Air NZ poised to swap custom premium economy Spaceseat?
If reports out of New Zealand are correct, the Kiwi national carrier is to exchange its custom angled Spaceseat premium economy product for ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Premium Economy
OpenSkies’ 767 arrival poses premium economy #PaxEx questions
PARIS — As British Airways’ Paris-New York subsidiary OpenSkies takes a fourth aircraft, its all-757 fleet will gain a 767 sibling as well, ... Continue Reading
Delta’s Comfort+ product grows into Asia, Latin America
Delta Air Lines’ shift to make Comfort+ a separate booking cabin has expanded. The extra legroom product, which comes with a variety ... Continue Reading
Losing Comfort Class: Turkish Airlines scraps premium economy
Building a business case around a premium economy cabin is, for many legacy airlines, a relatively simple process. Offering passengers a bit... Continue Reading
Emirates talks up premium economy for unique “comfort canyons”
In announcing Emirates’ 2015-16 financial results, president and chief executive officer Tim Clark gave the most positive signal yet for pas... Continue Reading
Leisure traveler expectations cited as Austrian eyes Wi-Fi for 777s
Traveling to Hamburg recently on United Airlines’ nonstop service from Newark, I couldn’t help but notice that while I was feverishly trying... Continue Reading
Delta has a year to clear up confusion about new premium economy
Legacy airlines like to tout all the ways they make high value customers feel special and with good reason. In the case of Delta Air Lines, ... Continue Reading
Premium economy innovations start an AIX conversation
Are we finally starting to see some movement around what the future of premium economy might look like? I asked that question several times ... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Aviointeriors joins the Premium Economy seat market
Aviointeriors took advantage of the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2016 to launch a new, low-cost premium economy seat for airlines looking to incr... Continue Reading
Airbus pushes density (again) on A380
Airbus has long promised a more comfortable passenger experience, particularly on its long-haul fleet. And yet the latest A380 push calls fo... 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
Premium economy options are many; actual innovations are few
Premium economy: big seats, big news, big money for smart airlines. Yet, with very few exceptions, premium economy across airlines is the sa... Continue Reading
American misses innovation opportunity with Premium Economy
Good news for the passenger experience: American Airlines is to be the first US airline to introduce a proper premium economy product, with ... Continue Reading
Nobody wins when premium economy isn’t Premium Economy
“In the 1980s,” Canada’s Financial Post newspaper predicted in late 1978, “business travelers will look back at air travel in this decade wi... Continue Reading
Airbus A380 cracks 600 passenger ceiling and 400 passenger floor
Two decks. Four engines. Four classes. And fewer than four hundred passengers on board — or more than six hundred. That’s the reality of the... Continue Reading
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