All-economy mode at Jet

As demand for premium class seats continues to be on the decline, Jet Airways is reconfiguring the seats in at least 17 Boeing 737 aircraft to an all-economy class, Sudhir Raghavan, the company’s chief commercial officer, said.

As demand for premium class seats continues to be on the decline, Jet Airways is reconfiguring the seats in at least 17 Boeing 737 aircraft to an all-economy class, Sudhir Raghavan, the company’s chief commercial officer, said.

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“We are taking out the premium seats and reconfiguring at least 17 aircraft to all-economy seats,”Raghavan said. "This is being done to increase our low-cost offerings and passenger load factor significantly.”

Jet has diverted several daily seats to its low-cost sub-brand, Jet Konnect, to shore up seat factor.