Avanti West Coast First Class: new interiors but same poor service
UK rail operator Avanti West Coast seems to be dragging its heels on refreshing its trains, with many of them still sporting the former Virg... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: first class
Press Release: Korean Air serving vegan wines from JFK & LAX
Korean Air is doubling down on its vegan outreach with the introduction of a selection of vegan fine wines on flights from Los Angeles and N... Continue Reading
Time and Space: UK first class air transport versus the train
In Great Britain, where true high-speed rail remains the stuff of dreams (outside of Eurostar), point-to-point air and train services are of... Continue Reading
Allegris first class moves the Lufthansa premium product needle
BERLIN — Inside the cavernous Kraftwerk club space, a refurbished East German power station, Lufthansa this week launched its next-generatio... Continue Reading
Qantas’ Project Sunrise A350 first and business: that’s it?
Qantas is being smart about trickling the rollout announcements of the seats aboard its Project Sunrise Airbus A350s, driving the front cabi... Continue Reading
Joy and frustration: A Delta A220 trip report
With a rare empty Saturday on my calendar and a surprisingly low mileage redemption rate tempting me, it seemed like the perfect time to tak... Continue Reading
Collins Aerospace Elements suite and Secant lighting fly on Starlux
When Taiwan-based startup airline Starlux first started teasing images of the interior of its new Airbus A350-900, the carrier didn’t divulg... Continue Reading
JAL first class provides a masterclass in premium PaxEx
Flying between Europe and Japan is strange at the moment. With the reciprocal travel bans over Russia after its latest invasion of Ukraine i... Continue Reading
Press Release: First retrofitted Emirates A380 enters service
The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s US$ 2 billion retrofit program has been deployed today on the Dubai... Continue Reading
Safran on bringing Industry 4.0 tech and practices to interiors
ISSOUDUN, FRANCE — In a small factory in an industrial estate on the outskirts of a rural central French town known for featuring in a Balza... Continue Reading
Press Release: Air India to refurbish interiors on existing widebodies
Air India, India’s leading airline and a Star Alliance member, has announced plans to refurbish its entire legacy widebody fleet, comprising... Continue Reading
Starlux first to brand front-row business-plus as first class on A350
First class or business-plus? That’s the question that many airlines are asking themselves when it comes to deciding how to sell the extra-f... Continue Reading
Analysing the details and design in Lufthansa’s new first class suites
Lufthansa’s forthcoming first class seat — part of its Allegris generation of nose-to-tail products — is such a departure from its existing ... Continue Reading
Lufthansa unveils new first, biz, premium and eco Allegris generation
In a surprising move, Lufthansa is rebranding its forthcoming seating from nose to tail as the “Allegris” product generation, with new rende... Continue Reading
Recovery afoot, Thompson sees uptick in widebody premium seat activity
As global passenger traffic shows encouraging signs of recovery — reaching 74.6% of pre-crisis levels in July, according to IATA — aircraft ... Continue Reading