Also remember that much of the business (J) class demand in Europe is connecting traffic onto long haul. The airlines are obliged to provide a J class cabin for those pax but still maintain the flexibility of a movable curtain for high leisure sectors where there isn't much premium demand otherwi...

Agreed. And with an enclosed suite like Delta One, they'll have an edge over BA. even with their new CW product.

As others have already well stated - for any airline to fly a 250+ seat aircraft into Australia it needs to be able transfer many of those passengers throughout its national / trans Tasman network seamlessly. What your suggesting would require Virgin Australia to set up a network ex Broome (or el...

Originally Posted by Joe Turkish try really hard, lounges, catering and now aircraft - all excellent first rate carrier level but theres still something about the soft product in the air and on the round thats a little laboured and not quite 1st rate carrier level. I know what you mean. I have f...

It's a nice idea but from my experience crew are not encouraged to consume food (esp if unsealed) given to them by passengers - for safety reasons. Many airlines ban it.