| British Airways Includes First and Business Class to London-Moscow Flights |
Air Travel NewsThursday, September 29, 2011British Airways has declared that passengers flying from London to Moscow on direct flights will be able to book First Class and Business Class seats from next April. The global airline functions with three return flights to Moscow Domodedevo Airport from London Heathrow per day. Presently these routes are part of a short-haul service with just two cabins. The service will be upgraded to a long-haul operation providing customers up to 4 classes of travel from next April. No other airline presently offers such a premium service on the four hour flight connecting London and Moscow. Customers flying First and Business Class with BA will be able to enjoy the facilities of fully flat-beds and comprehensive in-flight entertainment on the four-hour flight, as well as a wide-ranging in-flight food and drink menu. Labels: Best First Class, Business class, Flights Friday, December 17, 2010
Delta Airlines Inc. plans to expand first class seating on its domestic fleet by 13 percent within 3 years to help win more of the business travelers who pay the maximum fares.
![]() The changes, to be completed by mid-2013, will add more than 1,200 new seats in response to customers' interest in larger premium cabins, Delta said lately in a statement. The Atlanta-based airline is lessening galley space to make room. Filling the most costly seats at the front of airplane cabins has been crucial to U.S. airlines’ efforts to return to profit in 2010 while business travel rebounds following the recession. Corporate customers are prized as they typically pay the highest prices and take to the air more often. The move by Delta Airlines is part of $2 billion in previously announced spending that includes installing lie-flat seats for overseas flights and overhauling amenities such as a terminal at Kennedy airport. First-class capacity is by now the most among U.S. carriers. The latest upgrades will put 2 to 6 new first-class seats on Boeing Co. MD-88, MD-90 and 767-300 jets during 2011, and 4 first-class seats will be added to Boeing 757-200s by June 2013. Delta said it has completed installing 9 first-class seats earlier this year on some Bombardier Inc. CRJ-700 regional jets. With those planes, the changes cover up 350 aircrafts. Labels: Best First Class, business travelers, Delta Airlines Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Etihad Airways has won three awards for its First Class at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, based on the results of the newest Skytrax survey on 200 airlines across the globe.The public poll, which included nearly 18 million worldwide air travelers from more than 100 countries, named the Abu Dhabi-based airline as possessing the 'World's Best First Class', 'Best First Class Airline Seat' and 'Best First Class Onboard Catering'. Skytrax awards are among the most esteemed in the aviation industry. The annual Skytrax survey takes into account all aspects of the air travel experience as well as the quality of client service delivered by each airline's staff. Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways' Chief Commercial Officer stated that they are extremely glad to have won these three awards for their new as well as pioneering First Class product and service which is now accepted as the world's best by the ultimate judges i.e the air travelers. Etihad redefined luxury air travel in 2009 when it launched its new First Class cabin suite. The cabin includes 12 individual suites, accessed by its own sliding door and contains a personal wardrobe and a mini bar. It also consists of a 23-inch wide-screen TV LCD screen and comfortable soft furnishings and leather upholstered by world-renowned Poltrona Frau, which also supplies interiors for Ferrari cars. Labels: Best First Class, Etihad Airways, Skytrax World Airline Awards |



