First-class flying makes way for business travel
Emirates Airline this week kicked off the Dubai Air Show by unveiling the luxurious private cabins it will put on its Boeing 777 aircraft. The result is an elegant, hotel-style space designed to meet needs most passengers do not even know they have. But like SIA, which unveiled its own US$850m first-class revamp earlier this month, Emirates has decided that it needs to provide such 6-star luxury to fewer passengers than in the past. The number of first-class suites on Emirates’ 777s will fall from 8 to 6 as a result of the revamp. When the concept is extended to its superjumbo A380s, the number of private cabins will go down from 14 to 11. Tim Clark, Emirates president, insists that the reduction in seats first-class does not signal the demise of elite travel on his airline. <br/>
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First-class flying makes way for business travel
Emirates Airline this week kicked off the Dubai Air Show by unveiling the luxurious private cabins it will put on its Boeing 777 aircraft. The result is an elegant, hotel-style space designed to meet needs most passengers do not even know they have. But like SIA, which unveiled its own US$850m first-class revamp earlier this month, Emirates has decided that it needs to provide such 6-star luxury to fewer passengers than in the past. The number of first-class suites on Emirates’ 777s will fall from 8 to 6 as a result of the revamp. When the concept is extended to its superjumbo A380s, the number of private cabins will go down from 14 to 11. Tim Clark, Emirates president, insists that the reduction in seats first-class does not signal the demise of elite travel on his airline. <br/>
