This is very inaccurate. Premium seating, including first class, typically pays for the entire airplane with economy essentially getting a “free ride”. United Airlines, for example has 46 Polaris First-class seats in the front of their 767-300s. At roughly $6000 per seat, you’re talking over a quarter-million dollars of revenue in the first third of the airplane alone. The 22 business and 99 coach seats done even come close to making that much.
Most other major global airlines follow a similar business model. First and business pay for everything else
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u/DCS_Sport 4d ago
This is very inaccurate. Premium seating, including first class, typically pays for the entire airplane with economy essentially getting a “free ride”. United Airlines, for example has 46 Polaris First-class seats in the front of their 767-300s. At roughly $6000 per seat, you’re talking over a quarter-million dollars of revenue in the first third of the airplane alone. The 22 business and 99 coach seats done even come close to making that much.
Most other major global airlines follow a similar business model. First and business pay for everything else