![]() On short-haul flights Air Canada offers recliner seats, which are similar to what is offered on regional business class in the United States. Business Class is available on flights between New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands when operated by Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 family aircraft, both of which have lie-flat seats. On the other hand, Air New Zealand does not offer business class on its domestic network. Flights between Perth and Sydney typically feature lie-flat seats, with deep recline cradle seats on other routes. Simultaneously, first class disappeared from their European fleet.ĭomestic and regional Australia and New Zealand īoth Qantas and Virgin Australia offer business class on their domestic networks as well as on trans-Tasman flights to New Zealand. On November 1, 1981, Scandinavian Airlines System introduced EuroClass with a separate cabin, dedicated check-in counters and lounges for full-fare passengers. Qantas claims to have launched the world's first Business Class in 1979. ![]() Pan Am announced that it would introduce "Clipper Class" in July 1978, and both Air France and Pan Am introduced business class in November 1978. īritish Airways introduced "Club World", a separate premium cabin with numerous amenities, in October 1978 under CEO Colin Marshall as a means of further distinguishing full-fare business travelers from tourists flying on discounted fares. In 1977, El Al announced plans to reconfigure its aircraft with a small first-class cabin and larger business-class cabin on the assumption that most transatlantic first-class passengers would shift their business to the Concorde. Īround this time, there was speculation in the airline industry that supersonic aircraft would corner the market for the highest-paying premium passengers, and that a three-class market would emerge consisting of supersonic first class and subsonic business and economy classes. American Airlines also began separating full-fare economy passengers from discounted economy passengers in 1978, and offered open middle seats for full-fare passengers. United also cited the difficulty of tracking which passengers should be seated in which section of the economy cabin on connecting flights. Both United Airlines and Trans World Airlines experimented with a similar three-class concept in 1978, but abandoned it due to negative reactions from discount economy-class travelers who felt that amenities were being taken away from them. In 1976, KLM introduced a Full Fare Facilities (FFF) service for its full fare economy-class passengers, which allowed them to sit at the front of the economy cabin immediately behind first class, and this concept was quickly copied by several other airlines including Air Canada. See also: Business class airline History Īirlines began separating full-fare and discounted economy-class passengers in the late 1970s.
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