Qantas Scraps Most 1st-Class Cabins as Earnings Fall

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The company will reconfigure 29 aircraft including Airbus SAS A380s and Boeing Co. 747-400 planes.



Qantas’ existing fleet of six A380s, the world’s largest commercial passenger plane, and the six due in the next two years will keep first-class cabins for destinations such as London and Los Angeles. The planes have a total of 490 seats.



The remaining eight A380s on order, which will each carry 550 passengers, and nine 747-400s will feature business, premium economy and economy only, Qantas said.

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