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Re: Latest Airbus single aisle aircraft innovations

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Post by MForster » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC

throwaway2037 wrote: post #150

MForster wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MUC -> SFO direct for 10 days in August: consistently 682$ in economy. Nothing under 5k$ in business, some days considerably more expensive.

I confirm it on Google flights. Wild. Lufthansa and United should add more business class seats on those flights! What is the primary demand for these biz class seats between these cities? Are big auto manufs flying to Silicon Valley to meet with tech companies?

I suspect it's more the tech companies themselves. For example, Google has a sizable office in Munich. I'm not sure if BMW would let most of their employees travel business class...

Re: Latest Airbus single aisle aircraft innovations

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Post by tristor » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

MForster wrote: post #151

throwaway2037 wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I confirm it on Google flights. Wild. Lufthansa and United should add more business class seats on those flights! What is the primary demand for these biz class seats between these cities? Are big auto manufs flying to Silicon Valley to meet with tech companies?

I suspect it's more the tech companies themselves. For example, Google has a sizable office in Munich. I'm not sure if BMW would let most of their employees travel business class...

Companies really ought to pay for business class on transatlantic and transoceanic flights because of well-founded research showing that a seated position without movement for long periods of time creates a risk for DVT/stroke and that it interrupts sleep which has poor health effects. Unfortunately there's no legal mandate to require it, but a lot of European companies have rules for flights where a single leg is over 6 hours or over 8 hours that triggers an allowance for business class. I'm unsure about BMW, but it wouldn't surprise me if they do this.

Re: Latest Airbus single aisle aircraft innovations

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Post by TheBigSalad » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

ipdashc wrote: post #147

TheBigSalad wrote: post #95

For coach, I wish they would just stack people in laying down. Laying down for the flight would be much better than sitting. I don't see why they couldn't get the same amount of people in if they configured the plane correctly.

As much as I'd prefer this, I assume it's for evacuation reasons. Well, that, and people wouldn't like feeling trapped.

I would. Just throw me in a coffin.