Reconfiguring a fleet to carry nearly as many premium seats as economy is a decade-long bet on premium demand. Koster said it’s “not a bet, it’s an investment.” He called premium demand “insatiable” and said the airline was “underweight” in premium cabin capacity for years. The question for every travel company shifting resources toward premium: is the demand truly structural?
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