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Cathay Pacific drops premium economy to South Asia
February 3rd 2015
As previously reported, Cathay Pacific Airways is understood to be cancelling premium economy class on all services to the Middle East because it was unable to sell enough seats in the market This Week in Asia-Pacific Aviation has been told. Read More »
Further conversations with the airline have revealed that it plans to also drop premium economy on its South Asian network. As such, the Hong Kong carrier’s services to Chennai, Colombo, Delhi, Hyderabad, Male and Mumbai will no longer officially carry the niche product from October onward. Having said that, This Week in Asia-Pacific Aviation understands that some of these routes will still operate with the three-class configuration (J39W28Y175) A330-300 aircraft, though only two classes will be sold (J39Y203). The move should be welcome news for the carrier’s frequent travellers as they could have a good chance at getting an upgrade to the vacant premium economy cabin, loads allowing.
