The Economics of Airline Class

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.)

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]

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

There's a good Wendover video on airline classes: [VIDEO] And another great one about AmTrak in relation to flight: [LINK]

There is also another Wendover one explaining the economics or airlines classes and it talks about specifically why supersonic flights went into oblivion: [VIDEO]

Economy class seats generally speaking will earn the least amount of money to an airline, so this idea would actually likely be the most unprofitable option. To make it truly profitable, you convert the plane to First class, but then you'll need to fill all those seats. Wendover Productions had a great video on this a few years ago: [VIDEO]

Unfortunately, due to the economics of airline class[0], privileged passengers account for about 70% of airline revenue. 0. [VIDEO]

According to this: [VIDEO] First/business class seats are where the airlines make all of their money, so Concord would be economically viable today.