Airberlin doubles up and doubles down on Eurobusiness
In what feels like a counterpoint to the rest of the European business class passenger experience, Airberlin is doubling down on Eurobusines... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Eurobusiness
Eurowings “Best” offers excellent alternative Eurobusiness option
Returning from Hamburg to the UK following the Aircraft Interiors Expo, I discovered that Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier arm Eurowings was ope... Continue Reading
Airbus aims at flexible business/premium economy Butterfly seat
Convertible seating is something of a holy grail for airlines, seatmakers, and airframers. With the multiple-year lead-time required between... Continue Reading
BA’s business food runs out: that’s £5 for a sandwich
Flying business class around Europe is unlike anywhere else in the world. With its economy class seats differentiated by an empty middle sea... Continue Reading
SAS cuts outstation contract lounge, fast track access
Beleaguered Scandinavian carrier SAS is removing airport lounge and fast track benefits from the top fares on a wide swathe of its European ... Continue Reading
PaxEx 2017: Business will continue pushing first class boundaries
Business class will continue its unprecedented expansion into the levels of comfort and service previously offered by first class in 2017. W... Continue Reading
Half-inch seat fitting promises seat pitch flexibility; what of #PaxEx?
When it comes to densifying airline cabins, give most carriers half an inch and they’re happy to take a mile. Yet for the best part of a cen... Continue Reading
Swiss chooses 1-2 Eurobusiness for Bombardier CSeries
ZÜRICH — The Bombardier CSeries might be excellent in economy class — perhaps the best aircraft I’ve flown on — but how does the jet stack u... Continue Reading
Whither longhaul LCC Premium E in the age of DIY Eurobusiness?
Next month I’m flying from Sydney to Singapore, and the best fares were, perhaps unsurprisingly, on Singapore Airlines’ low-cost carrier Sco... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Eurobusiness review: three steps forward, one step back
After a summer in Europe trying both British Airways’ and Air France’s Eurobusiness middle-seat-free business class, I jumped at the offer t... Continue Reading
What do you want in business class: seats or service?
Despite the increasing homogenisation of airlines as carriers merge to form ever-larger conglomerates, there are still differences in what a... Continue Reading
Aer Lingus launches not-business-class European business class
Aer Lingus is returning to the premium market on select European flights with a new Aer Space shorthaul product, but the Irish carrier’s new... Continue Reading
WestJet and rouge have different motivations for nixing middle seat
Air Canada’s decision to eliminate the middle seat on its rouge Airbus A319s and offer a true business class seat may seem like either a ... Continue Reading
Air France brings the soft product chic in Eurobusiness
It often feels like writing about the experience of flying business in Europe is a broken record: “ow, my knees” in an increasingly tight Eu... Continue Reading
Air Canada rouge goes “rogue” with proper business class
It looks like Air Canada’s cost-cutting subsidiary rouge has figured out that Eurobusiness seating doesn’t work in the North American market... Continue Reading
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