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I wish there was an airline that offered 'All Business Class' flights. It'd really just be a marketing trick to try to escape the High Volume/Low Price vs. Low

I wish there was an airline that offered 'All Business Class' flights. It'd really just be a marketing trick to try to escape the High Volume/Low Price vs. Low Volume/High Price dilemma. I don't know if it'd work, but I would like to see someone try. (Arguments saying it can't work because thats how flights used to be and ended up where we are ignore that those changes were gradual with all airlines competing together to erode their quality. A new market entry of what I describe would be sufficiently different to have marketing reasons to not compete on price, etc) EDIT: Welp, apparently its been done and doesn't work or is simply less profitable. Still makes me sad there isn't a middle ground between sardines and sheiks.

cialowicz 9y ago
It's been done. Singapore Airlines flew the longest scheduled flight (between New York and Singapore, SQ21 and SQ22) using an all-business A340-500 [1]. They canceled the service in 2013 since revenue wasn't high enough. Apparently, there are a few small all-business carriers in operation [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines_Flight_21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines_Flight_21 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline
darrenf 9y ago
There have been several attempts and each airline has either failed, or relented to the market and introduced economy cabins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline
Jhsto 9y ago
Last time I checked flights between SF and LA I saw this company: https://www.flyvictor.com https://www.flyvictor.com Very expensive, but at least everything is business class.
- dingaling 9y ago
  Fly Victor are a front-end agency for many small charter operators, they don't have their own fleet.
  - Jhsto 9y ago
    Ah, interesting, the website did not convey that on a fast look. Thank you.
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dingaling 9y ago
Privatair operate all-business flights for Lufthansa and SAS: https://www.privatair.com/current-services https://www.privatair.com/current-services

cialowicz 9y ago

It's been done. Singapore Airlines flew the longest scheduled flight (between New York and Singapore, SQ21 and SQ22) using an all-business A340-500 [1]. They canceled the service in 2013 since revenue wasn't high enough. Apparently, there are a few small all-business carriers in operation [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines_Flight_21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines_Flight_21 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline

darrenf 9y ago

There have been several attempts and each airline has either failed, or relented to the market and introduced economy cabins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_class_airline

Jhsto 9y ago

Last time I checked flights between SF and LA I saw this company: https://www.flyvictor.com https://www.flyvictor.com Very expensive, but at least everything is business class.

dingaling 9y ago
Fly Victor are a front-end agency for many small charter operators, they don't have their own fleet.
- Jhsto 9y ago
  Ah, interesting, the website did not convey that on a fast look. Thank you.

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dingaling 9y ago

Privatair operate all-business flights for Lufthansa and SAS: https://www.privatair.com/current-services https://www.privatair.com/current-services