Business Class Seats

Air India downgrades passenger, crew 'caught sleeping' in business class

An Air India passenger has claimed that multiple crew members were using business class seats - allegedly the same ones reassigned from paying customers

Air India aims to double international transit traffic in three years

The current share of I2I traffic in the airline's total international traffic stands at about 10%

IndiGo to offer business class seats on select Delhi-Bengaluru flights

Domestic carrier IndiGo on Monday said it will start offering business class seats on select flights to customers on the Delhi-Bengaluru route, starting January 10. Named as Indigo Stretch, the Gurugram-based airline's tailor-made business class product made its debut on the Delhi-Mumbai route last month. All 15 daily flights between Delhi and Bengaluru will be operated with aircraft configured with these business class seats by March next year while by early January 2025, all 20 daily flights between Delhi and Mumbai will have these business class seats, IndiGo said. "In line with our announcement to serve 12 Indian routes with our business class product, IndiGoStretch, we have added Delhi-Bengaluru as our second route. Soon, we will announce IndiGoStretch on flights between Delhi and Chennai," said Pieter Elbers, Chief Executive Officer at IndiGo. Customers booking business class seats on IndiGo can avail of complimentary benefits such as priority check-in, anytime boarding, adva

Indian-American CEO slams Air India, calls $6,300 flight a 'nightmare'

An Indian-American businessman took to the skies with Air India's business class and was far from impressed, calling it the worst flight experience of his life

Air India passenger recounts dirty seats, uncooked food on flight to Newark

In a social media post, the business-class passenger alleged delayed takeoff, unclean and non-functional seats, and to make the experience even worse, he was served uncooked food onboard the flight

IndiGo to introduce business class in flights on busiest routes this year

The country's largest airline IndiGo on Thursday said it will introduce business class in flights on the busiest routes this year. Details on product offering, launch date and routes will be unveiled around its 18th anniversary in August. "In a groundbreaking move to redefine business travel in India, IndiGo, India's most preferred airline, announces the plan to launch a tailor-made business product for India's busiest and business routes," the airline said in a release. IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said it is constantly looking at innovating service offerings. "We believe, as India gears up to become the third largest economy in the world, it's our privilege to provide the New India even more options to choose from as they travel business. We are excited with this new phase and tailor-made product in IndiGo's evolution and strategy and aim to further give wings to the nation, by connecting people and aspirations," he said.

Booked a biz class seat but got bumped to economy? Here are your rights

A woman last week complained on social media that her mother was bumped down from business class to economy class on an Air India flight from Delhi to Washington DC

Flying economy, premium economy, business, first class: What's the deal

Air India says it will offer premium economy service when it buys new aeroplanes

Business travel may resume within 6 months of lockdown lifting: Survey

A third of the respondents say they will not move employees to lower-tier hotels to save expenses, the rest say they might

Have factored in operational issues for all-economy aircraft: Vistara CEO

At present, there are 39 aircraft in Vistara's fleet comprising 19 A320neo aircraft, 13 A320ceo aircraft and seven Boeing B737-800NG aircraft.

IndiGo looking at wide-body planes, 'business class' on long-haul routes

As the airline goes into wide-body planes, he said it could look at Boeing or Airbus

IndiGo plans to offer business class seats on long-haul flights

Plans to offer 30% lower fares aided by its low-cost structure

Luxury air travel: Future of business-class seats

Luxury air travel is moving beyond privacy doors and lie-flat seats