Virgin A330neo premium economy hard product outshines soft product
Virgin Atlantic rightfully claims to be one of the inventors of premium economy — a class of service which usually features a larger seat an... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Premium Economy
What to do with the premium economy armrest console?
The picture is becoming increasingly clear that a growing number of airlines are relying on premium economy seats as part of their passenger... Continue Reading
Austrian swaps six 777 business seats for 16 premium, 14 economy
The Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines is removing the single row of business class behind the second set of doors on its Boeing 777-... Continue Reading
Inside Airbus’ new A350 NPS interior mockup, with ten-abreast seats
TOULOUSE — Following our in-depth interview last month with Airbus executives around the New Production Standard variant for the airframer’s... Continue Reading
LIFT’s new premium/ancillary Paradym: wider, convertible triples?
2022 is the year when airlines, designers, seat manufacturers — and indeed passengers — are looking for more in premium economy. The class i... Continue Reading
Press Release: New Flagship Suite part of American’s premium push
American Airlines is giving customers a suite new ride. With new deliveries of its Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 787-9 aircraft, beginning in 20... Continue Reading
Finding USB ports at every seat on unique United CRJ550 is a thrill
The CRJ550 is an interesting aircraft. While it’s nothing more than a lower-capacity CRJ700 configured with 50 seats to meet certain pilot c... Continue Reading
Recaro Aircraft Seating sees flexible cabins as the next frontier
As it reaches its 50th year in aircraft seat production, Recaro Aircraft Seating faces a changing landscape that will require even more inge... Continue Reading
Press Release: Emirates kick-starts massive aircraft retrofit project
Emirates has kick-started its plans to upgrade the entire interior cabins of 120 Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft – two of the largest co... Continue Reading
Seeking the post-pandemic premium in Delta Premium Select
What exactly makes Premium Economy premium? That’s the question I asked myself on a recent Delta flight from London Heathrow to New York JFK... Continue Reading
Press Release: Geven’s new seat family takes shape with Forma
The latest addition to the new family of Geven seats is a fixed-shell ‘Premium Plus Economy’ seat for widebody aircraft, doublin... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand’s new 787-9: the shape of longhaul to come
Air New Zealand’s next-generation Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner — one version of which will fly its ultra-longhaul flights, including nonstops to ... Continue Reading
KLM finally goes Premium Economy with new lightweight Collins MiQ
The Netherlands’ national carrier KLM is finally installing a full premium economy class on board its Boeing 777 and 787 widebodies, with th... Continue Reading
20+ hours upright in a seat: Qantas’ premium/economy challenge
For those considering flying down the back of Qantas’ ultra-ultra-longhaul Project Sunrise flights between Sydney and New York or London, de... Continue Reading
Emirates opens up new premium economy sales, soft product
Emirates finally has a date for selling the premium economy cabins aboard the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 widebodies it revealed nearly six m... Continue Reading