AO11912 wrote:Essentially its not different to other airlines like EK their 343 345 and 777 business classes are worlds apart.
Unfortunately you are comparing apples to an over ripe Lemon. EK are a purely
international carrier whilst Qantas is a
domestic/international carrier
As you will see EK pretty much send the same equipment on each route to avoid confusion in what fare paying passengers pay. Although not an exception PER sees a 777 and often an A345.
Whereas like routes DXB - MRU, DXB - DKA have the same equipment day after day.
AO11912 wrote:But I still dont think that Virgin can offer a better business class product than Qantas, or put them to shame, like i have mentioned before, Qantas have the infrastructure to do it.
You will also find that so will Virgin Blue when they come to operate the aircraft.
AO11912 wrote:All you have to do is look at Virgins seats, like i mentioned before, when the guy in front decides to lie down, where does your TV go??, pointing to the floor.
If you cared to read my comments earlier in the forum you will see that I clearly answered this post. You will find that the screen will pull out from the bottom so the screen is in the best position for viewing, much like VA's PE screens.
AO11912 wrote:This while Virgin business class in its self is a knee jerk reaction due virgins profits being down.
Unfounded comment. Unless you care to provide a relevant source of information? Nowhere has Virgin Blue claimed that the Business class is a knee jerk reaction because of profits. You will find out that this was on the cards as soon a JB came on board.
AO11912 wrote:Qantas and Jetstar are still the most profitable airline's in 1H10 (1st Half 2010 FY)
And? Irrelevant to this conversation due to the fact that Qantas is what x 3/4 times the size of Virgin Blue? But you will find out that if you looked at the Profit Margin Qantas peforms badly against others.
AO11912 - If I can ask, just exactly what do you do within Qantas?
I'll go into further some of the other points later this evening. I have a family outing this evening and it would be bad of me to miss such an outing to sit infront of the laptop!