BA Open Skies – is the plan still going ahead?

Yes, although this is NOT a premium service – it is using 757s fitted with club world (business), world-traveller-plus (premium economy) and world-traveller (economy). It is in this respect similar to Air France Dedicate, which uses A319s with long range tanks and long-haul business and economy seats on low demand long-haul routes to Africa and the Middle East.

Privatair – flying. They shut down some lines, like Houston, only to open others, like Poona.

Privatair are not operating premium services in their own right – they are operating all-business class services for Lufthansa, Swiss and KLM. In the case of Lufthansa, the aircraft has been moved as the routes develop – for example, the aircraft that is being put into India was operating a service that has developed to the extent where it can now support an A340, so switching the aircraft can hardly be regarded as a failure.

Andy