Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I would have no issue with your post if Norwegian offered the flights at a fare where they could make a reasonable sustained profit. Clearly that’s not the chase. Had fuel not dropped like a stone the last 60 days we would be reading about the shutdown of the long haul division.
Which legacies are creating long haul high density cabins?
Are you seriously not aware of the longtime practice of predatory pricing? The U.S. legacies have a long history of doing it.
All of the U.S. airlines are revamping their long-haul products to compete with LCCs:
https://www.investors.com/news/airlines-basic-economy/
And for the record, Norwegian's 787s main cabin seats are the same as the main cabin 787 seats on American, United and Air Canada. According to seatguru.com, the main cabin on all of them offer 9 abreast at 31 to 32 inch pitch (American and Air Canada are listed at 31", Norwegian is shown at 31" to 32", and United is shown at 32".)