Iberia Airlines formally launched its new Business Club class for business travelers on the airline's longest medium-haul flights on October 21. The first flight equipped with the fresh seating class take off yesterday from Madrid to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. Business Club seats will also be offered on flights between Spain and Lagos, Moscow, Tel Aviv, and Cairo.

The new class is a segment of Iberia's Strategic Customer Service Improvement Plan, which led to the redesign earlier this year of the Business Plus class on the Spanish airline's long-haul flights, and the introduction of new comfort-enhancing services such as special access and "Fast track" movement through security controls, the extension of boarding by cell phone options to more destinations, and the upgrading of Iberia's VIP lounges.

The 14 seat Business Club section has 2 seats on each side as well as 1.27 metres of separation between rows. The extra-large, 55-cm-wide seats are of totally new design, with adjustable backs, head rests, leg rests and foot rests. It also includes an individual coat hook and a number of spaces for suitably accommodating personal items.

Each Business Club passenger may use the latest Play Station Portable (PSP), with an LCD screen, to watch late-release high-definition films or television series, or to listen to the ten audio channels with a range of musical options.