r/Damnthatsinteresting 4d ago

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u/Littlesebastian86 4d ago

First class “not actually that profitable”?

  • ya citations needed. Sounds like bull shit.
  • love the specifics of “that profitable”

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u/SLC_NinerMan96 4d ago

Yeah if there's one thing I know about airlines it's that they wouldn't just be willing to take a bath on their first class passengers which they pay so much in overhead to accommodate in the first place.

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u/skinte1 4d ago

they wouldn't just be willing to take a bath on their first class passengers

Most airlines that still operate first class does it because it's a status symbol. Whether or not first class is profitable depends largely on the size of the seats/suites chosen by the airline. They are not really taking an actual loss but they are loosing out on a potential higher revenue from replacing those seats primarily with business class. Especially since business has a much higher occupancy than first and one empty first class seat often means loosing out on 2-3 paying business class passengers.

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u/SLC_NinerMan96 4d ago

Okay honestly I can buy the status thing because rich people are weird. That was a nice bit of added context. Thanks!