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I've taken quite a lot of flights where there either was no business or first class or, if there was a business class, it was only marginally more expensive tha

by jlg23 11y ago

I've taken quite a lot of flights where there either was no business or first class or, if there was a business class, it was only marginally more expensive than cattle^weconomy class. Traveling through South America for 14 months now, the average economy seat is about 80USD per hour of flight if bought directly at the airport. How do they make a profit if your calculation is correct? (And I am not talking about the probably heavily subsidized regional airlines that get you from one jungle airfield to another and are the only means of getting to lots of places.)

nikcub 11y ago
> How do they make a profit if your calculation is correct? They don't. Or freight.
- dingaling 11y ago
  > They don't. Of course they do; Easyjet and Ryanair, to name two, are wildly profitable without business and first class and they don't carry cargo.
- seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  Southwest makes money and they lack business class. Domestic routes rarely make money on biz class, and they are still profitable. Only international routes have significant biz class markups (believe me, I would pay a lot to sleep on an 11 hour flight). Economy seats are probably more profitable than the airlines want to let on given that the experience is so miserable.