First Class seems to be the first in a planned trilogy and if so then they should have stated that in the beginning and confirmed it so that there wouldn't be any confusion among the fandom.
Why assume they even knew it in the beginning? It's not like these ideas spring forth fully formed. They develop over time. Maybe the studio originally committed to only one film, but as they discussed things with Singer and Vaughn and developed the possibilities, they decided to do it as a trilogy. Or maybe they were open to doing it as a trilogy but didn't want to come out and publicly commit to it until they were sure they'd like what they were getting from the filmmakers. There's a very good reason why studios, publishers, etc. don't announce their full plans the moment they come up with them: because those plans can always change and it would be a bad idea to publicly declare something that might later be rendered untrue.