Air New Zealand's Business Premier Business Class Seats |
Air Travel NewsWednesday, May 30, 2012
Flying in Air New Zealand's Business Premier Business class on its Boeing 777-200 planes? Make sure you select the very best seats on the flight with our specialist advice from real-world flights the very newest in our Best Seats series of guides.
Air New Zealand flies its lesser, older 777-200 on some Australian way to Auckland, and from Auckland to Hong Kong.
The Perth-Auckland flights have lately been upgraded to the larger 777-200, which is a large increase for WA passengers heading to North America.
You'll locate Air New Zealand's first-generation completely flat Business Premier Seats on board. 26 seats spread over seven rows in a 1-2-1 configuration where everybody gets direct aisle access and a completely flat bed.
It's nearly the same seat you'll find on Virgin Atlantic's flights from Sydney to London via Hong Kong, although the wider 777 changes the cabin layout a small.
Labels: business class airlines, business class seat, Business Travel Wednesday, May 23, 2012
With the start on of programmed flights to the northern city of Erbil, Qatar Airways extended its Middle East footprint to Iraq on Wednesday.
The Doha-based airline is functioning four non-stop flights a week on the route - the first of two new Iraqi services being commenced within two weeks. Effective 7 June, Qatar Airways will set up flights to the capital Baghdad, also in use four times a week.
Both the Erbil and Baghdad services are being functioned with an Airbus A320 in a two-class arrangement of 12 seats in Business Class and 132 in Economy.
Erbil takes Qatar Airways' global network to 115 destinations universal.
Situated 350km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Erbil is the country’s third major city and best ever on the rise with a population of over one million people.
Sitting on productive agricultural land, Erbil and its nearby area are rich in natural resources. The region is known for its considerable gas reserves, including oil, gold and other deposits. There are multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects well underway covering healthcare, housing, energy, agriculture and technology to help with restructuring efforts to pre-war levels.
Labels: business class airlines, business class fares, Qatar Airways Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Cathay Pacific plans to set up its striking new business class flights between Hong Kong and Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide in the second half of this year.
Melbourne and Adelaide are set to see the new spaces from August, and Brisbane and Perth opening in October.
Spaced out from Sydney, all of Cathay's Australia ports at present use the older cubicle-style business class
As an additional bonus, each of the latest and refurbished aircraft will also be built-in with Cathay's new premium economy and international economy seats (shown below) - offering a 'triple treat' for travellers outside of Sydney.
We will put premium economy on every of our long-haul aircraft and they will do that as quick as they can Cathay Pacific Chief Operating Officer Ivan Chu tell Australian Business Traveler. I am positive on premium economy.
According to Cathay, by December 2012 "roughly three-quarter of all Australian flights will have the new fangled seats on a daily basis”.
Not all CX flights will have the latest seats by year's last, but those which don't will not see them on even a few days a week as the airline strives for day-to-day reliability on flights with the latest seats.
Labels: Business class, Business class flights, business class seats, Business Travel Thursday, May 10, 2012
US Airways customers can have a lot of ways in which to urge to Europe this summer with daily, seasonal service to Barcelona, Spain; Athens, Greece; Glasgow, Scotland; Venice, Italy; and Lisbon, Portugal from the airline's hub at Philadelphia. Daily, seasonal service will be added from the airline's Charlotte, N.C. hub to Dublin, Ireland; Madrid, Spain; and Rome. Further seasonal frequencies are being added to Frankfurt, Germany from each Philadelphia and Charlotte giving customers a primary ever alternative of 4 daily non-stop flights from the east coast. The new flights supplement existing year-round service to thirteen destinations in Europe and therefore the Middle East.
Additionally, customers traveling in Envoy, US Airways' international business category, on the airline's fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft will currently expertise the remarkably snug, peaceful and personal Envoy Suite to several new destinations. Equipped with an adjustable seat that reclines into a totally flat bed, the Envoy Suite additionally options personal in-flight entertainment and a regular 110-volt universal power outlet therefore customers will work, play and relax. The Envoy Suite is currently on the market on the airline's entire Airbus A330 fleet of sixteen aircraft and on most flights between the U.S. and Paris, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Munich, Manchester, Rome, and Tel Aviv.
"Our seasonal service offers our customers a lot of ways in which to succeed in their favorite European destinations from each Philadelphia and Charlotte, whereas additionally giving European travelers access to US Airways destinations as various as San Juan and la," said Suzanne Boda, senior vice president, airport client service, international and cargo. "Customers will be ready to relish the Envoy Suite to several new destinations enhancing their travel expertise across the Atlantic."
Labels: business class seat, Business Class Travel, Business Flights, US Airways |