How long haul airline seating works

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[u/Littlesebastian86]

First class “not actually that profitable”?

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

[u/Dry-Worldliness6926 → u/Littlesebastian86]

Its the most profitable. This post is full bs

[u/skinte1 → u/Dry-Worldliness6926]

Lol, it's not. Unless you mean profitable per seat which is a completely useless metric. Most airlines that still operate first class does it because it's a status symbol. Whether or not first class is profitable at all 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.