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Seat the rich: Saudi Arabia's new airline plans to compete for first-class passengers
Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia's new airline, is in talks for more planes that will "almost certainly" have first-class cabins, CEO ...
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Air New Zealand unveils new business-class seats, total cabin revamp for Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Air New Zealand is giving its fleet of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners a glow-up, including all-new business-class seats.
I toured an Air Force One plane used by 4 US presidents. Take a look inside the 'flying Oval Office.'
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The retired jet is now a ...
Double-decker passenger planes are a dying breed. These airlines are keeping them alive
Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.
Does Anyone Fly First Class Anymore? Is It Worth the Splurge?
In recent years, true first class has seemingly been eclipsed by better business-class seating. But now some airlines are ...
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Southwest's expanded-legroom seats will debut May 1
Southwest will start rolling out extra legroom seats on May 1, gradually retrofitting planes through the year, part of a ...
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Travelers reveal surprising contrast between first-class and economy aboard high-speed train: 'So much luxury'
Two passengers revealed the glaring differences between riding first class and economy on a Korean bullet train.
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Air India is halfway into its transformation programme. We ask the CEO how it’s going.
I was one of the first international journalists to be invited to Delhi to meet CEO Campbell Wilson and see how Air India's ...
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The World's 10 Longest Nonstop Boeing 747 Routes
The Boeing 747 program may have been officially ended by the planemaker ... The airline's 747-400s offer a different experience than the 747-8i, notably a lack of any first class seats. The aircraft ...