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The Economics of Airline Class

Wendover Productions · 12.2M views · 2017-03-14 · 11:38

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Overview

Wendover Productions explains how airlines make money from different cabin classes and why premium seats matter so much to profits. It also touches on how this shaped decisions such as the decline of supersonic travel.

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HN commenters recommend it as an in-depth, accessible look at airline class economics and revisit it in many discussions about airlines.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2017–2025

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What people said

filereaper · 2021-11 · Strong recommendation

Highly recommend Wendover's videos on Airline economics, this specific one is about the various classes in Airline seats [VIDEO]

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alehul · 2019-03 · Strong recommendation

Would highly recommend the YouTube video below [0] from Wendover, which went pretty in-depth on the economics of airline classes a while ago, and how first-class was the least profitable for the airlines. :) [0] [VIDEO]

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sillysaurus3 · 2018-01 · Strong recommendation

If anyone finds the operation of airlines a fascinating topic, you might like Wendover Productions: [LINK] How airlines price flights [LINK] The little plane war [LINK] Why planes don't fly faster [LINK] The economics of Airline Class [VIDEO] How airlines schedule flights [LINK] I just recently found the channel. So much good stuff. (My unrelated favorite is [LINK] How the US government will survive doomsday.)

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