Velocity/virgin inflexibility

[markis10]

Even a route like ABX-SYD currently serviced by E-190's?
Cheers
N'oz

ABX SYD is right in the sweet spot for ATR profitability, same goes for ROK.

 

[Nigelinoz]

ABX SYD is right in the sweet spot for ATR profitability, same goes for ROK.

If they do start running the ATR to ABX I may have to try it out.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[markis10]

If they do start running the ATR to ABX I may have to try it out.
Cheers
N'oz

I would not be surprised, they have brought forward deliveries so possibly they were able to grab some Kingfisher slots.

 

[Fruitcake]

All the non J ports will have ATRs as their majority flight serviced aircraft soon, and don't have a J competitor.

Agreed - I did consider that, but you still have ROK-SYD serviced by E190s which will have a J cabin. That flight will never be turned over to the ATRs. And it does seem odd to not at least try and capture some revenue from remaining BNE-ROK jet flights if you're hauling the seats up there anyway.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Agreed - I did consider that, but you still have ROK-SYD serviced by E190s which will have a J cabin. That flight will never be turned over to the ATRs. And it does seem odd to not at least try and capture some revenue from remaining BNE-ROK jet flights if you're hauling the seats up there anyway.

Maybe they will eventually, but we can see from this thread that confusion exists even with the basic premice that there is no J to ROK. That confusion has escalated into all kinds of agro and blame games.........imagine how much more confusing (with the attached agro) if they sold some J flights out of those ports.

I'm flying BNE-ROK rtn on Sat and to honest, I would have loved to grab the J double SCs and points currently offered but the fact is DJ do not do J in/out of ROK. No need to get agro about it, no need to blame anyone, it's simply a decision made at management level of DJ well before any comment about the J seating stuff-ups were ever debated on AFF.

 

[N860CR]

I was travelling ROK-SYD last week on the E190 and was the only Platinum onboard. It was a last minute booking so I ended up in row 6 (the checkin agent moved the person sitting next to me so I had some space. The entire PE section was left empty... I sort of expected to be moved into it (either at checkin or onboard) however they left it empty for the entire flight. Perhaps thats a sign that the PE/J seats will be totally off-limits for all of these "J-less" routes.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Perhaps thats a sign that the PE/J seats will be totally off-limits for all of these "J-less" routes.

That's the anecdotal evidence so far.

 

[777]

Perhaps thats a sign that the PE/J seats will be totally off-limits for all of these "J-less" routes.

My guess is that that will be the case until the plane the 100% full. Those seats will be filled last?

 

[Fruitcake]

Perhaps high status pax (where available) will get a seating upgrade.

 

[esquire]

Did SYD-MCY recently - Sitting in 3A - Y was completely full (with a number of pax on stand-by) - and yet J class cabin remained completely empty.