because of the cost, and the fact that there was little value in paying the price for the best. It is my feeling that this section will not be booked on a consistent basis, and that it will end-up being a perk for the highest levels of points programs on these airlines. It is hardly anything to excited about.
IMHO, none whatsoever.
They are going to earn much more per sq. inch of floor area through this modification if one reads the article fully INCLUDING reading inbetween the lines !
Plus the general goodwill they will earn by being the better airline !
Did we always have 3 classes in the commercial flying ?
I doubt. First they made two classes then three by adding Business Class and a few years back 'Premium Economy' !
So where are we going ? And whom are we kidding ?
Change and innovation are part of human nature .
And so is resistance to change !
Ironically ! !
They are going to earn much more per sq. inch of floor area through this modification if one reads the article fully INCLUDING reading inbetween the lines !
Plus the general goodwill they will earn by being the better airline !
Did we always have 3 classes in the commercial flying ?
I doubt. First they made two classes then three by adding Business Class and a few years back 'Premium Economy' !
So where are we going ? And whom are we kidding ?
Change and innovation are part of human nature .
And so is resistance to change !
Ironically ! !
maybe not now- but some day when the oil stops flowing the seat pitch will shrink centimeter by centimeter until your knees are pressed firmly against the seat in front of yours and you feel every little movement of the passenger behind you.
today you may have suites upstairs without cramming in those in "steerage" but someday that airline will be on the verge of bankruptcy, or the unions will have negotiated too good a contract, whatever.... it's an airline..... and when that day comes you too will understand the concept of minimum seat pitch traveling
today you may have suites upstairs without cramming in those in "steerage" but someday that airline will be on the verge of bankruptcy, or the unions will have negotiated too good a contract, whatever.... it's an airline..... and when that day comes you too will understand the concept of minimum seat pitch traveling
Right you are.
Compare it with size of rooms/flats in the Metros. They are getting smaller and smaller. With foldable furniture and all that.
BUT mansions and manor houses keep coming up, notwithstanding space crunch !
Compare it with size of rooms/flats in the Metros. They are getting smaller and smaller. With foldable furniture and all that.
BUT mansions and manor houses keep coming up, notwithstanding space crunch !
There are two basic models to compete in capitalism. (greatly generalized mind you)
1. Price based - which is always a race to the bottom, penny pinching, loss of jobs, loss of creature comforts
2 Value based - where people buy a product or service because it is BETTER.
The difference between the two models is staggering. The price per ticket may be higher for everyone, but it would be a much better experience, people would not get DVT from 14inch seat pitch on a 14 hour flight! Once on a cramped flight wouldn't give 100 dollars for a place to stretch out? (if there even was any). Well, if everyone paid that extra 100 bucks you could!. This business model will not run itself into the group, will not cut wages and benefits - making happier employees which give much better customer service.
Personally - I prefer the Value based economy - now just to convince everyone that price hunting for a 2 dollar difference needs to stop (GOOD LUCK)
1. Price based - which is always a race to the bottom, penny pinching, loss of jobs, loss of creature comforts
2 Value based - where people buy a product or service because it is BETTER.
The difference between the two models is staggering. The price per ticket may be higher for everyone, but it would be a much better experience, people would not get DVT from 14inch seat pitch on a 14 hour flight! Once on a cramped flight wouldn't give 100 dollars for a place to stretch out? (if there even was any). Well, if everyone paid that extra 100 bucks you could!. This business model will not run itself into the group, will not cut wages and benefits - making happier employees which give much better customer service.
Personally - I prefer the Value based economy - now just to convince everyone that price hunting for a 2 dollar difference needs to stop (GOOD LUCK)
