Qantas suspends First class product on certain routes

[Andrew P]

What full services airlines don’t have First class on their Australian routes?

These
Air Caledonia
Air China
Air New Zealand
Air Pacific
Asiana
Canadian
Cathay Pacific
China Airlines
China Eastern
China Southern
Delta
Garuda
Hawaiian
Japan Airlines
LAN
Philippine Airlines
South African
Thai
Vietnam Airlines
Virgin Atlantic

with First Class
Qantas
British Airways
Emirates
Etihad
Malaysian
Singapore
United

So all the 1st list are heading in the LCC direction!!! – no wonder your comment is misplaced

Who's missing??

Banjo

[Marty H]

Originally Posted by Andrew P

Who's missing??

Banjo

V Australia no first class.

[Andrew M]

With business class improving with each makeover the difference between business and first decreases!

Eventually Qantas will only have first class on a few select routes with the remainder being business, premium Y and Y

[Jason Carruthers]

With SYD-EZE served by 744ER's does that mean that a couple of what already is a small subfleet will lose J as no other current ER routes are losing F. I can't see a standard 744 doing this flight unless it had a AKL stop.

[David Ramsay]

Sounds like they may be going down the same track as NZ did a couple of years back, changing from first, biz, economy to biz, premium economy, economy.

It worked for NZ and sure didn't make them an LCC.

[Michael Morrison]

I think eventually F will only be offered on the A380. Makes sense for the 744's that stay to be 3 class (J/W/Y)

[NickN]

Your welcome to your opinions. I have my own. Qantas is a dying breed domestically, and as much as I understand that removing First Class on some international routes is a sensible business decision that doesn't mean they aren't doing it to save money and increase revenue.

What next? No business and only Economy and Premium Economy?

Even worse meals than you get already? Or no meals on sectors shorter than 3 hours?

It's hard to guage how far things will go to make QF highly competitive but still profitable.