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Australia's Qantas ditching first class on some routes

May 24, 2009, 23:31 GMT

Sydney - Passengers can travel in the first-class cabin of some Qantas jets for the price of a business-class ticket, Australia's leading airline announced Monday. A 25-per cent reduction in demand for luxury travel has prompted Qantas to suspend the first-class option on routes to London, Buenos Aires and San Francisco. 'We'll sell it as a business-class service so they'll get business-class product and service but some people will be sitting in a first-class seat,' a Qantas spokeswoman told The Australian newspaper. Although fewer than one in 10 passengers travels either business class or first class, the industry standard is that a quarter of revenue accrues from the pointy end of the plane. Qantas said it had moved to suspend first class on some flights because demand had collapsed despite deep discounting.

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