Before people start piling on with the “I’d never sit in economy for that long!”, realize that Quantas is marketing this specifically as a premium product to reduce the amount of time to connect locations. They’re actually shrinking the total number of economy seats as most of the revenue will come from Business followed by Premium Economy. Those passengers will be fine in their seats for nearly 24 hours.
The only ones who will do it in economy will be people looking to experience “the world’s longest”, or people who absolutely hate multi-stop trips.
I hate layovers when it’s less than 8 hours of flight. But I feel that 8 hours is kinda the max before I NEED a layover, just so I can be human for a bit. After 8 hours I make no guarantees as to when cabin fever will set in.
There is also a war going on right now in the middle east and using Dubai or Doha as transit hub might simply not be possible at all times. There are not that many transit hubs available to cover for those in the middle east, so airlines trying out direct routes makes sense
And that’s alright. You’re not their target demographic then as this product isn’t everything for everyone. There are still routes through the Middle East with layovers.
Quantas is marketing this specifically as a premium product
Everything is marketed as a premium product these days, they’re not unique. As the working classes run out of money, companies double-down on only caring about the ultra-wealthy. Which doesn’t even matter in this instance, because I would avoid 24 hours on a plane, no matter how luxurious…
Before people start piling on with the “I’d never sit in economy for that long!”, realize that Quantas is marketing this specifically as a premium product to reduce the amount of time to connect locations. They’re actually shrinking the total number of economy seats as most of the revenue will come from Business followed by Premium Economy. Those passengers will be fine in their seats for nearly 24 hours.
The only ones who will do it in economy will be people looking to experience “the world’s longest”, or people who absolutely hate multi-stop trips.
As far as i know they had to reduce the seats to reduce cargo weight, and increase fuel tank capacity. Therefore the remaining seats have more space.
If the plane would be loaded up to max seat capacity it would use to much fuel and could not cover the range.
I hate layovers when it’s less than 8 hours of flight. But I feel that 8 hours is kinda the max before I NEED a layover, just so I can be human for a bit. After 8 hours I make no guarantees as to when cabin fever will set in.
There is also a war going on right now in the middle east and using Dubai or Doha as transit hub might simply not be possible at all times. There are not that many transit hubs available to cover for those in the middle east, so airlines trying out direct routes makes sense
I’d hate being in first class that long
And that’s alright. You’re not their target demographic then as this product isn’t everything for everyone. There are still routes through the Middle East with layovers.
To be fair I wouldn’t like two hours in first class so I’m not the target demographic for airlines in general.
I’d rather take a boat.
A boat?
Everything is marketed as a premium product these days, they’re not unique. As the working classes run out of money, companies double-down on only caring about the ultra-wealthy. Which doesn’t even matter in this instance, because I would avoid 24 hours on a plane, no matter how luxurious…