well obviously - i don't think any plane configuration as 50 business class seats. except for the a380 maybe..
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Apple Buys 50 Business Class Seats From San Francisco to Shanghai Every Day
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well obviously - i don't think any plane configuration as 50 business class seats. except for the a380 maybe..
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From 25 years experience flying to Asia. RE: "United for its crappy service in the USA"
If you think United service is crappy in the USA, their Asia flights are much worse....crabby and rude stewardess, old equipment with old seating configurations. Even with recent upgrades they are still years behind Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific.
United operates SFO-PVG twice daily on 787 Dreamliners.
Yeah, I agree, with a different reference. What is with the USA airlines, domestic or international.
Delta service to Tokyo - worst ever. 16-hour delays not uncommon; repeatedly within a month! Japan should revoke the landing rights of American carriers!
Probably had permission from all their customers to publish it. Not surprised Apple uses United. Makes sense since United will take them to more places nonstop than anyone else.
United has two flights daily from SFO to PVG, and they depart 90 minutes apart from each other. While I share some skepticism, the 50-seat thing is not far-fetched. UA does have the capacity.
These things are not unusual. The Mouse is the reason UA has two LAX-MCO (Orlando, FL) daily nonstops.
These things are not unusual. The Mouse is the reason UA has two LAX-MCO (Orlando, FL) daily nonstops.
Alot of bay area tech companies fly business class. The mentality is that they are full rested and rest to go when they land.
As people already posted, UA has 2 flights daily from SFO to PVG on the 787-9 dreamliner. Those planes have only 48 business seats configured! I find it farfetched that Apple is purchasing 50 out of the 96 seats available daily. This is a bogus statistic, something is missing here.
I wonder what Lisa Jackson thinks of all this. Maybe its time to spend some of that R&D money on finding local talent or talent willing relocate there, purchase some 8K OLED TV’s from Samsung and use real time communication tools to communicate about what’s going on factories, instead of all this traveling.
I cant believe Apple who believes in best products and best customer service gives business to the crappiest airline.
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Did you forget the Ireland tax fiasco?
50 seats every day. This is Apple's dirty secret because planes make a lot of pollution in the upper atmosphere. This definitely goes against Apple's environmentally friendly façade.
If they have to fly to China every day they are overly reliant on that country for manufacturing their devices. Perhaps Apple should move more production to North America.
Apple consistently makes positive cash flow, adding to their grand pile of cash, they could make more devices in NA and still make a good return.
If they have to fly to China every day they are overly reliant on that country for manufacturing their devices. Perhaps Apple should move more production to North America.
Apple consistently makes positive cash flow, adding to their grand pile of cash, they could make more devices in NA and still make a good return.
I don’t think Apple really has much choice in the matter anyways. How many direct options are there from US to Shanghai even?
50 a day sounds like a made up statistic or they are horribly inefficient which explains their markups.
That is really crazy and kind-of obscene in a way - but at Apple's scale, everything becomes a bit obscene.
I'm surprised they don't already have an Apple iPlane.
Probably because Jony wanted it to be so thin, even HE and his massive ego, couldn't fit in it.
Probably because Jony wanted it to be so thin, even HE and his massive ego, couldn't fit in it.
I don't know who leaked this information, but heads are going to roll!!!! The bottom of the image reads: "This is confidential information. Please do not share outside of United." It's very hard to make it out, because it's 3 pixels tall text, but you can kind of confirm that's what's written on it.